Mrs. Lottie Mae CARVER, 93, a familiar personality in Sturgis for almost 60 years, died at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, in Sturgis Memorial Hospital, where she had been under care for the last 10 days. Over the past number of years Mrs. CARVER had made her home in the Sturges Home at 129 S. Nottawa St. She was born in Steuben County, Ind., Apr. 7, 1873, a daughter of Hugh D. and Emeline (WEST) VAN PELT. Her marriage to William CARVER, who also had been widely known here, took place in Orland, Ind., Dec. 3, 1893. He had preceded her in death in 1942. Mrs. CARVER was a member of the First Baptist Church, and had been active in the Golden Age Club and Mothers of World War Two. She was an honorary member of Neuman-Wenzel Post American Legion Auxiliary and in this guise she acquired the name of ãCookie Queenä in Sturgis during the last war.  Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. G. Orley (Irene) KRIBS, Mrs. Donald (Ruth) PRENTICE and Mrs. Paul (Grace) JONES, all of Sturgis and Mrs. Clifton (Roberta) BEAVER, of Battle Creek. Also surviving are two sons: Hugh CARVER, of Hillsdale, Mich., and Robert CARVER, of Sturgis. Others who survive include 12 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, her sister, Mrs. John (Blanche) TELLER, of Battle Creek, and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be observed at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Foglesong Funeral Home, with the Rev. M. J. PALMER, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will take place at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning Sunday morning. If desired, memorial contributions may be directed to the First Baptist Church Building Fund.  Submitted by: Cheryl Arver

Howe, Ind. - Dewey H. CLEVELAND, 90, died July 7, 1989, at the LaGrange Hospital.  He was born March 9, 1899, in Shipshewana, a son of James and Frances (WOLF) CLEVELAND.  On July 13, 1953, he married Wilda WOODS in Angola.  She died in 1971.  He had been employed at the United Telephone Company and Formed Tubes, Sturgis.  Surviving are one son, Lehman
CLEVELAND, Allen; and one daughter-in-law.  He was preceded in death by his parents, one step-son, one great-grandson, four brothers and one sister.  Relatives and friends may call from 1-4 p.m. (Ind. time) Sunday at the Shoup-Carney-Frost Funeral Home, Howe, where services are at 1 p.m. (Ind. time) Monday.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Howe.  Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association.  (No family connection to submitter.)

Chester A. CONE, 75, of 609 N. Lakeview Ave., who had served as the veterans counselor for St. Joseph County for 26 years, died at 5:36 a.m. Friday in Sturgis Hospital, where he had been admitted two hours earlier. He had been in ill health since 1960. Mr. CONE had retired in
1944, because of disability, as a railway clerk for the federal government, a position he had held since 1921. He assumed the position of veterans counselor the same year, and continued with the work until he retired in 1970. A veteran of the first World War, in the 64th Infantry, 7th Division, as a first aid man on the Mexican border and in France and Germany, Mr. CONE was life member (50 years) of Neuman-Wenzel Post No. 73 of the American Legion, and served as a commander in 1930; as district commander in 1933 and also had been state vice commander of the organization. He was awarded in a Citation of Meritorius Service in 1960. He also was a past chef-de-gare of the local 40 et 8; was a life member of Capt. John J. Kelley Post No. 1355 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; was a member of the ãCootieä organization of the VFW, serving in many district functions; was a past commander of the Disabled American
Veterans and had served as service officer for many years. The Sturgis Exchange Club extended its highest honor, its book of Golden Deeds, to Mr. CONE in 1972. Mr. CONE was born April 18, 1897, in Elkhart, Ind., to Willard and Emily (BARNES) CONE. He and Augusta A. HAVENS were married Dec. 27, 1919, in Sherwood, Mich. They moved to Elkhart, in 1927.  Surviving are the widow; three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Jean) TOZER of Sturgis; Mrs. Lawrence (June) DOOLITTLE of Shippensburg, Pa.; and Mrs. Frank (Lorraine) FINNERMAN of Sturgis; seven grandsons; five granddaughters; one great-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.  Friends may call at the Foglesong Funeral Home beginning Saturday noon. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Hilding KILGREN, officiating. Full military honors will be conferred in Oak Lawn Cemetery by the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Dec. 8, 1972) (No family connection to submitter.)