from the Plainfield Messenger (Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana)--issue of December 6, 1956--page 8, columns 6-7:
BROTHER OF PLAINFIELD MAN PASSES AWAY
John A. Strawmyer, R.R. 2, Brownsburg, passed away Monday morning. His brother, Gus Strawmyer, lives at 318 Avon Avenue. Other survivors include his wife, Ethel; a daughter, Miss Thelma Strawmyer; four sons, Lester, Leo, Marvin and Marion; another brother, Orville; and two sisters, Mrs. Iva Brunes and Mrs. Opal Rader. Services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Bethesda church with burial in Greenlawn cemetery.
Submitted By: Mike Phillips, mphillips1@kc.rr.com