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- Earl Tooman
Garrett, Ind. – Putnam County native Earl W. Tooman, 76, Garrett, died Sunday at 1 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home, Auburn, Ind.
He was born in Miller City, the son of Guy and Mary E. (Hefley) Tooman. On April 1, 1935, he married Belva Brecht, who preceded him in death. On Oct. 7, 1978, he married Helen Downend and she survives.
He was a member of the first Baptist Church of Garrett, the Garrett Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Cedar Creek Shrine Club, Eastern Star and the Nickel Plate Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was also a member of the Bellevue, Ohio, Eagles Lodge, where he was president for two years.
Other survivors include one son, Charles, of Marquette, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Judith) Beeber of Arlington Heights, Ill.; two stepsons, John Livergood of Wabash and Robert Livergood of Seattle, Wash.; two stepdaughters, Laura McDermott of Auburn and Eleanor Pyle of Monroe, Ind.; five grandchildren; 14 step-grandchildren; four sisters, Audrey Hollis of Garrett, Velma Shank of Huntertown, Gladys Schey of Paulding, Ohio, and Pauline Riddenour of Holgate, Ohio.
Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Garrett, with Rev. Wanda Callahan officiating. Burial will follow in Christian Union Cemetery, Garrett. Visitation at Feller Funeral Home, Waterloo, is from 2-9 p.m. today with a Masonic service scheduled at 8 p.m.
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