Col. Simon Ward Dies

Sept 1931 - Albion man was Civil War Veteran - Albion, Sept. 30, 1931. Col. Simon T. Ward, 88, veteran of the Civil war, died late Tues night at his home here. He had been in ill health several years. Death was due to senility.

Col Ward had lived in Albion more than 50 years and was widely known as a businessman. He is survived by a grandson, Sergt. Paul Al. Ward of Ft. Trotten N.Y., and many nieces and nephews in this vicinity.

Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30 p.m., Friday. Rev. B.D. Nusewander of the M. E. church officiating. There will be Masonic services. Burial will be in Sweet cemetery.

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Obituary of Dr. John H. Ravenscroft

Oct 1931 - Albion, Oct. 12, 1931-Dr. John H. Ravenscroft, 57, prominent physician of E. Main St., this city (or was it S. Orange?) died at 1:30 p.m. today at Methodist Hospital, Ft. Wayne, after a few days serious illness, although he had been in ill health several months.

In the 15 years he resided here Dr. Ravenscroft became widely and favorably known. He was president of the Albion Board of Health and Sec. of the Noble Co. Board of Health. He was a member of the Noble County Medical Society, Northeastern Indiana Academy of Medicine, Ind. Medical Association and American Medical Association. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge here.

Dr. Ravenscroft was a graduate of the John Hopkins School of Medicine at Baltimore, Md. It is expected the body will be returned to that state for burial.

Surviving are his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Howard Ripple of Toledo and Mrs. Hershey Kuhn of Huntington; two sons, Lionel and Philip, at home and a brother, Carl, of Albion.

(Dr. Ravenscroft lost the sight of one eye while in the service of his country during the Spanish Am. War)

Additional-Masonic funeral services were held at the house at 3:00 p.m., Wed. The local lodge and Rev. B. F. Richer were in charge. The body was shipped to Md. Where funeral services and burial will be held at Westernport.

Mrs. Ravenscroft, her two sons and two daughters accompanied the body, leaving here at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

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