William S. Easterday

We have with us today Culver 's oldest business man from point of number of years in continuous business. It was 46 years ago, November 1893, to be exact that W. S. Easterday took up the business he sill heads, Easterday Funeral Home, in which he is now associated with his son, William R. Easterday, and his wife.

He estimates that he has buried more people that the present population of Culver.

Mr. Easterday was born in Marion county, Ohio, but doesn't remember much about it since he came when one year old to the present Jacob Cromely farm, where he lived until he moved into town. He has held a large number of offices during these may years, among those he can recall being treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce for five years; treasurer and trustee of the K. of P. Building Corporation for five years; town treasurer for eight years; helth officer for three years; secretary of the school board for three years; township trustee for six years, buring which time the gravel roads and the new library building were started, and the Burr Oak schoolhouse was built; secretary-treasurer of the Evangelical church for more years than he can exactly remember, though his first term, started in 1899, church trustee for 30 years; superintendent of the Evangelical Sunday school for 19 successive years, and assistant for six years.

He played for many years in the town band, first joining the organization in 1895.

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Thursday, October 3, 1946
Rochester Sentinel

William S. EASTERDAY, 83 years old, a Culver funeral director for 53 years, died Wednesday. He was an active church worker and held township and school offices for several years. Survivors include three daughters, Miss Bess EASTERDAY, Culver ; Mrs. Clista FERRIER, Rushville, and Mrs. Daisy LOWRY, Madison, S.D.; two sons, William R. EASTERDAY, Culver , a partner in the funeral establishment, and Chester EASTERDAY, Logansport.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in the Emmanuel Evangelical church, Culver .

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William Samuel Easterday Birth: 1863 Crawford County Ohio Death: 1946 Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall son of Daniel M. Easterday and and Julia Ann Myers

married Susannah E Romig Birth OCT 1860 Starke, Indiana, United States Death 1933 Culver, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall Aaron Romig and Barbara Reabick

They had:

Clista E. (Calista, Clesta) Easterday Birth: Jul. 19, 1886 Death: Apr., 1983 Rushville, Rush, Indiana, Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana married 26 Jan 1906 - Marshall, Indiana Clark Irvin Ferrier Birth: 26 Jan 1886 Flora Carroll county Indiana died 1956 Culver, Marshall county Indiana Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana

Alvin D Easterday Birth: 1885 death: 1924 Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana; married to Susie E. Zimmerman on September 28, 1905 in Cass County.

Bess Belle EASTERDAY, Culver Birth: Nov. 3, 1892 Death: Jan., 1979 Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana

William Rea Easterday Birth: Mar. 25, 1890 Culver Marshall County Indiana died March 19, 1978 Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana married July 18, 1922 Hildreth Garriot Easterday, was born February 9, 1899 Scottsburg Indiana died December 22, 2002 Culver Marshall county, Indiana Charles F. Garriott and Elizabeth Stalker

Chancy L Easterday Birth: Jul. 5, 1897 Death: Aug. 21, 1897 son of W.S. & S.E., d. Aug 21, 1897, ae 1m-16d Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana;

Daisy V Easterday Birth 12 Jun 1896 in Culver, Indiana Death 18 Jan 1990 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana married Vayne Arnold Lowry Birth 23 Sep 1896 in Hibbard, Indiana Death 08 Jan 1980 in Madison, South Dakota Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall, Indiana son of John Edwin Lowry and Uretha B Voreis . Resided Madison, S.D

Chester Henry EASTERDAY Birth: Sep. 16, 1887 Death: Nov., 1972 Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport Cass, Indiana; married Lena Klein Birth: Jan. 1, 1885 Death: Apr. 23, 1960 daughter of Henry C Klein & Marie M Michler Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport Cass, Indiana