Harry E. Medbourn  

We have with us today a life-long resident of Culver - Harry E. Medbourn. He attended grade and high school here taking an active part in atheltice during that perios. Later he studied at Wabash College and South Bend Business College.

Mr. Medbourn then returned to Culver and became associated with his father in the Medbourn Ice Company, though during his 30 years in business here he has had varying interests - an automobile agency for six years, real estate, feeds, seed, and coal, farming, and the feeding of live stock.

Harry admits that the last named is his main interest right now as he is trying out various feeding methods before suggesting them to the farmers in connection with the Culver City Grain & Cosl Co.

He is president of the Masonic trustees, who are doing a great job with the cemetery, trustee of the Methodist church, and director of the State Exchange Bank.

All who know Harry don't have to be told that his principal hobbies are fishing and hunting. - Culver Citizen Profile.

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Community Pays Tribute To Harry E. Medbourn

W. O. Osborn, president of The State Exchange Bank;
Harry E. Medbourn spent all his life in Culver and as a result had many friends and business associates. He was always proud of his community and never missed an opportunity of telling his out-of-town friends of the many good things this community stood for. He was a lover of Lake Maxinkuckee which he felt was the most outstanding lake in the United States. Mr. Medbourn's business associates will greatly miss his counsel and advice and his unusual ability to forecast the future. He did not have a one-track mind and instead was well posted on many different lines of business, and those who knew him will testify that his business, as well as his many friends and business associates, brought him his greatest pleasure. His knowledge of values in this community was considered outstanding and, in the opinion of many who knew him, could be relied on with every degree of safety. Mr. Medbourn greatly enjoyed his friends and associates and was always happy to stop and talk to any friend or business ns-sociate under any circumstances. In the passing of Mr. Medbourn this community his lost one of its most outstanding citizens, and it can be truthfully said that his handiwork in this area will long be remembered.


Donald Mikesell, Culver Lions Club:
Harry Medbourn contributed much to the success of the Lions Club during its early years. Although he was unable to meet with us the last few vears, we are sure that in spirit he encouraged and followed the club in its many endeavors for community betterment.


Col. W. E. Gregory superintendent, Culver Military Academy:
In the passing of Harry E. Medbourn the Culver community has lost a splendid citizen whose was representative of the finest of the American tradition Integrity, Industry, thrift, community service. and devotion to family and church.


M. H. Robinson, assistant principal, Culver Public Schools and former editor and publisher of The Culver Citlen:
Harry Medbourn was an outstanding example of a civic-minded citizen who was conscious of his duties in a democracy and was willing to accept the obligation even though it meant a considerable personal sacrfice Mr. Nedbourn was literally drafted to serve as county commission when it was felt that and experienced and successful buisness man was needed to guide the county's biggest spending agency. He accepted the call and during his term of office saved the taxpayers of Marshall county many thousands of dollars through his insistance on open competitive bidding and practice of sound non=political businees methods. Wee need more Harry Medbourns in the various levels of government.


William R. Easterday, clerk-treasurer, Town of Culver:
I knew Harry Medbourn since ve were boys in the grade school. When he was a boy he played hard; when he was a man he worked hard. He surely lived the game of life with all of his energy to the end.


Fred Adams, Culver merchant, mid president, Culver-Union Township Chamber of Commerce:
The death of Harry E. Medbourn has left a gap in this community that will be shared by not only those who had the advantage of knowing him personally but also by many others who felt his influence. For Harry Medbourn made a success storv that will serve as a challenge to many who are endeavoring to make a "mark" in our community, in their business, and for their families. Harry Medbourn made a very definite "mark" a good "mark" that can stand as a fine example to all who knew him. He typified one whose stride we might well follow in our everyday endeavor to make a place for ourselves in our community.

Jun 15 1955 - Citizen

Harry Edward Medbourn Birth July 19, 1888 Culver, Marshall county, Indiana Death 17 Jun 1955 Union township, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana son of Samuel Ezra Medbourn & Katie Belle Oyler

Funeral services for Harry E. MEDBOURN, 66, prominent Culver businessman who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Culver Methodist church. The Rev. Kendall SANDS will officiate and burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.

For many years Mr. Medbourn was associated with his father in the ice and coal business at Culver and Logansport. Later, he was engaged in the elevator and grain business in Culver.

He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Fort Wayne Shrine, the South Bend Scottish and the Culver I.O.O.F. lodge.

Survivors are his widow, Faye [MEDBOURN]; two children, Mrs. Helen PHILLIPS and Samuel M. MEDBOURN, both of Culver and four grandchildren. - Friday, June 17, 1955 Rochester Sentinel

Harry E. Medbourn, Civic Leader, Dies At 66 After Three-Year Illness
Notable Business Career Ends Wednesday Afternoon

Harry E. Medbourn, age 66, prominent Culver civic leader and one of Northern Indiana's most successful businessmen, died at 3:30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon at his beautiful new home at 694 East Shore Drive on Lake Maxinkuckee after three years of invalidism.

Death came to Mr. Medbourn on the day that he and Mrs. Medbourn were observing their 45th wedding anniversary.

Harry Edward Medbourn, only surviving son of Samuel E. and Katie Medbourn, was born in Culver on July 19, 1888. As a youth he attended Wabash College at Crawfordsville where he became a member of the Kappa Sigma social fraternity. He also attended South Bend Business College.

Mr. Medbourn leaves to mourn his loss his widow, Faye; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Phillips; a son, Samuel M. Medbourn; four grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Elevator and Grain Firm

Mr. Medbourn began his career as a partner of his father, Samuel E. Medbourn, in the natural ice business in Culver.

Later he went into the elevator and grain industry here, continuing that operation known as the Culver City Grain and Coal Company until his health failed.

He also was at one time engaged in the ice and coal business at Logansport but in recent years he confined his activities mostly to Culver and the immediate vicinity, with the exception of supervision of properties he owned in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Mr. Medbourn disposed of his interest in the Culver Citv Grain and Coal Company to his son, Samuel, who was later joined by his son-in-law, George Phillips. Samuel Medbourn and Mr. Phillips, in further developing the business established the now well known Sun Ray wholesale feed firm.

Samuel E. Medbourn, father of Harry E. Medbourn, was one of the organizers of The State Exchange Bank of Culver which in currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.

On the senior Mr. Medbourn's death his son Harry succeeded him in the many different lines of endeavor engaged in by the family.

Director Of Banks

Harry E. Medbourn for many years served as an active director of The State Exchange Bank of Culver, the Farmers State Bank of Lapaz and the State Exchange Finance Company of Culver.

During this period he played no small part in the growth of these Institutions which from small beginnings have become large and prosperous corporations.

Mr. Medbourn was also Interested In agriculture and stock raising and for many years maintained a farm of his own.

He had great faith in the future of Culver, Union Township, and Marshall County and was always willing to demonstrate that faith by making large Investments in this area.

County Commissioner

He was chairman of the Marshall County Commissioners far 10 years and served as a trusts of the Methodist Church for nearly 20 years.

He was 32nd-degree Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Mizpah Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Fort Wayne. His Masonic ties began in the Culver Blue Lodge.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Kendall E. Sands officiating. Interment was at the Culver Masonic Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Kenneth Bush, William Crossgrove. Zenith Crossgrove. Byron Mahler, Maurice Curtis, and Kenneth Tasch. Honorary pallbearers were W. O. Osborn, Joe Schweidler - Jun 15 1955 - Citizen

married Faye Harcourt BIRTH 7 Feb 1887 Rush County, Indiana, DEATH Oct 1981 BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana dau of Marion Harcourt & Ida Jane Parsons

Children:

Helen Elizabeth Medbourn BIRTH 12 May 1911 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 2 Aug 1972 Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana married Merwyn Hand; George Phillips; and Clay Smith
Mrs. Helen E. SMITH, 61, Lake Manitou resident, died late Wednesday afternoon at her residence. Born May 12, 1911, at Culver, she was the daughter of Harry E. and Faye HARCOURT MEDBOURN.

Her marriage was June 29, 1965, at Culver to Clay SMITH, who survives. She had resided here since 1965, moving from Culver.

She was a member of the Beta Mu Chapter of The Tri Kappa sorority, the Grace United Methodist church, Supreme Chapter of PEO Sisterhood and a former state officer of the Federation of Women’s Clubs.

Also surviving are her mother; one son, Richard HAND, Plymouth; two grandchildren, Beth and Scott [HAND], and a brother, Sam MEDBOURN, of Culver.

Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home. The Rev. Laurence SMITH will officiate.
Burial will be in the Masonic cemetery at Culver. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.


Samuel Marion Medbourn, Sr BIRTH 4 Oct 1917 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 18 Mar 1979 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana,