| Dale E. Combs
(1917-1998) |
Dale E. Combs
Logansport-Pharos tribune - Indiana- Wed 30 Sept 1998 WINAMAC - Services for Dale E. Combs, 81, of 702 S. Franklin St., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Frain Mortuary. Mr. Combs died at 2-2& p.m. Monday, Sept., 28,1998, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Fulton County Road 50N and U.S. 31 South, Rochester. Born April 3,1917, in Auburn, he was the son of Truman N. and Ida Bookwalter Combs. On Aug. 12,1949, in Winamac, he was married to Mary Straw Baker, who died Sept. 28, 1998. Mr. Combs was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II. He lived in Winamac since 1949, moving there from Macy. Mr. Combs was a parts manager having worked at the Winamac Ford Garage, NAPA Auto Parts stores and Critten's Ford Tractor dealership. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He also was a member of the American Association of Retired People. Surviving are two sisters, Cherril Place, Cneboygan, Mich., and Lauretta Lee, Rochester. Two brothers, Byron Combs and Vie Combs, and one sister, Margaret Mead, preceded in death. William Mathys will officiate at the services. Burial, with military graveside services by Ihe American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be in McKinley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. until the time of services Friday in the mortuary.
Dale married Mary Irene Straw, daughter of Harry Franklin Straw and Mary Pearl Markley, on 12 Aug 1949. (Mary Irene Straw was born on 24 Jul 1914 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, died on 28 Sep 1998 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana and was buried in McKinley Memorial Gardens Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA.). The cause of her death was auto accident. |
Cause of his death was Auto accident.