DEVORE, Albert C. “Bert”

Date of birth: 17 Dec 1876 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 27 Feb 1942 Johnson County, Indiana

Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, February 27, 1942

Bert Devore Is
Taken By Death

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Rites Monday For
Clark Twp. Farmer

¶A. C. Devore, 65, better known as “Bert,” died Friday morning at 5 o’clock at his home, three miles north of Needham in Clark town­ship. Mr. Devore had suffered from asthma for a number of years and had been confined to his bed since just before Christmas.

Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Second Mt. Pleasant church. Burial will be in Greenlawn cem­etery.

The body will be taken to the home Saturday morning and friends may call at any time after noon Saturday, and are invited to at­tend the funeral.

Mr. Devore was born east of Franklin, Dec. 17, 1876, the son of David and Ellen Turpin Devore. On Oct. 15, 1896, he married Miss Ma­tilda Stillabower, who survives. The couple had no children.

Two brothers, Philander Devore, east of Franklin, and Pearl Devore, of Indianapolis, and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.

Mr. Devore was a member of the Second Mt. Pleasant church and of the Franklin Red Men lodge and the Acton Knights of Pythias lodge. He was a lifelong farmer and active in the affairs of his community, where he had a host of friends.

Submitted by Mark Wirey