Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries

Stubbs

Freeman Family Funeral Home
October 2018
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George L. Stubbs, Jr.
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George L. Stubbs Jr., of Shelbyville, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital.
Born Nov. 6, 1939 in Shelbyville, he was the son of George Stubbs Sr. and Verna(Miller)Stubbs, who preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Karen(Miene)Stubbs; his sister, Mary Jane (Kip) Ormerod of Fort Wayne; his daughters, Kate (Dave) Finney of Plymouth, Indiana and Becky (Joe) Hensler of Denver, Colorado, and six grandchildren.
Mr. Stubbs lived his whole life in Shelbyville with the exception of his time in college. He graduated from DePauw University, and Indiana University School of Law. He returned to Shelbyville to practice law with his father in the firm of Stubbs and Stubbs for more than 40 years.
George volunteered his time and energy throughout the Shelbyville community in many ways during his life. Over the years, he served as City Attorney, President of the Shelbyville School Board, President of SCUFFY Board, President of the Shelby County Historical Society, member of local Elks Club B.P.O.E., and served on the local election board. He was a member of the 1st United Methodist Church and served on every board and committee to which he was asked for decades. He was also a member of the Indiana University Alumni Association, and the American Bar Association.
Calling will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 25, 2018 and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, October 26, 2018 at First United Methodist Church, 34 W. Washington St. in Shelbyville. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. with Rev. Colin Cress officiating.
Burial will take place at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Services have been entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the 1st United Methodist Church, Shelbyville, or to the Shelby County United Fund For You (SCUFFY), 126 N. Harrison St., Shelbyville, Indiana 46176.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
June 29, 1998
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Verna (Miller) Stubbs
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Longtime Shelbyville resident Verna (Miller) Stubbs, 87, Franklin, died Friday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born Nov. 17, 1910, in New Castle, she was the daughter of W. Lawrence and Lola May (Ragle) Miller. In July 1934, she married George L. Stubbs, and he died Nov. 2, 1994.
Mrs. Stubbs moved to Bloomington when she was a child. She graduated from Bloomington High School in 1928. In 1933, she received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University.
Mrs. Stubbs was a homemaker.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Tri Kappa Association, Current Topic Club and Wi-Hub Circle, all of Shelbyville.
She is survived by a son, George Stubbs Jr., Shelbyville; one daughter, Mary Jane (Stubbs) Ormerod, Fort Wayne; two brothers, V.L. Miller, Venice, Fla., and V.F. Miller, Dallas, Texas; one sister, Violet Emerson, Pensacola, Fla; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Funeral Home.
Services will be at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. D. Alan Rumble officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Shelbyville-Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library Foundation or Shelby County United Fund Inc.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Friday June 27, 1965
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DEATH CLAIMS MR. STUBBS
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Roy Stubbs, 88, R.R.3, Shelbyville, died today at 3:00 a.m. at Major Hospital.
Lifelong resident of Shelby County.
Retired farmer.
Member of the Old Union United Methodist Church.
Born in Shelby county on May 16, 1887, the son of Harvey and Frances (Johnson) Stubbs.
December 24, 1908, married Della Craig, who survives.
Also surviving: two children, daughters, Mrs. George (Viola) Bass, R.R.1, Morristown, and Mrs. Wilma Smith, R.R.3, Shelbyville; two grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and four step-great-grandchildren.
One brother preceded in death.
Services will be Monday at Carmony Funeral Home.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday, October 5, 1964
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MRS. STUBBS
DIES AT 79
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Rites at Franklin
For County Native
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Mrs. [Bertha Jane] Clarence L. Stubbs, 79, of Bargersville, died Sunday in the Morgantown Nursing Home. She had been in failing health the past three years and seriously ill for a year. She had been a patient at the home for three years.
Mrs. Stubbs was born in Shelby County on April 25, 1885. She was married to Mr. Stubbs in 1905. They moved to a farm in Johnson County in 1923, to Hendricks Township in 1940, and to Bargersville in 1951.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mark Stanton, Marietta, Mrs. Maurice Mayfield, Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Earl Thompson of Lancaster, Calif., and Mrs. Paul A. Davis of Bargersville, and two sons, Frederick Stubbs of Trafalger and Clifford Stubbsof Bargersville. Mr. Stubbs preceded in death.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Flinn and Maquire Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial will be in the Forest Hill Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday January 9, 1964
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GEORGE STUBBS, 85, DIES HERE
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Rites Saturday For Ex-Bank Executive
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George C. Stubbs, 85, of 502 Shelby street, died at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at Major Hospital. Suffered a stroke at his home on December 31.
Widely known ex-Shelbyville banker.
Life-long resident of Shelby county; retired in 1957 after a 52 year career in the banking business here, 48 of them with the Shelby National Bank.
Began his career with the Shelby National Bank in March of 1910 as a bookkeeper and teller. Served in practically every banking post.
1911, became Shelby National cashier; 1915 became a member of the board of directors; succeeding years served as cashier and vice president. 1933 named Shelby Bank president; served in this capacity until 1945; then chairman of the board; served as chairman for 13 years.
Shelby County native and a former county teacher.
Born in Addison township August 4, 1878. [son of Harvey C. & Frances (Johnson) Stubbs]
On June 26, 1901, married Mattie Ray; she preceded in death on March 12, 1956.
Member of the First Methodist Church and a life member of the Knights of Pythias.
Survivors: three children, George L. Stubbs of this city, Vernon R. Stubbs of Norwood, Ohio, and Mrs. Mary Frances Whiteman of Denver, Colorado; a brother, Roy Stubbs of Addison township, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Rev. Lewis Wilson officiating; Ewing Mortuary.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday December 30, 1939
Page 1 column 7
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS. STUBBS
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Widow of Harvey C. Stubbs Passes Away
at Home Northwest of City
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Mrs. Frances Stubbs, widow of Harvey C. Stubbs, died at her home two and one-half miles north west of this city at 1:30 a.m. Friday. Death which was due to complications followed a three months illness. Mr. Stubbs passed away in September of this year.
The deceased was born in Ripley county on April 28, 1853, the daughter of William and Mary (Shook) Johnson. She was eighty-six years old at the time of death. She was married to Mr. Stubbs on December 11, 1873 and to this union were born five children, two of whom survive. They are George C. Stubbs, of this city, and Roy Stubbs, of Waldron.
Also surviving are five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubbs had lived most of her lifetime at the home where death occurred. She was a member of the Old Union Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at the Charles M. Ewing Chapel Monday at 1:00 p.m. and burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Rev. Lester Pierce, pastor of the Old Union Methodist church, will officiate at the funeral.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday September 14, 1939
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ILLNESS FATAL TO H. C. STUBBS
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County Farmer, 89, Dies at Home;
Last Rites to Be Held Today
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Harvey C. Stubbs, 89 years old, died at his home two and a half miles northwest of this city, at 5:00 a.m. Saturday. Death was due to complications and followed a three weeks’ illness.
Mr. Stubbs was born in Shelby county on November 22, 1849, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zephaniah Stubbs. He had lived his entire lifetime in the county and had lived for sixty-four years in the home where death occurred. He was a widely known agriculturist.
On December 22, 1873, he was married to Frances Johnson, and to this union were born five children, two of whom survive with the widow. They are George C. Stubbs, this city, and Roy Stubbs, of Waldron. Also surviving is a brother, Benjamin F. Stubbs, this city; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Mr. Stubbs was a member of the Old Methodist church.
Private funeral service will be held today at the Ewing mortuary, with the Rev. Lester Pearce, pastor of the First Methodist church in this city. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery, in charge of Charles N. Ewing.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Shelbyville, Ind., November 2, 1911
Page 1
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The funeral of Mrs. Frank Stubbs, whose death occurred at her home west of this city from double-pneumonia yesterday, will be held at the First M. E. Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. W. G. Clinton and Rev. Cloyd Goodnight officiating, and the interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix. Mrs. Stubbs was a member of the First M. E. church, and not of the First Christian church, as was stated by the Democrat yesterday.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Republican
Thursday, May 16, 1878
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OBITUARY.
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Zephaniah Stubbs, who died at his residence 3 miles west of Shelbyville, May 10th, 1878, after a lingering illness of several weeks, was one of the pioneers of Shelby county. He was born in Georgia, Sept. 16th, 1804, and was brought to Indiana while he was a small boy, and while it was still a territory. He sprang from good old Quaker stock, and of course his parents abominated slavery; they, togethre with all their immediate relatives came North about the year 1810, several members of the family settling in Preble and Warren counties, Ohio, where they founded churches of the denomination of Friends, every one of which in ante-bellum times was a depot on the underground railroad from the slave States to Canada.
Zephaniah Stubbs, in his younger days, though not quite so pronounced an abolitionist as his relatives, was always an anti-slavery man; he was an old time Whig, believing that party nearer right on the slavery question than any other and later on of course became a Republican. He came to Shelby county in 1834, from near Laurel where he had spent the most of his youth and has lived on the farm where he died almost continuously ever since.
Mr. Stubbs was married twice and raised a family of nine children, John Stubbs, now Clerk of Lincoln county, Kansas, and George W. Stubbs, an attorney of Indianapolis, being children of the first marriage. Of the seven children by the his second wife six are still living in this neighborhood, the oldest, Jesse, having lost his life at the battle of Resaca.
Mr. Stubbs and his aged companion, who died a little over a month ago and a notice of whose death was published this paper, are both gone. They were lovely in their lives, and in their death were not divided, They joined one branch of the Methodist church in 1841, and to the day of their death lived consistent Christian lives. We have no doubt that the words of the Master "well done good and faithful servant" were applicable in his case nor that at the last moment he heard the supreme command: "Enter thou into the joys of thy Lord."
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Volunteer
Thursday May 16, 1878
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Mr. Zephaniah Stubbs died at his residence, three miles north west of this place, about 11 o’clock, Friday morning, in the 73rd year of his age. Mr. Stubbs was one of the earliest settlers of the county, has lived a useful life, and was much respected in the community. It has been only a little over a month that we mentioned the death of Mrs. [Elsie] Stubbs, the wife of the subject of this notice. The relatives of this worthy and venerable couple have our sympathy in the bereavement.
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Center Cemetery, Shelby County, Indiana
Zephaniah Stubbs
September 16, 1804 – April 3, 1878
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Mary Stubbs wife of Zephaniah
April 22, 1810 – November 18, 1839
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Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Republican
Thursday, April 18, 1878
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OBITUARY.
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In the death of Mrs. Elsie Stubbs, who departed this life, April 3rd, 1878 at the residense of her husband, Zephaniah Stubbs, 3 miles west of Shelbyville, her husband loses an affectionate companion, her children a loving mother, the community in which she lived a kind hearted, generous and charitable neighbor and the Methodist church an earnest and faithful christian woman.
Mrs. Stubbs (Elsie King) was born on the 23rd of Dec. 1827, on the banks of the Susquehannah river, near Harrisburg, Pa., and removed to Indiana, with her parents when about 20 years of age. She was married to Mr. Stubbs Nov. 17th, 1841, being his second wife, and with him about the same time joined the Methodist church.
Mrs. Stubbs took that position in her husbands family most difficult of all positions to acceptably --that of step mother to his children -- and discharged her duties so lovingly and tenderly that her step-sons loved her as warmly and now mourn her as sincerely as her own children.
Can we say more? A good, true woman; a faithful, affectionate wife; a loving mother; a devoted christian; a friend of the poor whom she never turned away empty -- she has gone to her reward.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Volunteer
Thursday April 11, 1878
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We regret to be called to announce the death of Mrs. Stubbs [Elsie], wife of Zephaniah Stubbs, one of the earliest settlers of this county, which occurred Wednesday a week from pneumonia, at her residence on the Boggstown Road, three miles west of this city. We are also informed that Mr. Stubbs himself is very ill and not expected to recover. Thus pass away, one by one, the old pioneers of our county.
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Center Cemetery, Shelby County, Indiana
Elsie Stubbs
December 23, 1815 – April 3, 1878
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Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Union Banner
September 8, 1864
Page 3
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Died --- In Camp, near Jeffersonville, Ind., Sunday, September 4th, of Pneumonia, Jesse Stubbs, aged twenty-one years and six months. He was brave, generous, noble. It can be truthfully said of him: He loved his country and died for her. The sacrifice is great, but the cause for which he died lies nearest of all others to the hearts of his friends.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Volunteer
Shelbyville, Indiana
Thursday April 7, 1859
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DROWNED MAN FOUND
IN BLUE RIVER
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Whilst our citizens were searching in the river on Tuesday morning for the body of Mr. Martin Coyle, they found the dead body of Mr. Wells Stubbs, an insane man, who has been missing for two weeks. He was subject to fits and escaped from the county poor house two weeks ago, since which time nothing was heard of him until Tuesday last when he was found as above stated. Esq. Hacker held a coroner's inquest and a verdict was returned in accordance of the above facts.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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