- Mrs. Frank (Della ) Myers, 74, of the Etna community in Whitley County, died at approximately 7 o'clock Wednesday night at the McDonald Hospital. She had been ill with carcinoma for six months. Mrs. Myers was born in Kansas on Dec 24, 1874, the daughter of John and Anna Mabie. She was married to Frank Myers on Mar 8, 1899. Surviving are the husband; four sons, Charles, John, Chester, of near Etna, and Claude, of north of Warsaw; four daughters, Mrs. Anna Coyle, of Elkhart, Mrs. Jane Hickman, of near Syracuse, Mrs. Bertha Tom, of near North Webster, and Mrs. Helen Richards, of near Etna; two brothers, Ben Mabie, of North Webster, and Eli Mabie, of Cromwell; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Harp, of Ligonier; 39 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Boggs and Mrs. Laurah Miller, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Etna Methodist church, of which she was a member. Rev. Albert Rider will officiate, and burial will be in Salem cemetery at Wilnot. Friends may call at the Troxel funeral home in North Webster until noon Saturday, at which time the body will be taken to the church.
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