NORA (METCALF) CHILDERS LOWELL TRIBUNE 4-15-1955 Memorial services were held Monday afternoon, April 18, at Sheets Funeral home for Nora (Metcalf) Childers, 64, who passed away Friday, April 15, at 4 p.m.in Gary Mercy Hospital. Rev. E. L. Worley officiated at the rites and the burial at Lowell cemetery. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Byron Metcalf, Nora was born in Lowell, April 25, !890. At an early age she was baptised in the Lowell Church of Christ. On September 12, 1908, she was married to Andrew Childers and through the years they resided here. Known by everyone as "granny", Mrs. Childers always had a sunny smile and a kind thought for for everone. The Childers had thirteen children. A daughter died in infancy, also Mrs. Wanda Childers Grammer is deceased. Children surviving with her husband Andrew are 7 daughters, Mrs. Adeline Menefee, Mrs. Louise Kirchenstien and Mrs. Marge Monet of Lowell, Mrs. Evelyn Gasaway of Hammond, Mrs. Roma Buche of Crown Point, Mrs. Persis Hagle of Hobart, Mrs. Betty Shalapsik of Gary; and four sons Harold and Robert of Chicago, Illinois, Jack of Fair Oaks, Indiana and John of East Chicago; 45 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildern. Also four sisters, Mrs. Lotus Dickerson of Gary, Mrs. Mary Davis of Hammond, Mrs. Kathryn Paulsen and Mrs. Edith Sirois of Chicago; and brother, Edgar Metcalf of Gary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Jack Childers Email- INJACK1@aol.com