"Charles Otto Buhhite [sic] Succumbs to Illness of Three Months - 

Funeral Services Sunday

"Charles Otto Buhhite, a lifelong resident of Sykesville, died in 
the Indiana Hospital at the age of 44 years at 9:40 o'clock 
Wednesday morning. Death followed an illness of 3 months, though 
he had been in poor health for several years.

"The deceased was born in Sykesville on April 27, 1891, a son of 
Jacob and Elizabeth (Mehrwen [sic]) Buhhite, and on April 24, 1912 
was united in marriage to Miss Kathleen [sic] Haag. He followed the 
farming industry and was regarded as one of the most successful 
farmers of Henderson Township. His entire life was spent on the 
farm on which he was born.

"Mr. Buhhite was a lifelong member of the Reformed Church of 
Sykesville and belonged to the Masonic Order. Posessed of a 
friendly disposition, he was a loving husband and father whose 
death is sincerely mourned by his innumerable friends.

"Besides his widow two daughters and two [sic] sons survive him: 
Mrs. Elizabeth Crissman [sic], of Philadelphia, and John, Jacob, 
and Anglina [sic], at home. The following brothers and sisters 
also survive him: J. F. Buhhite, of St. Paul, Minn.; W. F. Buhhite 
of Allentown; E. E. and H. J. Buhhite of Indiana; Mrs. Catherine 
Zimmerman, of Ernest; and Mrs. T. H. Brown, of Reynoldsville.

"The body will be taken from the bereaved home at 1:30 o'clock Sunday 
afternoon to the Trinity Reformed Church of Sykesville, where it will 
lie in state until 3 o'clock. At the later hour services will be 
conducted by Rev. Raymond Strine. Interment will be in the Reformed 
Church Cemetery."

Article marked "20 Sept 1935".