Ethel Whitmire

Ethel R. Whitmire, 75, Delta, a retired telephone operator, died suddenly September 6 in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Toledo.

She was born September 16, 1898 the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Saul. She lived her entire life in Henry and Fulton County.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Annabell Hoffman, Maumee; one son, Earl L., Delta; sisters, Mrs. Bertha Spiess and Mrs. Helen Bollinger, Delta, Mrs. Frances Strayer and Mrs. Tillie Starkey, Neapolis, Mrs. Edrie Smith, Sandusky, and Mrs. Edith Studer, Florida.

She was a member of the Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church Liberty Center, where funeral services were held Monday September 9 with Reverend Kenneth Brown officiating. Interment was in Young Cemetery, Liberty Center The Penrod Mortuary, Delta, was in charge of arrangements.