Albert Plank
1882 - 1961 (78 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Albert Plank was born on 28 Oct 1882 in Edgar County, Illinois; died on 11 Apr 1961 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Helt, Vermillion County, Indiana
Notes:
Albert A “Bert” Plank
Montezuma, Ind., April 9 – Special – Services for Albert A. “Bert” Plank, 78 years old, a former resident, who died at 5:30 o’clock Saturday evening at the home of a son, Joe Plank of Indianapolis, will be at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Brown Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Rice will officiate and interment will be in Oakland Cemetery. He was a member of the Montezuma Christian Church. Also surviving are ten daughters, Mmes. Ethel Hold, Vada Richardson, Maxine Richardson, Leota Wilson, JoAnn Hanely, and Marlene Manley, all of Indianapolis; Mmes. Mary Russell, Helen Summerville, and Ardith Riggen, all of Dana, and Mrs. Paulene Haughee of Mecca; two other sons, James D. Plank of Montezuma and Carroll Plank of Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Patterson of Indianapolis and Mrs. Alice Tyler of Paris, Ill.; one brother, Frank Plank of Chanute, Kan.; 33 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
The Terre Haute Star, Terre Haute, Indiana. Monday, 10 April 1961.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77525796/albert-arthur-plankFamily/Spouse: Evelyn Mildred "Evie" Crawford. Evelyn was born in 1893 in Illinois; died on 14 Aug 1943 in Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Montezuma, Parke County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ardith Louise Plank
was born on 1 Sep 1927 in Hillsdale, Vermillion County, Indiana; died on 4 Apr 2007 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana; was buried on 7 Apr 2007 in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar County, Illinois.
Generation: 2
2. Ardith Louise Plank (1.Albert1) was born on 1 Sep 1927 in Hillsdale, Vermillion County, Indiana; died on 4 Apr 2007 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana; was buried on 7 Apr 2007 in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar County, Illinois. Notes:
Crawfordsville - Ardith L. Riggen Bushong, 79, of Crawfordsville died 5:00 pm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at St. Clare Medical Center in Crawfordsville, IN.
She was born September 1, 1927 in Hillsdale, IN to the late Bert Plank and Evelyn Mildred Crawford. Because she was such a tiny baby her older sisters often said she was no bigger than a "punkin seed" which was later shortened to their lifelong nickname for her, "Punk."
On April 17, 1945 she married Kenneth N. Riggen who died April 6, 1964.
She is survived by her husband of twelve years, Dean Bushong whom she married April 23, 1994 in Mecca, IN.
Other survivors include five sons; Kenneth Riggen and his wife Donna of Brownsburg, IN, Mike Riggen and his wife Glen Ellen of New Market, IN, Roger Riggen and his wife Susie of Indianapolis, IN, Tony Riggen and his wife Joni of Rockville, IN, Terry Riggen and his wife Theresa of Monrovia, IN, three step-sons; Kim Bushong and his wife Donna of Peoria, AZ, Eric Bushong and his wife Sandy of Schererville, IN, Scot Bushong and his wife Terri of Russellville, IN, one step-daughter-in-law Clarice Bushong of Aurora, IL, seventeen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, two brothers; Joe Plank of Cape Coral, FL, Jim Plank of Montezuma, IN, three sisters; Pauline Haughee of Rockville, IN, Leota Wilson of Indianapolis, IN and Marlene Manley of Indianapolis, IN.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one step-son-in-law, Kirby Bushong who died March 28, 2007.
She was a homemaker and a Montezuma High School Graduate, also, a member of Charity Baptist Church in Clermont, IN.
Services will be 10:00 am Saturday, April 7, 2007 in Gooch Funeral Home at 112 W. Howard St., Rockville, IN 47872 with Rev. Gordon Guoli officiating. Burial will follow at Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Scotland, IL. Visitation will be 4-8 pm Friday, April 6, 2007 in Gooch Funeral Home.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125537490/ardith-l.-bushongArdith married Kenneth Nolan Riggen on 17 Apr 1945. Kenneth (son of Claude Orville Riggen and Daisy Myrtle Barnett) was born on 20 May 1928 in Indiana; died on 6 Apr 1984 in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; was buried on 8 Apr 1984 in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]