NEET
C. Paul Neet of RR 4, Rockville, age 83, died Tuesday morning, February 26, at his home. He was a member of Rosedale Christian Fellowship Church, Royal Arch Masons, Terre Haute Scottish Rite and Parke County Low 12 Club. A 50 year member of the former Catlin Masonic Lodge and OES, he was a member of Montezuma Masonic Lodge and Bridgeton OES. He was a retired farmer and had also retired in 1951 from Marathon Oil Company. Surviving are the widow, Mary; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hobson of Indianapolis, Mrs. E. Jane Shouse, and Mrs. Marilyn Blakely, both of Terre Haute and Mrs. Dorothy Kish of Tucson, Arizona; a son, Paul A. of RR 4, Rockville; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Barnes Mortuary with Rev. Marcus Myers officiating. Burial will be in Memory Garden Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday. The Sentinel, 27 February 1980
John W. Neet, age 86, died at 4:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at the residence southeast of town. He was born Feb. 16, 1856, in Raccoon Township. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and the Wesley Chapel church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Frank Paddock; one son, Cecil Neet; a granddaughter, Miss Jennie Adams, and a sister, Sarah McCanliss, all of Rockville; and two brothers, Oliver Perry Neet of Catlin and William Neet of St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Mt. Olivet church, with burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery. The Rev. R. Richmond Blake will have charge of the services. - Rockville Tribune, June 17, 1942
Mrs. J. M. Neet, wife of the County superintendent of Parke County, died on Tuesday of consumption, being the 8th victim of that disease in a family of 9. on account of the funeral the schools were dismissed on Wednesday. Mrs. C. E. Newlin attended from here. - Waveland Independent, Friday, December 4, 1903
Rockville, Ind., June 20 - Oliver Perry Neet, 74 years old, died at the residence south of Rockville at 2:20 o'clock Monday morning. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Nannie Jane Neet; one son, Paul; one sister, Mrs. Sarah McCanliss, a brother, William Neet of Florida and five grandchildren. The body was taken to Barnes Funeral Home and returned to the residence this morning. Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Olivet church near Catlin. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet cemetery. - Terre Haute Tribune, June 30, 1942
NEVINS
Says the Rosedale Tribune: Our community was shocked with the news of the sudden death of John Nevins Thursday afternoon. Mr. Nevins was out at his work assessing in the Huxford neighborhood. He had spent the dinner hour with his sister, Mrs. Vorhees Huxford, and had started on his afternoons work. He was found lying on the road side about half way between the homes of Perry Huxford and J. G. Griffin by George Griffin, who chanced that way. He was still breathing when found but was unconscious and so breathed his last. The coroner gave the verdict of heart trouble. - Rockville Republican, April 3, 1929
Mrs. Shirley Nevins - Rockville, April 15 - Mrs. Shirley Nevins, of Jessup, died Tuesday of blood poisoning. She had been ill two weeks and leaves a husband, a child two years old and an infant two weeks old. The funeral will be held at Union church Thursday morning, interment in the Union Church cemetery. - Terre Haute Tribune, Wednesday 15 April 1908, Page 002
NEWKIRK
The funeral of William "Ollis" Newkirk was held at the First Christian Church Wed January 25 at 10 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. William T. Barbre, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Alfred S. Warriner, pastor of the Methodist Church. Ollis' friends have always tried to scatter flowers in his path while living and they did not forget to make their floral offerings when he was gone. The flowers that were brought were many and beautiful. William Ollis was the son of Frank and Nancy Jane Newkirk, born April 16, 1893 and died January 22, 1911. Two brothers, Joseph Thomas, age 20, and Charles Richard age 18 and two sisters, Anna Ellen, age 4 and Dottie Ethel age 15 have preceded their brother to the better land. Ollis was a quiet, unassuming, humble young man which made him beloved of all who knew him. In his long illness he was never known to grow impatient or complain at his lot in life. While the terrible disease was doing its work of destroying the physical body, his soul was growing in faith and spiritual strength. he had often expressed his willingness to die, saying that death had no fears but that his only regret was that he must leave his father and mother. Ollis united with the First Christian Church of Rockville Sept 20, 1908 and since that time he has always been faithful in his attendance upon the church services when his health would permit and faithful in his Christian duties. he has been active in the church, Bible School and Christian Endeavor. Being the exception of a young man that he was, the church put so much confidence in him that he was chosen a deacon at their early age. His friends were loath to give him up but God called and he has answered. His course was short but run well. The battle was of short duration, but victory was his.
NEWLIN
Mrs. Bertha Newlin has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Alma Boyd Goodwin of Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Goodwin, age 83, was the daughter of Dr. and Margaret McCampbell Boyd of Annapolis and will be remembered by many relatives and friends among the older people of northern Parke County. Her husband, Marion Goodwin, died several years ago. - The Rockville Republican, Thursday, October 4, 1962
NIVINS
Died – Monday, 25th inst., of pneumonia, Mrs. Sarah Nivins, in the 77th year of her age. - Indiana Patriot, 27 January 1875
NOEL
Mrs. Mary Noel died at her home near Myrtle Point, Oregon, December 26, 1911. … Mrs. Noel was the widow of Johnson Noel, a son of Matthew Noel, one of the founders of Rockville and was born here. Mrs. Noel was one of the well known school teachers of Parke County before the civil war.” - Rockville Tribune, January 30, 1912
NORMAN
James S., son of William and Nancy Norman, was born on a farm near Bellmore, Ind., August 22, 1852, and died at his home in Parkeville, July 4, 1912, aged 59 years, 10 months and 12 days. He was the youngest of a family of eight children, all except one sister being dead. His boyhood was spent on the farm where he was born, his early education being obtained in the district school near his home. After taking a preparatory course he entered the Indiana School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1872. After graduating he came to Parkeville and entered the practice of his chosen profession, where he has enjoyed a continuous and successful practice for almost forty years. As a physician he was recognized as a man of great ability. In early life he united with the Evangelical Lutheran church under the pastorate of the Rev. John Good. At the time of his death he was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, a social member of Modern Woodmen of American, and a member of the Parke county Medical Association. During his last sickness, which dates from the first of April, he was a great sufferer, yet he bore his suffering with as much patience and fortitude as is given to man to command, while all that medical skill, tender hands, and loving hearts could do was done for his relief. Doctor Norman was a kind and considerate neighbor, and will be sadly missed in this neighborhood. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife, two sons, Leonard I. of Evansville, and William O. of Parkeville, one sister, Mrs. Rachel Switzer of near Bellmore, and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday morning, at the residence, Rev. Markin, officiating, and interment was made in Little Raccoon cemetery, north of Parkeville, according to the burial rites of the Masonic Fraternity and Modern Woodmen of America.
"Mrs. Nancy Norman who is mentioned in the Bellmore items as being very sick, died Monday. She lacked but nine days of being 80 years old. She lived southeast of Bellmore. Funeral services by Rev. D. S. Kalley were held yesterday at Otterbein church: burial in Blake Cemetery." – Rockville Republican, September 13, 1893
"Mrs. Nancy Hatfield - Norman, widow of Wm. Norman, deceased, and one of the oldest settlers of Union Township, departed this life Sept. 11, 1893, aged 79 years, 11 months and 21 days. She was a native of Butler County Ohio. Her father, George Hatfield, was a native of Virginia. The mother, Rachel bell, was born in the state of New Jersey. The father and mother were blessed with nine children, all reaching years of maturity, but now deceased with the exception of two. The deceased, in the year 1832, was united in wedlock to Wm. Norman of Kentucky, who died in 1866, aged 59 years, 5 months and 4 days. To them were born eight children, of whom five are living and three are dead. Grandma Norman, as she was commonly called, was converted in early life, united with the church and lived a life of Christian graces, well worthy of our greatest respect and imitation, until death peacefully removed her from labor to reward. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Daniel S. Kalley at Otterbein Church Sept. 12, 1893. Truly it can be said of this aged mother in Israel, as the funeral text read, she 'came to her grave in a full age like a shock of corn come in his season. 'In conclusion, as our heartfelt thoughts seem to linger, may we unite in the prayer of Moses, the man of God, in saying 'So teach us, dear Savior, to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, and like the loved one just gone before us, ever be watching and waiting and ready to exclaim 'Thy will be done.'" - Rockville Republican, September 20, 1893
Parke Norman, age 37, died early Monday morning at his home near West Union in Reserve Township. He had been in ill health for the last two years. Surviving are the widow; six children; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Norman of Reserve Township; one sister and several brothers. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, at the home of his parents, Rev. Winn Sherrill officiating. Burial was in the West Union cemetery. Pall, bearers were Orville, Howard, Frank, Clinton, Hugh and Woodrow Norman, brothers of the deceased. - Rockville Republican, June 18, 1936
NOWLING
Burned to Death – Special Dispatch to the Enquirer. Terre Haute, Ind, March 30 – This morning at Rockville, Parke County, Mrs. Ann Nowling, aged seventy years, was burned to death, being suddenly attacked with heart disease and falling forward on the fire. Her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Jackman, with whom she was living, was out of the room, and upon returning found her mother quite dead. – Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 31 March 187
NUTGRASS
Mary Jane Page was born near Shelbyville, Shelby county Kentucky, Mary 18, 1826; was married to William Nutgrass in April 1844 and come to this State in 1848. To this union were born eight children, three of whom George, Alfred and Mrs. Henry Zorget, preceded her to the other shore. The others are, James Nutgrass, Jr. of Morton, and Mrs. Sarah Beaty of Jessup, who are twins; Mrs. John Alexander, Mrs. James Alexander, and Mrs. Ike Lowry of Rockville. There are thirty-five grandchildren, sixty-two great grandchildren. Aunt Jane, as she was familiarly known, never united with any church, but had a preference to the Predestinarian Baptist faith. She was a great reader of the “Divine Book,” and read it through a number of times. She always said she trusted all to God and was ready to go to his call, and while she never got entirely helpless she often wondered why it was that she was spared so long in the feebleness of old age, yet she trusted to Him that all was for the best. Her final illness lasted five weeks and was endured with great resignation and fortitude. Aunt Jane will be missed in this community for she was a good and kind neighbor. Funeral services were conducted at the house by Elder C. R. Collings. Burial in Raccoon cemetery. - unknown newspaper (Death recorded in Book H-16, Page 052 as May 12, 1912)
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