Clyde Elston Obit
Tuesday, December 14, 1948, Rochester, IN News-Sentinal
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Clyde Elston
Clyde ELSTON, 66, Kewanna druggist, died unexpectedly Monday evening at Logansport.
Born Aug. 18, 1882, at Medaryville, the son of Edward and Addah HARRIS ELSTON, he came
to Kewanna from there in 1891. Mr. Elston married Ida COMPTON at Dunkirk Aug. 22, 1906.
He was a druggist in Kewanna for 42 years.
Mr. Elston was a member of the IOOF lodge, the Kewanna Masonic lodge, Eastern Star and the
Kewanna Methodist church. He was a graduate of Purdue University and attended Indiana
University.
Survivors include the wife; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth OVERMYER of Logansport and Mrs. Harriet
STOUDT of Kewanna; a sister, Mrs. Lalla SIPE of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren. Two sons
preceded in death.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kewanna Methodist church. The body was taken
to the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna where friends may call.