Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries

Ross

The Shelbyville News
Friday, January 24, 1997
Lois Z. Ross
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Lois Z. Ross 96, died Wednesday.
Born 3 Jan 1901, daughter of Henry and Lena Myrtle (Clarkson) Denney.
Married Robert T. Ross 23 Apr 1927 (preceded).
KCL Corp. Member of the First Christian Church.
Survivors: two brothers, Sterling and Merril Denny; sister Thyra Denney. Preceded by one brother.
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
September 7, 1989
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Harry F. Ross, 76, died Tuesday, September 5, 1989, Indianapolis.
Shelbyville native.
Retired as chief master sergeant, 30 years of military service. Veteran of Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Retired from the First National Bank, Kokomo.
Son of John L. and Flora Strahl Ross. Born September 9, 1912, Shelbyville.
Married July 30, 1938, Bethesda, Maryland, to Vera E. Crandall; she survives.
Also surviving: son, four daughters, 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, brother, Kenneth Ross, Indianapolis.
Boyer Funeral Home, Sharpsville.
Contributed & summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
Saturday, May 24, 1980
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Ross
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Robert T. Ross 75, retired from the former National Farm Machinery Co-op factory, died this morning.
Born Bulter, PA, 8 Mar 1905, son of the late Steven L. and Mae Moore Ross.
Married Lois Denney 23 Apr 1927 (survives).
Two half-brothers and cousin in PA.
Member First Christian Church and Frat Order of Eagles.
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed and summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
April 24 or 25, 1966
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Graveside Rites For
Frank Ross Thursday
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Graveside rites for Frank C. Ross, 72, of Venice, Calif., former local resident, will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. At Forest Hill Cemetery. Rev. Robert Hampton will officiate.
Mr. Ross died and was cremated in California in February.
He was born in March 23, 1893, the son of James and Laura (Deforrest) Ross. Mr. Ross served with the U.S. Navy during World War 2 in the Pacific and after discharge became a free lance writer and editor.
He had spent several summers in Shelby County with a foster niece, Mrs. Robert Weintraut of Waldron.
A brother, Joe Ross of Indianapolis, also survives. A brother DeForrest Ross and a sister, Mildred (Myres) Ross preceded in death.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Greensburg Daily News
Monday, May 7, 1962
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DEATH CLAIMS HARRISON ROSS
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Former Stonecutter At St. Paul Was 75
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Harrison Ross, 73, a former stonecutter at the St. Paul quarries, died at 4 a.m. today at his home in Middletown on U.S. 421 in Shelby county. He had been in failing health since February and seriously ill for the past two months.
Following his work at the St. Paul quarries, he was employed at the McQuary & Norris factory at Connersville until his retirement about ten years ago.
The son of James Irwin and Mary Northern Ross, he was born near Waldron on October 7, 1886.
On July 2, 1944, he was married to Helen M. Thompson, who survives.
Surviving with the widow are five children, Mrs. William (Joan) Koonce, Litchfield, Illinois, Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, Shelbyville, Mrs. John (Joyce) McNeely, Connersville, Mrs. Ray (Myrle) Ingerman, Connersville, and Jack Richard Ross, Shelbyville; two step-sons, Robert L. Thompson, who is serving with the U.S. Navy in Puerto Rico, and Jack Thompson, of Hamilton, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Pollack, Mrs. Eva Brannin and Mrs. Clara Baker, all of Waldron; one brother Dolph Ross, of Waldron; 12 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and one step-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Carmony funeral home at St. Paul with the Rev. Donald Lambert, of the Waldron Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in the VanPelt cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon hour Tuesday.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Craig Ross

A Central Indiana Newspaper
1955
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ROSS - Zella Myrl, wife of Charles Earl Ross, mother of Ray Ross, Mrs. Fern Hargrove, and Mrs. Ruth Brewer passed away Monday AM. Friends may call at the Tolin and Herr Memorial Chapel, 1303 Prospect Street after noon Tuesday. Service Wednesday 1 PM. Interment Liberty Cemetery near Shelbyville.
Contributed by Marlena Linne

The Shelbyville News
September 5, 1951
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CARL ROSS, 73
DIES AT AMITY
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Rites For Retired Farmer
To Be Held Thursday
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Carl Ross, 73, Shelby county native and father of Mrs. Jesse R. Simpson, local school teacher, died at his home in Amity Tuesday of a heart ailment. He had been in failing health for more than three years.
MR. ROSS, a retired farmer and the last of five children, had spent the great part of his life in Shelby county until moving to Amity [Johnson County] two years ago. He was the son of Henry and Louisiana (Salla) Ross and was born in Hendricks townshp on January 1, 1878. On March 21, 1900, he married Blanche Snyder whose death occurred on October 7, 1935.
The daughter, Mrs. Simpson, who resides in Hendricks township, is the only close survivor.
Funeral services will be held at the Ewing Mortuary Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Jesse J. McKeny officiating. Interment will be in the Miller cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
June 26, 1950
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INFANT GIRL
DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Elizabeth Jean Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ross of 917 Meridian St., died at birth at the W. S. Major Hospital Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Surviving with the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ross of Rushville and Mrs. Minnie Berauer of this city and Omer Berauer of Waldron. Funeral rites were held at the Murphy Mortuary this afternoon and burial was made at Forest Hill cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday April 13, 1936
Page 1 column 8
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THREE SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENTS KILLED;
ONE INJURED IN ACCIDENT
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Edward Boyle, Agent for Pennsylvania Railroad Here, Is One of Victims;
His Mother-in-Law, Mrs. Estella Lemasters, and James H. Ross Are Also Fatally Injured;
Mrs. Boyle Is In Serious Condition; Wreck Occurs at Interurban Crossing Near Franklin
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Contributed by Barb Huff -- Please see the Lemasters file (April 1936) for the full account of this accident.

The Shelby Democrat
October 10, 1935
Page 2 Column 2-5
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MRS. CARL ROSS, 52,
PASSED AWAY TODAY
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Died at Home in Hendricks Township --
Was Mother of Local
High School Teacher.
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Mrs. Blanche Ross, aged fifty-two, wife of Carl Ross, died at her home in Hendricks township, two miles north of Marietta, at 5:00 o'clock this morning. Her death was due to heart trouble, from which she had suffered for more than a year.
The daughter of Jacob V. and Rosalia M. Gallahan, the deceased was born in March 14, 1883, on the farm where her death occurred. On March 21, 1900, she was united in marriage with Carl Ross and to this union was born one daughter, Miss Irene Ross, at home, who survives with the husband. Miss Ross is a teacher of history and English in Shelbyville high school.
Mrs. Ross was a devoted member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist church of Smithland, where funeral services will be held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Dr. L. T. Freeland, former pastor of the First M. E. church in this city, will officiate. Burial, in charge of Charles M. Ewing, funeral director, will be made in the Miller cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday, July 1, 1930
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MRS. MARY ROSS CALLED BY DEATH
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Aged Middletown Resident Succumbs
7 Weeks After Husband's Death
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SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE
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After having been seriously ill for a month with heart disease and dropsy, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, 79 years old, passed away at 8:30 o'clock this morning at her home in Middletown. Her husband, Irwin Ross, died there seven weeks ago.
She was born in Madison county, Kentucky May 26, 1851. For 50 years she had lived in the home where her death occurred. Her marriage to Mr. Ross took place February 19, 1870.
Of the ten children born to them, seven survive. They are: John Ross, of Madison; Dolph, of Noble township; Harrison Ross, of St. Paul; Mrs. William [Eugena] Acre of Liberty township; Mrs. Orville [Clara] Baker of Blue Ridge; Mrs. Willis [Eva] Brannin of Connersville, and Mrs. Leonard [Mae] Pollock of Waldron. Mrs. Ross leaves 31 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and two brothers, James Northern of Indianapolis and Greenbury Northern of Decatur county. She was a member of the Waldron Baptist church.
Services will be held in this church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. C.B. Atkinson, pastor of the church officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in the VanPelt cemetery, with C.F. Fix & Son in charge.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Craig Ross

The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday, May 14, 1930
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AGED MAN DIES AT MIDDLETOWN
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Irwin Ross, Eighty-Five Years Old,
Leaves Widow And 54 Descendants
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BURIAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
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Diseases incidental to his advanced years caused the death at 10:40 o'clock Tuesday evening of Irwin Ross, 85 years old, at his home in Middletown, on state road No. 29, on the east edge of Liberty township.
He was born in Galton [sic] county, Kentucky January 11, 1845. For more than fifty years he had lived in Shelby county and during forty years of this time he had lived in or near Middletown. He was married to Miss Mary Northern on February 19, 1870. They had lived happily together for sixty years, the aged widow surviving.
Of the ten children born to them, four daughters and three sons survive; Mrs. William [Eugena] Acre, of Liberty township; Mrs. Leonard [Mae] Pollock, of Waldron; Mrs. Orville [Clara] Baker, of Blue Ridge; Mrs. Willis [Eva] Brannin, of Connersville; Rev. John Ross, of Madison; Dolph Ross, of Noble township and Harrison Ross, of St. Paul. Thirty-one grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren survive.
For many years, Mr. Ross had been a member of the Waldron Baptist church. He was highly esteemed in the community in which he lived. The funeral service will be held at the home in Middletown Friday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. C.B. Atkinson conducting the service. Burial will be in the VanPelt cemetery, C.F. Fix & Son in charge.
Submitted by Barb Huff for Craig Ross

A Shelbyville Newspaper
Thursday, July 31, 1919
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FUNERAL HELD TODAY.
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The funeral of Mrs. Martha Ross was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home on the Knightstown pike, the Rev. Dougherty, pastor of the West St. M. E. Church, officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Pisgah cemetery in charge of Ewing & Oldham.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

A Shelbyville Newspaper
Thursday, March 6, 1919
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YOUNG WOMAN VICTIM
OF SPANISH INFLUENZA
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Miss Hazel M. Ross Died Last
Evening at St. Vincent Hosspital
in Indianapolis
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Spanish influenza, which developed into pneumonia, caused the death last evening of Miss Hazel M. Ross at the St. Vincent hospital in Indianapolis. She was aged thirty years and was born and reared in Hendricks township.
Miss Ross had been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ross, in Edinburg, for the last three years. She was stricken with Spanish influenza about a week ago and taken to an Indianapolis hospital, where death came. Before going to Edinburg she lived with her late grandmother, Mrs. Henry Ross, in Hendricks township.
Surviving besides her parents is a sister, Miss Ruth Ross, at home, and one brother. An uncle, Carl Ross, lives in Hendricks township. Many distant relatives are here with the large number of friends to mourn her death.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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Ibid.
Friday, March 7, 1919
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FUNERAL SATURDAY.
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The funeral of Miss Hazel M. Ross, who died at the St. Vincent hospital in Indianapolis, Wednesday evening, will be held at Edinburg Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in the cemetery there [Rest Haven].
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, December 12, 1918
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YOUNG MATRONS
ANSWER FINAL CALL
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Resident of City and of Hen-
dricks Township succumb
To Influenza.
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(From Monday's Daily.)
After a serious illness of less than a week from influenza pneumonia, Mrs. America May Ross, wife of Harry Ross, died at their home in Hendricks township Sunday morning at 1 o'clock. She was aged thirty-three years, four months and one day and was a well known woman of Hendricks township.
Mrs. Ross was born Aug. 7, 1885, the daughter of Joseph A. and Jennie White and her entire life had been spent as a resident of Hendricks township. Her marriage to Mr. Ross was solemnized on Aug. 7, 1906, and two children were born ot their union. They are Ruth Garnestine and Mary Lucille, both of whom survive with the husband and father. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. E. A. Tucker, of Hendricks township, her father having died several years ago; two brothers and one sister. Private Guy White, with the American forces in France; Clyde White, of Sugar Creek township, and Mrs. Cleta Shaw, of Indianapolis.
She was a well liked woman and had the entire community for her friends and the shock of her death is inexpressible, as her illness was of such short duration. She was an earnest and devout worker in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, of which she was a member.
Funeral services will be held at the late home Tuesday morning at 11:30 o'clock, Rev. Chandler, of Franklin, pastor of the Second Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, officiating. Stewart & Fix, undertakers, will have charge of the burial, which will be made in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, April 11, 1918
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CHARLES GARRETT ROSS
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(From, Tuesday's Daily)
After an illness of just two days, Charles Garrett Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ross, died at his home of this city, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. He was aged eleven years, three months and eighteen day[s]. Up until last Saturday he had apparently suffered no ills and was a daily attendant at school. Saturday he became ill and the physicians pronounced it meningitis, from which the boy was unable to recover. He is survived by his parents, four brothers, Harry, Kenneth, William and Joseph, living at home and his grandparents, Joseph Strahl and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ross. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home, Rev. B. J. Cross officiating, and burial will be made in the Miller cemetery in charge of Hendrickson & Sleeth, undertakers. The funeral is private.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, August 17, 1882
Page 3, column 4
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OBITUARY
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Mrs. Sarah H. Ross, of Hendricks township, this county, aged thirty-two years and eighteen days. The subject of this obituary was born in Franklin county, Indiana July 5th, 1850, and moved with her respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. Timeny, to this county in November 1867. She married James M. Ross, December 22nd, 1870, with whom she lived twelve years of happy life. When their home, by economy, had become a comfort and a joy by the presence of a little boy, Bertie, eighteen months old. When Mrs. Ross was in good health seemingly that mysterious angel of death without one day's warning, threw his dark form across the threshold of that home, producing a shock that time alone can calm and a sorrow that only heaven can heal. It is no wonder when the word was passed from mouth to mouth, "Mrs. Ross is dead," the people were unbelieving. They could scarcely realize it. We may all learn by this death that "whilst we are in the midst of life we are in death." There are many sad incidents connected with the demise of this lovely and loved woman. In the prime of life, an only daughter of parents bowed down by age and grief, an only sister of an only brother, warmly attached to her husband with whom she had toiled and labored for twelve years, now while everything is hopeful to be called suddenly lay down life. To leave that beautiful home, those parents, that husband that affectionate brother, and that little boy which was the hope of her life, is sad indeed. Let her friends hope that she is just across the river --- waiting.
Contributed by Barb Huff

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