In Memory

Merle Gushwa (Gingrich) - Class Of 1918

Mrs. Merle Gingrich, 74, of Rt. 4, Delphi, died Saturday at 7:45 p.m. in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, where she had been a patient 18 hours. Born July 28, 1898, south of Delphi, she was the daughter of Albert and Effie Rohrabaugh Gushwa. Her marriage Jan. 29, 1922, was to Lawrence Gingrich. A lifetime resident of the community, she was a member of St. iuitaiihews Lutheran Church of Delphi and a charter member of Madison Township Extension Homemakers Club. Surviving are the husband; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Harold (Opal) Shanks of Rt. 4, Delphi; a brother Reed Gushwa of Rt. 3, Delphi; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul Borg and the Rev. Toby Hendleman officiating. Interment was in the Lutheran Cemetery at Colburn.

THE HOOSIER DEMOCRAT, FLORA, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1973