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The  Daily  Reporter
Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
Tuesday, 9 Aug 2005
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          Betty L. Records,  76, of Greenfield died Aug. 8, 2005.  Born May 16, 1929, in Shelbyville, she was the daughter of  Myrle Pope and  Inez (Kuhn) Montanye.  She was a homemaker and 40-year member of the Pinochle Club.  She attended Faith Lutheran Church and was a graduate of Shelbyville High School.
          Survivors include her sons, Robert D. Records of Greenfield and David A. and Mark G. Records, both of Fredericksburg, Va.; daughters Jane Hawkins and Cinda Pearson, both of Greenfield; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert M. Records, in 2001; and sister, Unjean* Pope.
          Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Park Cemetery in Greenfield with Pastor David Koeneman officiating.  Burial will follow.  Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Pasco-Stillinger Funeral Home in Greenfield.
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*Submitter's Note: On her tombstone and in her obituary, the name is spelled UNA JEAN.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming and  Betty Kitchen


The  Daily  Reporter
Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
Thursday, 21 Jun 2001
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          Robert M. Records,  83, of Greenfield died June 20, 2001.  Born Sept. 30, 1917, in Shelby County, he was the son of  Frank G. and  Aura (Poe) Records.  He was employed as a laboratory technician at Eli Lilly for 27 years, retiring in 1980.  He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
          Survivors include his wife  Betty (Pope) Records;  sons  Robert D. Records  of Greenfield and  David A. and  Mark G. Records,  both of Virginia; daughters  Cinda Pearson  and  Jane Ann Hawkins,  both of Greenfield; sisters  Mary Sanderson  of Greenfield,  Harriett Cain  of Gastonia, N.C., and  Helen Records  and  Lucille Settlemeire,  both of Shelbyville; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his brother  William P. Records.
          Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Faith Lutheran Church in Greenfield with the Rev. David Koeneman officiating.  Burial will follow at Park Cemetery in Greenfield.  Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Pasco Memorial Mortuary in Greenfield and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.  Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Lutheran Church or Hancock Memorial Hospital Hospice Unit.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming and  Betty Kitchen


The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Thursday, February 22, 1940
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W. P.  RECORDS
DIES  SUDDENLY
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Prominent Johnson County
Man, 74, Stricken
at Home of Son
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          William P. Records,  74, of five miles southwest of Edinburg, suffered a fatal heart attack while standing in the yard at the home of his son,  Lee Records,  Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock.  Mr. Records resided just across the rad from his son.  Although he had suffered minor attacks before, his death was unexpected and is a shock to the community.
          He was born in Johnson county October 19, 1865, the son of  James and  Marie (Neible) Records.  On December 25, 1888, he was married to  Mary Garrison,  who survives with four children,  Frank Records,  of this city;  Lee Records,  at whose home he died;  Mrs. Nellie Waltz,  of Edinburg, and  Mrs. Ruth Keesling,  of Lawrence.  Other survivors are three brothers,  Elmer,  Levi  and  Ralph,  all of Edinburg; sixteen grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
          Funeral services will be held at the Edinburg Christian church Friday at 1:30 p.m.  Burial will be made in the Edinburg cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Franklin  Democrat
 Friday, January 8, 1897
Volume XXXVII, Number 26
Page 4, column 1
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UNION
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          It is with no small degree of sadness that we announce the death of Grandma Records.  She has been very ill for several years and has long felt that she had but a short time to remain here.  Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 6, death’s welcome angel came and beckoned her to join her many friends who had already crossed the river to that home beyond where she now awaits her friends left behind.  She was 93 years of age.
Notes:  1.  The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 167, referencing Book H-25, page 38 and H-18, page 27, records that  Elcy or Elcey Records,  a 90 year old white female, died 5 Jan 1897 in Johnson Co.  2.  An Elcey Records born about 1805-1807 lived in Shelby Co Indiana in 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Census.
Contributed by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, January 14, 1897
Page 3,   column 3
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          Mrs. Elcie Harvey Records, mother of  Frank S. Records, died last week evening at the home of her son in Franklin, of old age.  Deceased was born in New York in 1806, and was in the ninety-first year of her age at the time of her death.  She moved to Shelby county in 1835, and had been a resident of near Mt. Auburn since 1848.  Mrs. Records was the mother of seven children who are living, F. S. Records,  Mrs. Lewis Mullendore, Sr;  Mrs. Depeu,  Mrs. Thomas Clark,  Mrs. John Clark,  Quincy Records  and  Mrs. L. Kirtley.  She had been a member of the Christian church for sixty years, and was a devout Christian woman.  The funeral took place Thursday at 12 o'clock, at the Mt. Auburn Church.  Elder J. C. Miller, officiating.
[Buried Mt. Auburn Cemetery]
Submitted by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
 Thursday, February 7, 1889
Page 2, column 3
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          Mt. Auburn Feb. 5, 1889 -- William P. Records died this morning at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years.  Deceased was born in Clermont County, Ohio, on the 27th of November, 1801.  He came to Indiana in 1820, locating in Bartholomew county, where he lived ten years, from there he moved to this township, about one half mile north of Mt. Auburn, where he has lived ever since.  He has been married 63 years.  His wife still survives him.  To them were born twelve children, eight of whom are living.  He has been a member of the Christian Church for 56 years.  In politics Mr. Records was first a Whig -- his first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams, for President.  After the Whig party was no more he joined the Republican party.  He helped lay out the village of Mt. Auburn, which he had the sole honor of naming.  He called it Black Hawk, after an Indian who was then chief of the Sacs and Foxes.  Mr. Records was a man who was honest and upright in all his relations in life; he was respected and esteemed by all who knew him.  He is dead, but his memory will live and is cherished in the hearts of the people in this community.
[Buried Mt. Auburn Cemetery]
Submitted by Barb Huff

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