The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28

Several Old Residents Sue
Cumb; Funerals Are
Arranged.

Death claimed number of we'll
known indianapolis residents over
the week end.
Clayton D. Burbank, district man
ager of the Western Brick Company
for twenty-five years, died at his
home, 2941 Park avenue, Sunday.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Mr.. Burbank, resident here for
twenty-five years, was a member
of Broadway M E. church, Center
lodge, F. & A. M. and the Scottish
Rite.
Albert B. Gossett, IA, postmaster
at Jonesvillle during the Cleveland
administration, and former travelling
agent for the Miller Supply Com
pany, died Saturday at his home,
2347 South Sherman drive.
Masonic funeral services will be at
the home and burial will be in
Crown HAl cemetery today.
Mrs. Pruitt Dies
Mrs. Cora M. Pruitt, 81, of 637
North Oxford street, died Sunday
night at her home after ten days
illness. Mrs. Pruitt was born in In
dianapoliS and had lived here all
her life.
She had been an active church
worker and a member of the
Brightwood chapter of the Eastern
Star. She is survived by a son, Rus
sell S. Pruitt. and a grandson, Will
liam j. Pru>%. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed.
Mrs. Minnie Miller, wife of w. D.
Miller, 1888 North Pennsylvania
street, died Sunday. Services will
be held at today in Flanner &
Buchanan's mortuary. Another
service will be held Tuesday at But
Ter, Ind. The Rev. Abram S. Wood
ard, pastor of the Meridian Street
M. E. church, will be in charge.
Mrs. Miller had been prominent
in church and club work. She was
secretary OF the Monday Luncheon
Bridge Club many years.
Death Ends Illness
After eight months illness, Will
liam Moore, 81, of 1121 South Sen
ate avenue, died in city hospital
Saturday. Private services were
held at the Valid undertaking es-
tablishment, 1922 Union street, at
10 this morning.
Mrs. Ella H. Burgess, 78, of 609
North Rural street, died of heart
disease Saturday in st. Vincent's
hospital. Last rites will be held at
st. Philip Neri Catholic church at
9 Tuesday, with burial in Holy Cross
cemetery.
Mrs. Burgess was a member of
the church, and active in the Altar
society.
Services for Mrs. Grace Refining,
38, a former resident of Indianapolis
who died Wednesday in Chicago,
will be held at 10 Tuesday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Edward
Gels, % West Twenty seventh street.
Burial will be in Crown Hill ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Emily E. Loomis, SO, widow
of julius Fitch LOOMS, prominent
in the business life of Chattanooga,
Tenn, where she lived most of her
life, died Saturday at her home,
$3.50 North Capitol avenue. Mrs.
LOOMS lived here ten years.
Mrs. Kappes Dead
Services will be held in the Will
liam E. Krieger undertaking estab-
lishment, 1902 North Illinois street,
at today Burial will be in Chat
tanooga Tuesday.
Mrs. Berta T. Kappes, 81, died
suddenly Sunday noon at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Eugene S.
Westervelt, 7C5 East Forty eighth
street. Mrs. Kappes, who had been
a resident of New York for many
years, had lived with her daughter
since July.
Services will be held in the Kirby
& Dim funeral establishment at
2 Tuesday. The body will be Gre
mated.
Following a long illness, Arthur
]. Harvie, 81, died Saturday in his
home, 1928 North Sherman drive.
Last rites, conducted by the Rev,
E. H. Daley, pastor of the First
United Brethren church, will be
held at the home of 2 Tuesday