Edna B. Thompson

EDNA B. THOMPSON, daughter of IDA LORINDA CHAPMAN and WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON, was born July 22, 1883 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,^{122, 1261} and died February 18, 1956 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.¹²⁶¹ She is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.¹²⁶¹

She married (1) CLAUDE MELVILLE on July 3, 1906 in Kosciusko County, Indiana.^{92, 1675} He was born January 6, 1885 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana,¹⁶⁷⁵ and died July 6, 1912 in Winona Lake, Marshall, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.^{4931, 456}

She married (2) JAMES EDGAR DECKARD on April 18, 1928.¹²⁶¹ He was born August 11, 1880 in Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died February 23, 1954 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

• Descendant Reports
  • William H. Thompson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Edna B. Thompson)
  • Alexander Blair Descendant Report (Ancestor of Edna B. Thompson)

Personal Information

• James Edgar Deckard was a member of the Presbyterian Church. ¹²⁶²

Work History

Obituaries

Fort Wayne News, July 8, 1912⁹⁶⁹

Claude Melville, an electrician at Warsaw, met instant death at Winona lake, where he was working on a telegraph pole. Two thousand three hundred volts pased through the body.

Warsaw Times-Union, February 23, 1954¹²⁶²

Deaths

JAMES DECKARD

James Edgar Deckard, 73, 1021 East Markel street, died at approximately 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Murphy Medical Center where he had been a patient the past three days.

Mr. Deckard was born Aug. 11, 1880 in Monroe county, the son of John and Sarah (Clay) Deckard and and had resided in Warsaw the past 23 years. He was married Apr. 18, 1928 to Edna Melville. A member of the Presbyterian church, he was a cabinet maker by vocation.

Survivors include the wife, two daughters, Mrs. R. L. Wootton of Craig, Colo., Mrs. Robert Arnold, of Fort Wayne, four sisters, Mrs. Jewell Valentine, Warsaw, Mrs. Verl Kissinger, of Woodburn, Mrs. Belva Popham of California, Mrs. Wade Whittenberger, of Colorado, a brother Jesse Deckard, of Lafayette three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The Bibler funeral home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete today.

Warsaw Times-Union, February 20, 1956¹²⁶¹

Deaths

MRS. EDNA DECKARD

Mrs. Edna B. Thompson Deckard, 72, 1021 East Market street, died Saturday at 7:45 p. m. in the McDonald hospital, where she had been a patient for the past five and one-half months.

Mrs. Deckard was a niece of Agnes Pruyn Chapman, founder of the Winona Lake chapter of the Daughters of American Revolutionizing. She was born in Richmond July 22, 1883, to William and Ida (Chapman) Thompson. Mrs. Deckard had been a resident of Warsaw for the past 60 years. She was first married to a Clyde Melville. He died many years ago. She then married James E. Deckard in Plymouth April 28, 1928. He preceded her in death Feb. 21, 1954. Mrs Deckard was a member of the Warsaw Presbyterian church She was also a member of the Agnes Pruyn Chapman chapter of the Daughter of American Revolution, and Circle one of the Presbyterian Women's association.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. R. I. Wootton, Craig., Colo.. and Mrs. Alex Gillander, Kokomo; one brother. Herbert Thompson, of Warsaw; one sister, Mrs. Cliff Ruggles, Plymouth; five nieces, two of whom are Mrs. Rulo Minear and Mrs. Glen Evers of Warsaw; and one nephew.

Funeral services will he held Tuesday at 3 p. m. in the L. J. Bibler and Son funeral home. Rev. Edward C. McCance will officiate, assisted by Rev. A. C. E. Gillander, of Kokomo. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 18, 1900112	Spring Grove, Wayne, Indiana	William Henry Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman Charles Herbert Thompson Edna B. Thompson Ruth Elizabeth Thompson
April 27, 1910964	Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana	Claude Melville Edna B. Thompson
January 9, 1920965	Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana	Edna B. Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman
April 3, 1930966	Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana	Edna B. Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman James Edgar Deckard
April 15, 19402515	Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana	Edna B. Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman James Edgar Deckard