Date of birth: 22 March 1886 Marion County, Indiana Date of death: 13 December 1968 Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana Franklin Daily Journal 16 December 1968 Greenwood man dies GREENWOOD -- Elmer B. Dougherty, 82, 147 W. Main Street died Friday at the Greenwood Health Center. He had been ill six weeks. Mr. Dougherty was born March 23, 1886 in Marion County, the son of Jacob and Lydia Anderson Dougherty. He was a retired warehouse superintendent having been employed by the Strom warehouse in Indianapolis. Survivors are a son, Wilbur D. Dougherty, Indianapolis; one brother, Bert D. Dougherty, Greenwood; one sister, Mrs. Stella Bullock, California and one granddaughter, Mrs. Florence Pettit, Chicago. Mr. Dougherty attended the Methodist Church. Services will be held in the J. C. Wilson Greenwood Chapel, Tuesday at 1:00 p.m., with burial in the Rockland cemetery. Rev. Medcalf of the Woodlawn Baptist Church, Indianapolis will be in charge.
Submitted by Mark Wirey