Genealogy Data > Index to Miscellaneous Obituaries

Obituary for Emma (Gosset) Fordyce

from the Plainfield Messenger (Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana)--issue of May 21, 1942--pages 5, column 3

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma V. Fordyce, of near Brownsburg, who died on May 12, were held Thursday afternoon, May 14, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Otis Gardner, in Brownsburg.

She was the daughter of the late Rev. Nathaniel Gosset, the Gosset family being pioneers in Hendricks county. All of her lifetime was spent near or in Brownsburg. Before her marriage in 1882 to Oliver M. Fordyce she was a school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Fordyce would have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in November of this year.

Surviving besides the husband, are three daughters and one son, Mrs. William Gorrell of Avon, William G. Fordyce of Danville, Mrs. J. J. Gambold of Coatesville, and Mrs. Otis Garner of Brownsburg, together with five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Submitted By: Mike Phillips, mphillips1@kc.rr.com