From the Adams County (IN) Historical Museum,  1955 March-April 1958 Scrapbook, image 56

Handwritten-Wed. Aug. 1, 1956

LONG ILLNESS PROVES FATAL TO C. A. BRANSTETER

Funeral Friday for Jefferson Township Retired Farmer

Charles A. Bransteter, 76, well known Jefferson Township retired farmer, died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the South View Nursing Home near Bluffton following a serious illness of six months.

He had been in ill health two years and critically sick for six weeks. He had hardening of the arteries and suffered several strokes in recent weeks. Mr. Bransteter was admitted to the South View Nursing Home July 1, 1955. He was a resident of Jefferson Township for 23 years.

Mr. Bransteter was a native of Ohio and was born January 27, 1880, the son of Michael and Lealine Carmack Bransteter. He was married to Nellie McGough January 4, 1909. She preceded in death July 8, 1955.

Surviving are the following children: Argyle Bransteter, Rockford, Ohio R.R. 1; Richard A. Bransteter, Geneva R.R. 2; Charles A. Bransteter, Jr., Berne R.R. 2; Lester Bransteter, Geneva; Mrs. Walter (Thelma) Tester, Geneva; Mrs. C.D. (Wilma) Gaede, Camarillo, Calif.; Mrs. Victor (Frieda) Bryie, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Vernon (Creva) Bollenbacher, Mrs. Eugene (Deloris) Caffee and Mrs. Glen (Garni) Bollenbacher, all of Geneva, and Mrs. Robert (Betty) Parr, Berne. There are 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Harry Baucher, Celina, Ohio. Two sisters, Mrs. Nora White and Mrs. Hulda Case, preceded in death.

The body is at the Yager Funeral Home where friends may call after 7:00 p.m. today. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Mt. Hope Church of the Nazarene of which he was a member, Rev. Kenneth Swan officiating. Burial will be in Swamp College Cemetery.
[Buried Swamp College Cemetery; Mercer County, Ohio]

Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski