Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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BirthJul 1, 1926, Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana470, Mary Helen Havens Pontius
DeathOct 22, 1997, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana470, Mary Helen Havens Pontius
BurialFairview Cemetery, Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana470, Mary Helen Havens Pontius
MarriageJun 9, 1946470, Robert Elmer Pontius
Obituary Online notes for Robert Elmer PONTIUS
Peru, Miami, Indiana.
Greentown.

Robert Pontius, 60, Greentown, died Thursday, July 6, 1978, at his residence. He had been ill for two years. He was the brother of the late Bud Pontius, Peru.

Born January 25, 1917, he was the son of John and Eva M. Goss Pontius. He married Mary Helen on June 9, 1946. He was retired from the Chrysler Corporation, Kokomo and a veteran of World War II.

Surviving are wife Mary Helen; four sons, Jeffery, Danny, Jerry, and Micheal; three daughters, Jane, Marsha, and Susan; and 9 grandchildren.

Services will be at 1 p .m. Sunday at the Pickett Funeral Home, Greentown. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Tipton. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
470, Robert Elmer Pontius
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