Compton, Mary Alta Rafferty – Obituary
MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN DIES Mrs. Homer Compton, Age 36 Years, Victim of Pneumonia Early Today HOLD FUNERAL SATURDAY Mrs. Alta Compton, age 36 years, wife of Homer Compton, trustee of Hendricks township, died at the Major Hospital at five o’clock this morning of pneumonia. She was taken to the hospital on Memorial Day and her condition had been critical for the past several days. Carl Robert, one-year-old son, is ill at the present time with pneumonia. Mrs. Compton was born in Shelby county on October 21, 1894. Her marriage to Mr. Compton took place on February 4, 1913, and … Read more