Marion Francis Fleming  Funeral Services for Marion Francis Fleming, age 88 of 14th and L streets will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Haverstock Chapel with the Rev. E. I. Mitschelen officiating. Burial will be in Patton Cemetery.  Mr. Fleming died Saturday morning at the Holy Family Hospital after an illness of two years. He was the son of Elmos and Julia Ann Fleming. He was born in Marion Indiana on November 10, 1854, and lived here for 35 years, coming from Peoria Illinois.  Mr. Fleming was married in September of 1880 to Sarah Elizabeth Lock.  He was a member of the Methodist Church.  Surviving are his wife, a son, Charles O. Fleming of La Porte, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren, a brother, Charles Fleming. Four sisters and three brothers preceded him in death.  The remains may be viewed until the time of the funeral at the chapel.

 

 

 

From La Porte Herald Argus June 8, 1942