Minnie Wineland Potter

Minnie Wineland Potter
(Mrs. Charles J. Potter)

A copy of the following newspaper article, hand-identified as being from the March 11, 1954, issue of the Tribune, was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:

Memorial Rites Today For Mrs. C.J. Potter

Memorial services will be held today, Thursday, for Mrs. Charles J. (Minnie Wineland) Potter, 66, who passed away March 8 at Gary Methodist hospital, following a lingering illness.

The Rev. Arthur Jones of East Chicago will officiate at the 2 p.m. service which will be held in the Sheets funeral home. Interment will be in the Lowell cemetery.

A native of Rensselaer, Mrs. Potter had been a resident of northern Lake County for many years. She held membership in the Ester Circle of the Presbyterian church, Lake County Home Demonstration Association and the Renssalaer Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include her husband, Charles J. Potter of Gary; a brother, Wm. Sanford Wineland of Hebron; sisters, Mrs. Bessie Surprise of Lowell, Mrs. Nettle Knickerbocker of Lake Worth, Florida, Mrs. Dora Hibbs of Wheatfield, and Mrs. Maude Stanley of Gary.

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