Ethel Marie Rainwater and Paul Edward Reynolds
PAUL EDWARD REYNOLDS, son of ESTHER IRENE HALL and WILLIAM AUSTIN REYNOLDS, was born September 13, 1914 in West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana,4931, 11727 and died September 8, 1967 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.4931 He is buried in Boswell Cemetery, Benton County, Indiana.456
He married ETHEL MARIE RAINWATER on April 10, 1943 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas.11728 She was born May 9, 1914 in Cains Store, Pulaski, Kentucky,11728 and died March 24, 2011 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.11728 She is buried in Boswell Cemetery, Benton County, Indiana.456
Personal Information
Paul E. Reynolds
- graduated from West Lebanon High School, Warren County, Indiana11727
- was a Veteran of World War II11727
- was a member of the American Legion11727
- was a member of the Boswell Free Methodist Church, Benton County, Indiana. 11727
Obituaries
Journal and Courier, September 9, 196711727
PAUL E. REYNOLDS
BOSWELL — Paul E. Reynolds, 52, of Boswell, an employe of Purdue University, died in Home Hospital, Lafayette, at 8:10 p.m. Friday. He was ill two and a half years and a patient in the hospital four days.
He was born at West Lebanon and graduated from high school there and moved to Boswell in 1938 and operated an automobile service station for a number of years before taking employment at Purdue University in 1962.
Mr. Reynolds was married to Ethel Rainwater in 1943 and was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Boswell Free Methodist Church and American Legion.
Surviving with the widow are two daughters, Kathleen and Irene, both at home; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kiser of Williamsport and Mrs. Eleanor Young of Dayton, Ohio, and a brother, Lt. Col. Richard F. Reynolds of Honolulu.
Journal and Courier, March 26, 201111728
Ethel Davis, 96
Ethel M. Rainwater Davis, 96, of Lafayette, died at 4:25 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Rosewalk Village.
Born May 9, 1914, in Canestore, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Louis and Grace Wilson Rainwater.
She married Paul Reynolds on April 10, 1943, in Amarillo, Texas. He preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1967. She married Troy Davis on Dec. 14, 1968, in Fowler, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 20, 1985. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker.
Surviving are two daughters, Kathleen Wainwright (husband: Bruce) of Parker, Colo., and Irene Maes of Littleton, Colo.; and three stepdaughters, Gloria Desenfants (husband: James) of West Lafayette, Janet Kellerman (husband; Stewart0 of Romney and Pamela Graves (husband: Robert) of West Lafayette.
Also surviving are 5 grandchildren, 7 step-grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and 16 step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers, Herbert, Arnet, Gilbert, Olef and Corbin Rainwater; and a sister, Eva Stultz.
Visitation from 1-2 p.m. Monday with funeral service to follow at 2 p.m. at Hippensteel Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Ronald Wunsch officiating. Burial to follow at Boswell Cemetery.
The family requests memorial contributions be sent to the American Cancer Society or First Church of God. Hippensteel Funeral Home entrusted with care.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 20, 19207747 | Pike, Warren, Indiana |
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| April 4, 19307748 | Pike, Warren, Indiana |
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