Chester G. Bigley
Chester Glyde Bigley BIRTH 21 Jun 1880 Marshall County, Indiana, DEATH 5 Jan 1942 (aged 61)
Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Washington Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana,
Chester G. BIGLEY, 61, died suddenly at his farm home near Lake Maxinkuckee, sometime after one p.m.
Monday, from a heart attack. He was discovered around one a.m. Tuesday morning by his wife, who is
employed at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant. It is thought that he died shortly after Mrs. Biggley departed
for work.
The deceased was born near Lake Maxinkuckee on June 21, 1880, and had lived in that neighborhood his
entire life. His parents were Thomas and Sarah Jane BIGLEY.
His first wife preceded him in death in 1935. Survivors are the wife, Helen ZUMBAUGH BIGLEY; one son,
Thomas [BIGLEY], Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Josephine RECTOR, Culver; Mrs. Thelma REED, South
Bend; one step-son, Wendell TRACY, Culver; one brother, Guy [BIGLEY], Culver; one sister, Mrs. Mary
MARTIN.
The body had been removed to the Grossman funeral home in Culver. Funeral arrangements had not been
completed when this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press. Tuesday, January 6, 1942 - Rochester Sentinel
married 1st Perlie A.Tillie Creviston BIRTH 20 May 1883 Van Buren, Grant County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 5 Feb 1935 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Washington Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana,
Mrs. Tillie [CREVISTON] BIGLEY, age 50, passed away at her home at Maxinkuckee near Culver Tuesday
at 2:30 p.m. Death was due to complications, following an illness of several years.
Tillie, daughter of Henry and Josephine CREVISTON was born May 20, 1884, at Van Buren, Indiana. On
September 5, 1906 she was united in marriage to Chester BIGLEY. She was a member of the Christian
church at Maxinkuckee.
Survivors are the husband, two daughters, Mrs. Josephine RECTOR of Culver and Mrs. Thomas F. REED of
Culver , one son, Thomas BIGLEY of Bloomington, two brothers Russell CREVISTON of Chicago and Walter
CREVISTON of Van Buren and two sisters, Mrs. Jesse FARR of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Mrs. Laura
KELLER of Louisville, Kentucky.
The funeral will be held Friday morning at 10:30 at the Maxinkuckee church with Rev. PENGILLEY of
Culver officiating. Burial will be made in the Washington Cemetery. - Tuesday, February 5, 1935 - Rochester Sentinel
married 2nd Helen L. Zumbaugh BIRTH 3 Mar 1906 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana, DEATH 16 Apr 1983
Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, married
21 Aug 1922 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Donald Everett Tracy married October 6, 1951. Lewis Joseph
Duwelius