claude freeman utterback

Claude Freeman Utterback, age 80, who resided at 134 W. High Street in Mooresville, died Wednesday in the Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. He had been in failing health for about four years.

He was the son of Alexander and Cordia Norman Utterback and was born Feb. 18, 1889, in Lawrence County. He was married to Hazel Kinney, who survives him.

Mr. Utterback had lived in Morgan County for 68 years and had been employed at the Valley View Dairy for the past 15 years. He also was the Brown Township trustee from 1955 to 1959 and a member of the Friends Church.

Survivors besides the widow are a son, Charles Utterback of Mooresville, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a brother, Frobel Utterback of Indianapolis.

Funeral services will be at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Carlisle and Son Chapel at Mooresville conducted by the Rev. Mark Shugart. Burial will be in the Mooresville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home any time after 7 o'clock this evening.