Clarissa Reed Ebert (1882-1954)
(Mrs. Ed Ebert)

1943 PLATES DUE TO BE ON CAR NEXT MONDAY

This week is the last chance to obtain automobile licenses and drivers' licenses before the deadline on March 1st, residents of this section are warned by Mrs. Clarissa Ebert, manager of the local license bureau.

Up to the present time, applications for both plates and driver' licenses have been coming in very slowly, and Mrs. Ebert urges all to get their license before the March 1st deadline.

Clarissa Ebert, 71, License Bureau Manager, Dies

The community was grieved by the sudden passing last Thursday noon of Clarissa Ebert, 71, manager of the Lowell license bureau, a capacity in which she served so competently for 10 years. She also was Republican committee man in Lowell and through the years she was actively interest in local, county and state governmental affairs.

Clarissa Reed was born in Crown Point, October 30, 1882 and passed away Feb. 18th at Our Lady of Mercy hospital at Dyer, after a few hours of illness. A victim of diabetes, she had been in poor health for several years. Clarissa lived here most of her lifetime, coming to Lowell from Hammond. On August 24, 1901, she was united in marriage to Ed Ebert of Lowell.

Surviving with her husband is one sister, Minerva Reed Olson of St. Joseph, Mich., besides a host of friends who join with the loved ones in mourning their loss.

Memorial services were held Sunday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Weaver funeral home with Harold Hotchkiss, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment in the Lowell cemetery was in charge of John Eskridge.

* NOTE -- The obituary of Mrs. Ebert's husband lists their wedding date as Aug. 10, 1900.