Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Macy


The  Shelbyville  News
April 14, 1999
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Pearl Janice Macy, 96, Richmond, died Tuesday, Richmond.
Born Jan. 4, 1903, in Rush County, d/o   Isaac G. and Cassie (Miller) Macy.
Graduated from Arlington High School in 1924 in Arlington.
Bachelor's of science and master's of science degrees from Indiana University.
Schoolteacher in the Logansport area for 41 years, living there from 1931 to 1988.
Friends and Fellowship Retirement Home, Richmond, since 1988.
Member of the local, state and national retired teachers associations; and the Order of the Eastern Star and the United Methodist Church in Logansport.
Survivors:  two nephews, Robert Macy, Arlington, and  Kenneth Barnard, Indianapolis; and one niece, Mrs. Myron (Bernardine) Phillips, Greenfield.
Little Blue River Friends Church, Rush County.
Burial will be in Little Blue River Friends Cemetery, Rush County.
Moster & Cox Mortuary, Rushville, arrangements.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  News
Tuesday, April 22, 1980
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MACY
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          Services for  Mrs. Muriel Macy,  87, a Gwynneville resident for 85 years were conducted Monday morning at the Frazier Funeral Home, Morristown.  The Rev. Wilma Allen officiated and burial followed in Asbury Cemetery.  Mrs. Macy died at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hancock County Memorial Hospital, Greenfield.  Mrs. Macy had resided at the Sugar Creek Convalescent Home near Greenfield for the past two years.
          She was born Jan. 26, 1893 in Shelby County, the daughter of  John and  Alice (Robbins) VanScyoc.  Her hsuband  Lloyd Macy,  preceded in death last Jan. 11.  Several nieces and nephews survive.  Mrs. Macy was a member of the Gwynneville United Methodist Church. Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  News
Monday, January 14, 1980
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Lloyd M. Macy, 88, died Sunday, January 13, 1980, Hancock County Memorial Hospital, Greenfield.
Former Gwynneville and Rushville resident.
Retired farmer.
Born August 22, 1891, s/o  Byron and  Lena Miller Macy.
Married  Muriel VanScyoc  on November 22, 1917;  she survives.
Member of Blue River Friends and Gwynneville United Methodist churches.
Burial:  Asbury Cemetery, Morristown.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  News
Monday, July 7, 1952
Page 1
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RUSHVILLE  MAN  STRICKEN  HERE
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Francis Macy, Employee Of Admiral Corp., Succumbs
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          Francis Macy, 44-year-old Rushville resident and employee of the local Admiral Corporation plant, died suddenly about 9:00 o'clock this morning.  He was stricken while at work here and death apparently was caused by a heart attack.
          Mr. Macy had been employed with the local firm since July, 1948, and worked in the cutting department.  His home was at 516 E. 11th St., Rushville, and he is survived by the widow and one child.
          The body was moved to the Murphy Mortuary and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Friday, August 10, 1951
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DEATH  CLAIMS  CLIFTON  MACY
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Former Factory Engineer Succumbs at Home Here
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          Ill for the past several months with a complication of diseases, Clifton C. Macy, 84, died at his residence at 621 Miller Ave. at 1:20 o'clock this morning.
          Mrs. Macy was employed years ago as an engineer for the old Billman flour mills here and later was employed as a furniture factory engineer.  He was the son of  Erasmus  and  Maria (Coffin) Macy  and was born on August 3, 1867, in Union township.  In 1919 he married  Clara Atwood  whose death occurred in 1925.  He is survived by two brothers, Chester Macy of Marion township and  Harvey W. Macy of Columbia City.  Also surviving are two nieces and three nephews.
          Mr. Macy was a member of the Friends Church north of Manilla.
          Funeral services will be held at the Murphy Mortuary Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. S. J. Cross officiating.  Interment will be in the Friends Church cemetery.  Friends may call at the mortuary after noon Saturday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday, February 7, 1944
Page 1  column 1
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DEATH  CAUSED  BY  PNEUMONIA
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          Allen D. Macy,  age 72, died at his home in Union township Friday at 10:00 p.m. after having suffered a stroke in a field near his home Thursday.  Mr. Macy was found by a neighbor about three hours after having suffered the stroke and pneumonia resulting from exposure caused his death.
          He was born in North Carolina in 1871, the son of  John J. and  Nancy Cranfield Macy.  He came to Shelby county when he was nine years of age and had resided in the Union township community all his life.  He was a farmer by occupation.
          On January 1, 1900, he was married to  Bessie A Wooten,  who survives with three of five children born to the union.  They are  Miss Nellie Macy, at home;  Mrs. Pauline Schwartz, a missionary now serving in Bolivia, South America, and  Hugh Allen Macy, of Knightstown.  There are four grandchildren and four brothers and one sister also survive.  They are:  Samuel Macy, of Arlington;  John, of Homer;  Charles, of California;  Thomas, of north of Manilla, and  Mrs. Deborah Winters, of Oklahoma.
          Funeral services will be held at the Little Blue River Friends Church today at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating.  Burial will be made in the church cemetery.  Friends may call at the late home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Republican
Monday, September 22, 1930
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DIED  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON.
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          Mrs. Emma Powell Macy,  age 60 years, wife of  Thomas Macy,  died at 1:30 o'clock Sunday at her home in Broad Ripple.  She was born and reared in the Sumner neighborhood, southeast of Gwynneville.  The husband and ten children survive.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Quaker church, southwest* of Gwynneville.
*Little Blue River Friends, originally Walnut Grove Friends, north of Manilla on the Rush-Shelby county line.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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