Celesta Louwilda Fishburn
(1883-1956)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles William Plummer

Celesta Louwilda Fishburn 1 2

  • Born: 21 Apr 1883, Jefferson Twp., Miami, IN 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Charles William Plummer on 23 Sep 1903 in , Miami, IN, USA 1
  • Died: 25 Sep 1956, Peru, Miami, IN at age 73 1 2
  • Buried: 28 Sep 1956, Mexico: Green Lawn Cemetery, Miami, IN 2

   FamilySearch ID: L7BW-XGC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: on 23 Sep 1903 in Jefferson Twp., Miami, IN.

2. Census in 1940 in Jefferson Twp., Miami, IN. 3 The 1940 census recorded Kenneth D. Nutt, farmer, 35, living with wife Viola K., 35; and son Curtis R., 3. Kenneth was born in Oklahoma, the others in Indiana. They lived in the same house in 1935.
Next door is Viola's parents, Charles W. Plummer, 59, and wife Celesta L, 56; with their grandson Wayne E. Beecher, 15, born of Viola's first husband before she married Charles.

3. Obituary: Kokomo Tribune: Obituary of Mrs. Charles W. Plummer on 27 Sep 1956 in Peru, Miami, IN. 1 Mrs. Celeste Louwilda Plummer, 73, or Peru R. R. 3, died at Dukes Hospital at 11:45 p. m. Tuesday after a seven months' illness.
Mrs. Plummer was born in Jefferson Township, April 21, 1883, the daughter of Ephriam and Ann (Maus) Fishburn. She was married Sept. 23, 1903 to Charles W. Plummer, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Viola K. Nutt, Peru R. R. 3; two grandons, and a brother, Merritt F. Fishburn, R. R. 3.
Mrs. Plummer was a member of the First Brethren Church where funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday. The Rev. Ca. A. Stewart of Flora and the Rev. Wayne Swihart will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery at Mexico. Friends may view the body at the church one hour preceding services.
Friends may call at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, after 4 p. m. Thursday.


Celesta married Charles William Plummer on 23 Sep 1903 in , Miami, IN, USA.1 (Charles William Plummer was born on 22 Sep 1880 in , Miami, IN, USA,4 5 died on 5 Dec 1962 in Peru, Miami, IN 4 5 and was buried on 8 Dec 1962 in Mexico: Green Lawn Cemetery, Miami, IN 4 5.)


Sources


1 Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, IN), 27 Sep 1956, page 41. Obituary of Mrs. Charles W. Plummer.

2 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33490148.

3 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1YD-Q7T Kenneth D Nutt, Jefferson Township, Miami, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52-13, sheet 1A, family 11.

4 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33491726.

5 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 62-043568. Charles W. Plummer. Father Elihu Plummer. Mother Carolyn Fishburn. Informant: Mrs. Viola Nutt, daughter.



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