DELPH, Orpheus M.

Date of birth:  10 Feb 1887 – Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 29 Dec 1926 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Obituary found in Boros Scrapbook, (2005.013.0001)
Originally published in the Franklin Evening Star, December 31, 1926,
Volume XLII Number 148, page 1 column 3


ORPHEUS M. DELPH

DIES AT HIS HOME

IN INDIANAPOLIS


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Was a Former Well
Known Resident of
Johnson County

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Orpheus M. Delph, 39, former resident of Franklin and Johnson county and well known in this community, died Thursday night at his home, 923 East Raymond street, Indianapolis, after an illness ex­tending over a period of several months.

Mr. Delph was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Delph and was born Feb. 10 1887, at the old Delph homestead in Union town­ship. He spent his boyhood in this community and in March, 1908, was married to Cora Craft of North Carolina.

For a short time following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Delph liv­ed in Franklin. They then moved to Indianapolis, where they lived for the past 16 years. Mr. Delph had been employed in the chemi­cal departments of several large In­dianapolis manufacturing concerns.

Father of Three.

Mr. Delph was the father of three children: Mary Elizabeth, age 17; Doris, age 9; and Mary Fran­ces, age 4. All three children sur­vive. Besides his widow and chil­dren, the deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Martha Delph and one brother, Chelsea Delph of In­dianapolis. His father, W. F. Delph died Sept. 7, 1905. One brother, Raymond Delph and a sister, Mrs. Loui[s] Hutchinson, are also dead.

Mr. Delph has many relatives and friends in Johnson county. Mrs. R. D. Vandivier, of Union town­ship, is an aunt, and Mrs. Omer Henderson, a cousin.

Arrangements have been made for the funeral services to be held at the Glade church in Clark township, in order that friends may attend.

The services will be held Sat­urday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Burial will be in the First Mt. Pleasant cemetery.

The deceased was a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Delph, well known citizens of Johnson county.

Link to Orpheus M. Delph’s grave

Submitted by Dietra Rosenkoetter