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Martin Monroe Shady

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Martin Monroe Shady

Birth
Wells County, Indiana, USA
Death
29 Apr 1941 (aged 82)
Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Magley, Adams County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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DEATH CLAIMS MARTIN SHADY
Former Adams County Resident Dies At Home in Elkhart

Martin M. Shady, 82, for many years a resident of Adams County, died this morning at Elkhart after a year's illness of cancer of the stomach. He had resided in Adams County most of his life, leaving this community in 1913.
Surviving are his third wife, Pearl Dewey; three children, Mrs. Ethel Bryan of Craigville, Mrs. Edith Carder of Fort Wayne and Dewey M. Shady of Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Ellen Beery of Kendallville, and Mrs. Mary Jane Rex of Battle Creek, Michigan; a brother, Marion F. Shady of Battle Creek, Mich.; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. His first two wives, Sally Wolfe and Allie Call, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Pleasant Valley Church, one mile east and one mile north of Tocsin, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock (CST), Rev. R. H. Heald of Fort Wayne will officiate, assisted by Rev. Oscar Pace of Elkhart, Rev. C. C. Moore of Craigville and Rev. Florence of Wilmore, Ky. Burial will be in the Shady Cemetery.
The body has been taken to the Thoma Funeral Home at Bluffton.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN; April 30, 1941


SHADY FUNERAL TO BE THURSDAY P.M.
FORMER RESIDENT OF CRAIGVILLE PASSES AWAY AT ELKHART HOME
Funeral services for Martin Monroe Shady, 82, retired farmer, formerly of Craigville, whose death occurred at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home at 238 Gargeld avenue, Elkhart, will be held at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the Thoma funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley church, in charge of Rev. R. H. Heald, assisted by Rev. Charles Moore, of Craigville, and Rev. Pase, of Elkhart. Burial will be in the Shady cemetery. The body will be at the Thoma funeral home until the time of the funeral.
Mr. Shady was born in Wells county on Mar. 12, 1859, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Mills Shady. His first marriage was to Sally Wolf and his second marriage was to Allie Call, both of whom are deceased. He married Rev. Pearl Dewey on Aug. 15, 1911. She survives.
Two daughters and a son surviving are Mrs. Ethel Shady Bryan, of Craigville; Mrs. Edith Carder, of Fort Wayne, and Dewey Martin Shady, of Elkhart. One daughter [?], Arta Shady, is deceased.
A brother and two sister[s] surviving are Marion F. Shady, of Battle Creek, Mich.; Mrs. Martha Ellen Beery, of Kendallville, and Mrs. Mary Jane Rex, of Sturgis, Mich.
Bluffton, Indiana: Evening News-Banner Vol. XII. No. 152. Wednesday, April 30, 1941 p. 3, col. 1.
DEATH CLAIMS MARTIN SHADY
Former Adams County Resident Dies At Home in Elkhart

Martin M. Shady, 82, for many years a resident of Adams County, died this morning at Elkhart after a year's illness of cancer of the stomach. He had resided in Adams County most of his life, leaving this community in 1913.
Surviving are his third wife, Pearl Dewey; three children, Mrs. Ethel Bryan of Craigville, Mrs. Edith Carder of Fort Wayne and Dewey M. Shady of Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Ellen Beery of Kendallville, and Mrs. Mary Jane Rex of Battle Creek, Michigan; a brother, Marion F. Shady of Battle Creek, Mich.; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. His first two wives, Sally Wolfe and Allie Call, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Pleasant Valley Church, one mile east and one mile north of Tocsin, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock (CST), Rev. R. H. Heald of Fort Wayne will officiate, assisted by Rev. Oscar Pace of Elkhart, Rev. C. C. Moore of Craigville and Rev. Florence of Wilmore, Ky. Burial will be in the Shady Cemetery.
The body has been taken to the Thoma Funeral Home at Bluffton.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN; April 30, 1941


SHADY FUNERAL TO BE THURSDAY P.M.
FORMER RESIDENT OF CRAIGVILLE PASSES AWAY AT ELKHART HOME
Funeral services for Martin Monroe Shady, 82, retired farmer, formerly of Craigville, whose death occurred at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home at 238 Gargeld avenue, Elkhart, will be held at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the Thoma funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Pleasant Valley church, in charge of Rev. R. H. Heald, assisted by Rev. Charles Moore, of Craigville, and Rev. Pase, of Elkhart. Burial will be in the Shady cemetery. The body will be at the Thoma funeral home until the time of the funeral.
Mr. Shady was born in Wells county on Mar. 12, 1859, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Mills Shady. His first marriage was to Sally Wolf and his second marriage was to Allie Call, both of whom are deceased. He married Rev. Pearl Dewey on Aug. 15, 1911. She survives.
Two daughters and a son surviving are Mrs. Ethel Shady Bryan, of Craigville; Mrs. Edith Carder, of Fort Wayne, and Dewey Martin Shady, of Elkhart. One daughter [?], Arta Shady, is deceased.
A brother and two sister[s] surviving are Marion F. Shady, of Battle Creek, Mich.; Mrs. Martha Ellen Beery, of Kendallville, and Mrs. Mary Jane Rex, of Sturgis, Mich.
Bluffton, Indiana: Evening News-Banner Vol. XII. No. 152. Wednesday, April 30, 1941 p. 3, col. 1.


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