Burial: Blue Ridge Cemetery in Blue Ridge.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
September 29, 2001
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Donald E. Gahimer, 70, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, at
Major Hospital.
Born Sept. 6, 1931, in Manilla, s/o William and Gladys (Gahimer)
Cass Sr.
Survivors include three half brothers, John Wayne Cass Sr., William Cecil
Cass Jr. and Leonard George Cass, all of Fountaintown.
Resident of Heritage House Convalescent Center for more
than 30 years.
Blue Ridge Cemetery in Shelby
County, with the Rev. Dennis Hirschauer officiating.
Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral
Home, 232 W. Broadway St.
Contributions may be made to Heritage House Convalescent Center,
2309 S. Miller St., Shelbyville, IN 46176.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
December 12, 2000
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Russell W. Gahimer, 60, a lifelong Shelby County resident, died Dec. 10.
Born April 27, 1940, in Shelby County, s/o Daniel W. and Olga
Jane (Claytor) Gahimer.
Married Gearldine (Vanhook) Gahimer on Oct. 15, 1960,
and she survives.
Other survivors include his mother, Shelbyville; one son, Randy W. Gahimer,
St. Paul; four daughters, Rhonda Gahimer, Waldron, Mrs. Charles (Sonia)
Hudnall,
Shelbyville, Mrs. Douglas (Martha Jane) Stocklin, Greensburg, and
Mrs. Louis
(Sherry) Meier, Indianapolis; three sisters, Donna Daniels, Ruth Reynolds
and Sharon Gahimer, all of Shelbyville; one brother, Danny Gahimer, Woodman, Wash.;
and nine grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his father and one son.
Plumber for R.E. Griesemer Co., Indianapolis, for 12 years.
Member of Waldron United Methodist Church, Waldron; Brookville
Striper Federation, Brookville; Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 440,
Indianapolis.
Glenn E. George and Son
Funeral Home, Shelbyville, with the Rev. Cameron Manifold officiating.
Burial: Blue Ridge Cemetery, Blue Ridge.
Contributions may be made to Brookville Striper Federation for the
Children’s Derby.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
December 9, 2000
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Lois N. Gahimer, 73, Shelbyville, died Dec. 7 at St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove.
Born Feb. 22, 1927, in Shelbyville, d/o Elton and Dorothy (Evans) Smith.
Married William R. “Bob” Gahimer on May 17, 1946, and he
survives.
Other survivors include four children, Bill Gahimer, Robin Gahimer, Melanie Madden and Scott Gahimer, all of Shelbyville; one sister, Alice Davis, Shelbyville; one brother, Bill J. Smith, Indianapolis; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Self-employed beautician before retiring.
Member of Zion United Church of Christ.
Glenn E. George and Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Rod Beheler officiating.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Monday, March 08, 1999
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Evelyn Gahimer, 87, died Friday at Todd-Aikens Health Care Center, Franklin.
Lifelong resident of Shelby County.
Born June 11, 1911, in Marietta, d/o Charles and Della (Sanders) Tucker.
Married to Matthew M. Gahimer on Oct. 4, 1927, and he preceded her in death on
Oct. 22, 1991.
Homemaker.
Member of the Marietta United Methodist Church, Marietta United Methodist Women’s Society and was a charter member of the United Firemen’s
Auxiliary of Marietta.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lynda) Petro, Edinburgh, and
Mrs. Michael (Iris) Gariup, Hebron; two sisters, Martha Van Scyoc, Marietta, and
Dorothy Borders, Nashville; a brother, Carl “Bud” Tucker, Shelbyville; a half-sister,
Zible Swinehart, North Vernon; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by a brother.
Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home, with the Revs. Robert M. Campbell and Mike Katayama officiating.
Burial: Miller Cemetery, Shelby County.
Contributions may be made to Marietta United Methodist Church.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Tues Nov 24 1998
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Clarence Leon “Bun” Gahimer, 87, Pendleton, died Sunday at Hancock Memorial Hospital, Greenfield.
Born July 11, 1911, in Manilla s/o Julius and Shirley (McDanial)
Gahimer.
Married Virginia Gahimer, and she preceded him in death.
Married Alice M. Redmon, and she survives.
Madison County farmer.
Other survivors include two sons, Greg Bennett, Greenfield, and
Tim Bennett, Fountaintown; a daughter, Brenda Guyer, Greenfield; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Preceded in death by two daughters, one brother and one sister.
Erlewein Mortuary, Greenfield, with the Rev. Kimberland J. Hough officiating.
Burial: Mendon Cemetery, Pendleton.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Monday, January 7, 1980
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GAHIMER
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Mrs. Hattie Gahimer, 81, a Blue Ridge native and former Arlington resident, died Sunday morning at Whitam Hospital, Lebanon. Services will be announced by the Carmony Funeral Homer.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Saturday, August 21, 1971
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Albert N. Gahimer, 72, 2531 S. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, died this morning.
Born December 8, 1898, Walker Township, Rush County, s/o John W. and Eva (Burchfield) Gahimer.
Married Sadie Ruth Coers on August 21, 1920.
Survivors: wife; son, Donald Gahimer, Riverside, California;
daughter, Mrs. John (Evelyn) Carty, Indianapolis; six grandchildren and
one step-grandson.
One son preceded in death.
Former Manilla area resident; lived in Indianapolis most of married life.
Indianapolis Office of Civil Defense. Owned and operated Home Radio and
Electric Service. Major in the Civil Air Patrol.
Member of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple and the West Indianapolis Masonic
Lodge.
Carmony Funeral Home, Shelbyville.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
July 6, 1971
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Mrs. Elizabeth Gahimer, 98, Manilla, Orange Township, died Saturday,
Rushville.
Born in Walker Township, Rush County, July 9, 1872, d/o Henry
and Maria Hirtzel Kney.
Married Jacob Gahimer March 31, 1897; he died August 31,
1951.
Survivors: daughter, Miss Cora E. Gahimer, Orange Twp, Rush County;
three sons, Noah and Otto Gahimer, at home, and Harley
Gahimer, Milroy; sister, Mrs. Flora Meal, St. Paul.
Oldest member of a family of eleven children. Four brothers and five
sisters preceded in death.
Lifelong resident of Rush County. Lived in Orange Township at time of
death.
Member of Zion United Church of Christ since childhood and a member of its Home
Department.
Burial: Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery, Shelby County.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, October 19, 1951
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DEATH CLAIMS FRANK GAHIMER
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Former Shelby County Man
Dies at Daughter's Home
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Frank Gahimer, 78, former reisdent of Shelby county and native of Orange township, Rush
county, died at 12:45 o'clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Vera Vanscoy, with whom he had resided at Moscow for the last two
years. He had been ill for eight weeks with a complication of diseases.
The son of Michael
and Margaret (Howell) Gahimer, he was born on April 8, 1873. In
December 20, 1899, he was married to Mayme E. Holmes whose
death occurred on Oct. 26, 1948. Three of four children born to the union
survive, daughter at whose home he died, Mrs. Elma Fessler of
Indianapolis and Matthew Gahimer of Manilla. Also
surviving are a brother, Henry Gahimer of Carthage, and seven
grandchildren.
Mr. Gahimer was a member
of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church of Union township.
Funeral services will
held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Carmony Funeral Home in St. Paul with Rev. J. W.
Dickmann officiating. Burial will be in Paul Hill cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home after 6:00 o'clock this evening.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday, September 1, 1951
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JACOB GAHIMER, 83, SUCCUMBS
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Funeral Monday For Fush County Resident
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Jacob Gahimer, 83, a lifelong resident
of Rush county, died at 8:30 p.m. last night at his Orange township home.
Funeral services will be
held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Zion Evangelical Church with Rev. Kenneth Kuhn
officiating. Burial in charge of the Carmony Funeral Home of Manilla, will
be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from
Sunday on.
Born Oct. 26, 1867, he
was the son of Jacob and Catherine (Theobald) Gahimer
and one of a family of nine children.
On March 30, 1897, he was
married to Elizabeth Kney who survives with four
children, Cora E. Harley, Noah H., and Otto W.
Gahimer, all of near Manilla.
Other survivors include
three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Coers, Waldron, Mrs.
Minnie Rader and Miss Mary Gahimer of Shelbyville
and a brother, Louis Gahimer of Blue Ridge.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday, June 20, 1951
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GAHIMER RITES ARE ARRANGED
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Funeral for County Farmer
To Be Conducted Saturday
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Funeral services for Daniel M.
Gahimer, Shelby county farmer, will be held at the Carmony Funeral Home in
this city Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Wayland Siders at Connersville will
officiate and interment will be in the Second Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
cemetery. Friends may call at the late home of Mr. Gahimer on rural route
3, west of this city, until Saturday morning and after that at the funeral home.
Mr. Gahimer, who was 70
years of age, died Thursday at a Madison hospital of a complication of diseases.
He was born on March 4,
1881, in Rush county and was the son of Frederick and Julia
(Theobald) Gahimer. On December 14, 1907, he was married to Maggie
Lytle who survives with six children. The children are Mrs.
Mary Helen Reed, Frederick M. Gahimer and Mrs. Mae Rose
Yarling of this city; Mrs. Martha McCalip of
Geneva; Francis O. Gahimer of rural route 4 and Lloyd
Daniel Gahimer of St. Paul.
Also surviving are 11
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one brother, Albert Gahimer of
Homer, and one sister, Mrs. Flora Crim of Greenfield.
Mr. Gahimer was a member
of the Bengal Methodist Church.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday, May 22, 1947
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COUNTY FARMER TAKES OWN LIFE
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Conrad Gahimer, Union Township Farmer, Dies
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Conrad Gahimer, 64, Union township
farmer, died from a self-inflicted bullet wound Wednesday afternoon at this home
west of Manilla on State Road 44.
He had shot himself with
a .22 caliber rifle apparently about 4:00 p.m. and his body was found in a smoke
house by his daughter, Mrs. Edna Evans, who lived at his home. She
had been gone since about 1:30 p.m., it is understood.
Mr. Gahimer was born in
Rush County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gahimer.
His wife died several
years ago. Mr. Gahimer was a member of the Manilla Christian church.
Surviving are two
children, Mrs. Edna Evans, at home, and Carl Gahimer, of
Union Township; four grandchildren; and a brother, Edward Gahimer, of
south of Manilla.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by D. E. Carmony.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday November 21, 1941
Page 1 column 5
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UNION TOWNSHIP FARMER PASSES
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A sudden heart attack, suffered at 11:30 o’clock Thursday morning, caused the death of
John Gahimer, well known farmer of Union township. Following the attack, Mr. Gahimer managed to get to a telephone and ask the operator to call a doctor.
He died shortly after the doctor arrived at 12:45.
Born in Union township February 2, 1861, the deceased was a son of
John and Barbara (Haug) Gahimer. He was first married to Miss Carrie
Hawkins, who died many years ago. He was later married to Miss Elizabeth
Henry, who died December 3, 1935.
Surviving are one brother, Jacob, of Union township, and two sisters,
Mrs. William Neeb, Union township, and Mrs. Michael Nigh, of Rush county.
Deceased was a member of the Zion Evangelical church.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Rays Crossing Christian Union church and burial will take place in the Bennett cemetery, Union township, in charge of Ezra Carmony, Manilla funeral director.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday July 28, 1941
Page 1 column 7
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INFANT DIES
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Gary Leon Gahimer, five-months-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Varl Gahimer, died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock.
Death resulted from complications attending teeth-cutting. Besides the parents, the infant is survived by the grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vaught, of Union township; Mr. and Mrs. Ercell
Gahimer, of Rush county, and great-grandparents, Mrs. Florence Gahimer, of Union township;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards and George Fuchs, all of Union township.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock, at the home in charge of the Rev. J. W.
Dickmann. Burial will take place in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of D. E. Carmony, Manilla funeral director.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday March 27, 1941
Page 1 column 4
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MRS. GAHIMER, 72, SUCCUMBS
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Manilla Resident Passes Away
at Home of Mrs. Emma Dewester
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Mrs. Anna Margaret (Maggie) Gahimer, age seventy-two, died Wednesday at 1:44 a.m., at the home of
Mrs. Emma Dewester, in Union township. Mrs. Gahimer’s home was in Manilla, but she was taken to the Dewester home when she became seriously ill the first of February.
Born in Shelby county on February 25, 1869, the daughter of
Peter and Catherine Hauck, she spent the early part of her life in Blue Ridge.
She was married in 1895 to August Gahimer, who died in 1922. Following her marriage she resided in and near Manilla, where she was a member of the Christian church.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Albert Listenberger, of Boggstown; one sister,
Mrs. Rose Phillips, of Indianapolis, and four grandchildren and several nieces.
The body has been taken to the D. E. Carmony funeral home in Manilla, where funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock with the Rev. Maurice Crider officiating.
Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday, May 17, 1932
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FUNERAL SERVICE TOMORROW
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The funeral service for Marvin Gahimer, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ercell Gahimer, of two miles south of Homer, will be held in the Zion Evangelical church in Union township at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, after which burial will take place in the Forest Hill cemetery. The boy was a victim of double pneumonia, his death occurring at the Major hospital here yesterday. Surviving besides the parents, re two sisters, Aleine and Nedra, and three brothers, Haskell, Varl and Lantus.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday, May 16, 1932
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MARVIN GAHIMER DIES
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Double Pneumonia Causes Death of
Child This Morning.
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Marvin Gahimer, two years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ercell Gahimer, of two miles south of Homer, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the Major hospital in this city. Death was caused by double pneumonia.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ezra Carmony, the funeral director, in charge.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday July 3, 1930
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JOHN GAHIMER
DIED YESTERDAY
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Resident of Manilla Had Been Brought
To Hospital From Home
Saturday
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY
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John W. Gahimer, age fifty-five, of Manilla, and a resident of the Manilla
community all of his life, died Wednesday afternoon at three-thirty o’clock at
the Major Memorial Hospital in Shelbyville, following an illness of one week.
Mr. Gahimer had been brought to the Major Hospital last Saturday, suffering with
an attack of appendicitis. His condition had been such that it was not possible
to operate on him.
Mr. Gahimer was born in Rush county, January 25, 1875.
He was a member of the
Zion Evangelical Church, in Union township, Shelby county. He was also a member
of the Red Men at Homer.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Cora
Gahimer; a son, Albert Gahimer, of
Indianapolis; a granddaughter, Evelyn Gahimer; two brothers,
Julius and George Gahimer, of near Manilla; two half-brothers,
Edward Gahimer, of near Manilla and Conrad Gahimer, of Union Township, Shelby County.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock at the
Zion Evangelical Church, the Rev. W.R. Jinnett officiating. Burial will be in
the St. Paul Cemetery. Carmony Brothers are in charge. The Red Men are to have
charge of the services.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Democrat
Wednesday May 15, 1912
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MRS. MYRTLE GAHEIMER
ANSWERS DEATH CALL
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Died at Her Home in Manilla
at Eight-Thirty O’clock This
Morning
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COMPLICATION OF DISEASES
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Was a Highly Respected Lady
of Her Home Town-
Had Been
Suffering Since Last Fall
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Funeral Will Be Held Friday
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Mrs. Myrtle Gaheimer, wife of
John W. Gaheimer, died this morning at
eight-thirty o’clock at their home in Manilla at the age of twenty-nine years,
from a complication of diseases from which she had been suffering since last
fall. She had been bedfast the greater part of the winter, but not until the
last few weeks did her condition become so critical that all hopes of saving her
life was given up by her friends and relatives.
Mrs. Gaheimer was a highly respected lady of Manilla, as she was a kind and
loving mother, a true wife and a Christian neighbor, and the entire community
will be saddened to hear of her death. During all of her years as a resident of
Manilla there never was a time when some Christian deed was to be done that she
was not a willing helper.
The surviving relatives, besides her husband and their little ten-year old
daughter, Miss Crystal, are seven sisters. They are Miss Freda Jones
and Mrs.
Carl Brooks both of Indianapolis; Mrs. Roxie Gaheimer, of near Manilla;
Mrs.
Minnie Shook, of Manilla; Mrs. Carrie Marlow, of Greensburg;
Mrs. Lora White, of
Brookville, and Mrs. Leona Fleetwood, of Milroy; two brothers,
Elliott Jones, of
Milroy, and Oscar Jones, of Manilla, and her mother, Mrs. Isaac
Jones. He father
preceded her to the grave, having died last fall.
The funeral services will be held at the house Friday afternoon at one o’clock,
the Rev. W.R. Jinnett, of Manilla officiating, and the interment will be made in
the St. Paul cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday March 12, 1908
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Eva, wife of John W. Gahimer, died at their home, one-half mile south of Manilla, Indiana,
Wednesday, March 11, 1908, at 10 o’clock p.m. of brain or spinal trouble, age thirty years, eleven months and ten days. [She was born April 11,
1877.] Funeral cortege will leave the house Saturday March 14, 14 12 noon. Burial in St. Paul cemetery. [Paul Hill Cemetery.] She leaves her husband, one
son, Albert, one brother, Michael Burchfield, of Indianapolis, father, James Burchfield, formerly of St. Paul, one-half-brother, Jesse,
and half-sister, Ollie, and many relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Deceased was a member of the Degree of Pocahontas at St. Paul.
Funeral in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Contributed by Barb Huff

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