Obituaries
BLANCHE S. TRUAX
October 10, 1986
Services for Blanche S. McCarty Truax, 89, Indianapolis, will be at 10 am Thursday in Porter Funeral Home at Jamestown with calling from 2 to 9 pm Wednesday. Mrs. Truax, formerly of Advance, Quincy and Greenwood died Monday at St. Francis Hospital Center, Beech Grove. She was a member of Quincy Methodist Church. Survivors-- husband, Verla Truax; daughters Dee VanSickle, Pauline Cox; 23 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren.
Posted by Chris Meno
CHARLES G. TRUAX DIES IN RILEY HOSPITAL
Gosport Reporter; April 16, 1936
Death comes to the 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ola Truax After Long Illness
Charles Gilbert Truax, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ola Truax, who live 6 miles north of Gosport, died Monday in the Riley Hospital, Indianapolis. The child had been a patient of the hospital since December 27, 1935. Survivors include parents, one brother and sister. Funeral services were held at Salem Church Wednesday afternoon 2 o'clock and burial was in Little Mount cemetery.
Submitted by Kathy Bargerhuff
OLA TRUAX BURNED TO DEATH IN EVANSVILLE FIRE
From the Evening World Jan 27, 1944
Ola Truax 45 years old, of Owen county, was one of several who were burned to death in a fire that swept a federal housing project near the Chrysler Evansville ordinance plant near Evansville Friday. The coroner and officers at Evansville mad a thorough check and the word was received here Saturday about 3 P.M. that it was a known fact that Truax, who lives on a farm in the Salem Church community near Gosport was one of the dead. Truax had been working at Evansville for some time and had been working the night shift. He got off work Friday morning about 8 o'clock and ate his meal cleaned up a bit and went to bed in the barracks. It is said that the maid and housekeeper of the barracks discovered the fire and ran down the hall informing the sleepers that the building was on fire. Evidently Truax and several of the Others were not awakened and perished in the flames. He was a son Of the late Ed and Cora Truax and was born On the farm where his family lives. He attended the Gosport school and was graduated from Gosport high school in the class of 1918. Survivors include the widow, the former Miss Hattie Guilbert, and the following children: Mrs. Betty Jean Winders, Spence; Mrs. Mary Jane Myers, Gosport; Private Robert Truax who is somewhere in England and Joan and Corine at home. Also two grandsons. He also leaves four sisters-Mrs. Ralph Fulk, Mrs. Lester Litten and Mrs. Bernard Bayh, all of Spencer and Mrs Harry Stine of Fort Wayne. He was preceded in death by at least one son who died as a child. Furneral at the Salem Church and burial at Little Mount
Posted by Debbie Jennings
VERLA TRUAX
June 5, 1898
Verla Truax, 93, Brownsburg, formerly of Advance, died Monday. Services will be at 10 am Thursday in Porter Funeral Home, Jamestown, with calling from 4 to 9 pm today. He was an Army veteran of World War One. Survivors; daughters, Pauline Cox and Dee Vansickle; sister, Nora Kenney; 23 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
Posted by Chris Meno