Carl R. RUNION dies in Lebanon (1969)

This obituary is courtesy of Karen Zach.

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - issue of Monday, April 7, 1969:

NORTH SALEM – Carl R. Runion, 78, of this community, died at 5 a.m. Sunday in Witham Hospital at Lebanon, where he had been a patient since March 31. He had been in failing health several years. Mr. Runion was born near North Salem, in Hendricks County, on Jan. 30, 1891, a son of Marion J. and Ida Hoosier Runion. He was married in 1920 to Serrilda Fenton at Danville. He was educated in Hendricks County schools and was a World War I veteran and member of Kurtz-Booker Post of the American Legion here. He farmed and was employed at Prestolite at Indianapolis. Mr. Runion was a member of the Dunkard Church. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Audra Lorene Warnock of Danville; a half-sister, Mrs. Ruth Skinner of Greencastle, and nieces and nephews. Funeral rites are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. L. C. Ziegler officiating and burial in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.