SEARS, John Dale

Male 1891 - 1967  (76 years)


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  • Name SEARS, John Dale 
    Born 14 Sep 1891  Pendleton, Madison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Nov 1967  Americana Nursing Home, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried 21 Nov 1967  Brookside Cemetery, Lapel, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Person ID I3307  Connecticut Spangs
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 

    Father SEARS, James Washington,   b. 03 Mar 1857, Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1939, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother HERSBERGER, Leora Ella,   b. Abt Feb 1860, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 1953, Lapel, Madison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 03 Mar 1885  [5
    Photos
    Sears, James and Ella Hersberger
    Sears, James and Ella Hersberger
    Family ID F614  Group Sheet

    Family RYAN, Mabel Catherine,   b. 13 Feb 1896, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1973, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1912  Pendleton, Madison, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F1451  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • The Anderson Herald. Anderson, Indiana, 19 November 1967.
      John D. Sears obituary
      Lapel---John D. Sears, 76, of Rt. 3, Anderson, died Saturday evening at the Americana Nursing Home in Anderson after a lingering illness. The body was brought to Fisher Brothers Funeral Home here where friends will be received after 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the rev. Edwin Pile of the Lapel Methodist Church in charge. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at the mortuary at 8 p.m. Monday by Pendleton Masonic Lodge No. 44.

      Mr. Sears was born at Lapel and spent his entire life in the community. He graduated from Lapel High School and attended Indiana Central College and formerly taught school in Lapel and Stony Creek Township. He retired from the Anderson Post Office in 1953. In 1912, he married Mabel Ryan. Mr. Sears was a member of the Lapel Methodist Church, the Pendleton Masonic Lodge of which he was past master and from which he received a 50 year pin.

      Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mabel Sears; one son, Herbert Sears, Rt. 3, Anderson; two grandsons [grandchildren]; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McClintick, Lapel, and Mrs. Dorothy Bodenhorn, Anderson; two brothers, Virgil Sears, Rt. 1, Lapel, and Glen Sears, Lapel.

      Anderson Herald. Anderson, Indiana, Tuesday 21 Nov 1967.
      John Sears funeral notice
      Lapel --- Services for John D. Sears, 76, of Rt. 3, Anderson, retired from the Anderson Post Office, will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fisher Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Edwin C. Pile of the Lapel Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in the Brookside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S196] Obituary, John D. Sears - Anderson Herald - 11/20/1967.

    2. [S196] Obituary, John D Sears - Anderson Herald - November 20, 1967.

    3. [S77] Fisher Brothers Funeral Home Records, #146; pg 116.

    4. [S27] Brookside Cemetery Records, Madison County Area Cemetery Database, pg 13.

    5. [S115] Index to marriage records- Madison County, IN; 1880-1920.