Obituaries
BARNEY SHIVELY
Owen County Leader Wednesday August 31, 1921
Submitted by Debbie Jennings
Barney Shively, 26 years old, a son of Mr and Mrs TJ Shively, was found dead, a victim of escaping gas at his home in Chicago Friday evening by fellow employees of the Marshall Field Store. Mrs Shively and their little son, John Thomas were visiting her parents, JT Lawson and wife, and the Lawson family was notified by phone about 8:30 o'clock by an official of the Marshall Field store. The family was prostrated by the news. Young Shively's father was at the home of his brother, William, southeast of town and a car was sent for him and he was taken home. His daughter, Miss Wilhelmina Shively was taken to Bloomington where she caught the midnight train to Chicago to arrange for bringing her brother's body here. An inquest was held Saturday morning in Chicago. The body was brought to Spencer Sunday morning and taken to the TJ Shively home. His brother in law ML Cassel, stated that the details of the death were very evident. During Mrs. Shively's absence he had been preparing his own breakfast and cooked his oatmeal at night. Sitting in the kitchen while the cereal cooked, he dropped asleep. The kettle boiled over and put the fire out and the escaping gas soon rendered him unconscious. Funeral services were held at the Shively home at 1pm Sunday, conducted by Rev. WB Collins. During the war, Mr Shively joined the US Marines and rose to first lieutenancy. He saw duty in Haiti and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. Barney M. Shively, the youngest child of Mr and Mrs TJ Shively of Spencer Indiana was born in Lawrence county, Illinois on October 30, 1892 and died at Winnetka, Illinois, August 23, 1921. He was educated in the common schools of Vincennes Indiana and graduated from Spencer high school in the spring of 1910, he later attended Vincennes High school and received his diploma from that school also. In the fall of that year he entered Purdue University from which he graduated in 1916. On August 25, 1920 he was married to Mary Gretchen Lawson at Spencer and lived from this time at Winnetka, Illinois. One child, John Thomas was born June 21st. Besides the wife and child, Barney's mother, father, two sisters and one brother survive him. The brother, Will, lives in Lehman, Montana. A sister, Mrs Esther Keeney of Seattle is expected here this week.