Michael & Sophia Anthony
Michael T. Anthony Birth Jan. 10, 1897 Czechoslovokia Death Jul. 1968 Plymouth,
Marshall county, Indiana Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall county,
Indiana
Michael Anthony Dies After Illness Of Several Years
Michael T. Anthony, 71, Ohio and Jefferson Sts., Culver, died at 12:50 p.m., Wednesday
at Marshall County Parkview Hospital, Plymouth, after being in failing health for several
years.
He was a retired foundry foreman for the U.S. Steel works at Gary.
Mr. Anthony was born Jan. 10, 1897 in Czechoslovokia. He had lived in the United States
most of his life and at Culver since 1938.
He was married June 22, 1925 at Chicago to Sophia Abbenseth, who preceded him in death Jan.
3, 1967.
Surviving are one son, Robert Anthony, at home; two daughters, Miss Joan Anthony at
home, and Mrs. Barbara Jean Cavanagh, Brownsburg; one brother, George Anthony, East
Gary; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Gaydos, Gary, and Mrs. Mary Hemady, East Gary; and four
grandchildren.
Services were conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday at Easterday- Bonine Funeral Home. Culver ,
with Rev. Carl Q. Baker, pastor of the Culver United Methodist church, officiating.
Burial was at Culver Masonic Cemetery. - 18 Jul 1968 Culver citizen
married June 22, 1925 Chicago Cook county, Illinois Sophia Abbenseth Birth Sept. 22, 1900
Chicago Cook county, Illinois Death Jan. 3, 1967 Plymouth, Marshall county, Indiana
Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall county, Indiana daughter of Henry Abbenseth
and Margaret Webber
Sophia Hotel Owner, Dies At AGE of 66
Mrs. Sophia Anthony, owner and operator of the New Culver Hotel, died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 3, at Parkview Hospital in Plymouth after an illness of three weeks. She was 66 years
of age.
Born Sept. 22, 1900, in Chicago to Henry and Margaret (Webber) Abbenseth, she had lived in
Culver for 30 years, coming here from Gary, Ind., where she was a member of the German
Lutheran Church.
She was married June 22, 1925, in Chicago, to Michael Anthony, who survives.
Other survivors include a son, Robert Anthony, at homo; two daughters, Miss Joan Anthony, at
home, and Mrs. Barbara Jean Cavanagh of Brownsburg,, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Klumpner of Ottawa, Ill., Miss Eugenia Abbenseth of Gary, and Mrs. Henrietta Fuhlbert, also of
Gary; and four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Culver 's Easterday- Bonine Funeral Home,
Main and Lakeshore, with Rev. Carl Q. Baker, pastor of the Culver Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in the Culver Masonic Cemetery.
Friends may call at Easterday-Bonine Funeral Home after noon Thursday, Jan. 5.
Memorial contributions to the Culver Methodist Church will be accepted -Thursday, january 5, 1967
Children:
Robert Anthony
Joan Anthony
Barbara Jean Anthony married --- Cavanagh