Obituaries
CECIL R. DAYHUFF
Owen Leader, 29, Dec. 1977
Cecil R. Dayhuff, 60, of Bloomington, died December 22 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.The funeral was held Tuesday at Greene and Harrell Chapel with Jay Temples officiating. Burial was in Simpson Chapel Cemetery.He was born in Clay County April 8, 1917 and was a veteran of World War II with the USMC. He was a member of the Baptist Church.Survivors are the widow, Freda Crower Dayhuff; sons Marvin and Jerry of Gosport, and Robert of Paragon; brother Clarence in Brazil; and step-children: Judy Stineway of Martinsville, Shirley Stephenson of Indianapolis, Sharon Courter of Bloomington, Debbie Stafford of Irving, Texas, Jim Nichols of Indianapolis, Tom Nichols of Arletta, California; Jerry Carrithers of Irving and Harold Carrithers of Bloomington.Twenty-eight grandchildren and a great granddaughter also survive.Note: Cecil is a son of Eldora Alice Fiscus and Roscoe Dayhuff.
Posted by Marsha Pearson
JOHN DAYHUFF
OWEN COUNTY FARMER'S SUICIDE
Bloomington (IN) Telephone, April 12, 1912, p. 1
John Dayhuff, a wealthy farmer of Owen County near Spencer, hanged himself in his barn yesterday. Poor health and worry because of business affairs are supposed to have been the cause.
ORLANDO WAYMIRE DAYHUFF
DEATH TAKES O. W. DAYHUFF ON THURSDAY
Thursday August 31, 1939
Funeral To Be at 10 o'Clock Sunday Morning
OWEN NATIVE
Had Moved to Spencer After Retirement 9 Years Ago
Submitted by Bruce Davis
O. W. Dayhuff, 85, retired farm- er, died at his home on Indiana avenue at 3 o'clock Thursday aft- ernoon following a lingering ill- ness.
The son of Bazil and Jane Day- huff, the deceased was born in Lafayette township and lived there until nine years ago, when he re- tired from farming and moved to Spencer. He married the former Sarah Mishler Dec. 31, 1878, who lived on a farm near the one where Mr. Dayhuff was born. The couple moved on the Mishler place and lived there until moving to Spencer.
If Mr. Dayhuff would have lived until Dec. 31 the couple would have observed its sixty-first wed- ding anniversary.
In addition to the widow, sur- vivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Hoot, of Freedom, and Mrs. Anna Townsend, of near Spencer; three sons, Wallace, of Owen county; Roscoe , of Worth- ington, and Ray, of Spencer; 32 grandchildren and 16 great grand- children.
Ray Dayhuff, manager of the Owen County Farmers' supply, is well-known here and has been com- mander of the local American Leg- ion post and also a member of the Spencer school board.
Funeral services for the deceas- ed will be held at 10 o'clock Sun- day morning at the Calvary U. B. church, with burial in the Maced- donia cemetery. The Rev. John Rag- le will be in charge of services.
MRS. ROSS DAYHUFF, DEAD
Owen Co. Democrat, 9 Feb 1922
Mrs. Ross Dayhuff, aged about thirty years, died at her home near Coal City Monday night after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Fiscus. Funeral services and burial will be held Thursday morning at 10:30. Mrs. Dayhuff is survived by her husband and two young sons and many other relatives.
Posted by Marsha Pearson