Memorial for Elijah Joseph Spicer
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Born in Nineveh, IN on Jul. 2, 1915
Departed on May 9, 2009 and resided in North Vernon, IN.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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Wesley Chapel Cemetery
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Elijah Joseph Spicer
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Elijah Joseph Spicer, 93, of North Vernon passed away at 11:05 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus, IN.
Mr. Spicer was born on July 2, 1915 in Nineveh, Brown County, IN. He was the son of Charles and Henrietta Sexton Spicer. He married his first wife, Ethel Wilson Spicer on December 24, 1937. She preceded him in death on July, 29, 1985. He married, Ruby Hill Rowe on November 23, 1985 in North Vernon, IN. She survives.
Mr. Spicer worked for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, IN for forty years retiring as an inspector in 1983. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in North Vernon, IN where he was a former Sunday School Teacher and a member of the Diesel Workers Union. He was a former Deacon and S.S. teacher at Wesleyan Church in Hope, IN and a former Hope Town Council Member. His hobbies were yard work, gardening, and reading.
Surviving with his wife are, a son, Kenneth (Sharon) Spicer of Plant City, FL.; Daughters, Helen (Charles) Graham of Hayden, IN and Alice Jerry George of Elizabethtown, IN; four step-daughters, Margaret (Don) Buscemi of Spring Hill, FL, Patricia (Patrick) Nugent of Providence, RI, Sharon (Raymond) Pearson of North Vernon, IN, and Linda (William) Whitaker of Hendersonville, TN; Twenty grandchildren, Chad, Matt, Timothy (Tina) and Tracy Pearson and Roger (Rita) Graham all of North Vernon, IN, Debbie (Doyle) Morgan, Leanne Reese, and Patty (Daren) Melton all of Columbus, IN, Janet (Chad) Zielesen and Joe Buscemi both from Spring Hill, FL, Jeff (Christy) Fritsch and Vernon George Jr. both from Elizabethtown, IN, Corey Whitaker of Hendersonville, TN, Beva (Rick) Barnsfather of Hope, IN, Brenda Kay Rogers of Seymour, IN, Terri (Kenneth) Miller of FL, Teresa Lamaster of Kansas City, MO, Criss (AJ) Spicer of Carrollton, KY, Lee (Angela) Spicer of Scottsburg, IN and Stephen (Tonya) Spicer of Austin, IN.; Thirty-two great-grandchildren and fifteen great great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Ethel, a brother, David Spicer; a sister, Marietta Heady; four grandchildren, Robert Grider, Andrew Earl Pearson, Lori Ann Grider and Katrina Whitaker; one great-grandson, Matthew Spicer.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at First Church of the Nazarene in North Vernon, Indiana with Rev. Ryan Goode and Rev. David Huff officiating. Friends may call at Dove- Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home on Monday, May 11, 2009 from 4:00- 8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be at Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Scottsburg, Indiana.
Memorials may be made though Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral to the Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility.
Online condolences are welcomed by the family at www.dovesharprudicel.com.
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