Documents:
Burial headstone, Portland Mills Cemetery, Hollandsburg, Parke, IN

Obituary:
Lester E. Mosteller, b. Sep 15, 1914, 56, RR 2, Rosedale, a teacher in both the Parke and Vigo County school systems for several years, died of an apparent heart attack, Wednesday, Sept 1, 1971. He suffered the attack at Lost Creek Elementary School, near Seelyville and was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Anthony Hosital. He was the son of Elmer W. & Arizona (Morlan) Mosteller of Parke CO., IN
He was a veteran of World War II; a graduate of Bridgeton High School and received his B.S. degree from Central Normal College, Danville, Ind.
He taught school at Linden, Ind; was a coach at Bell Union, Ind; and both a teacher and coach in the elementary and high school level at Bridgeton from 1949 to 1951.
He is survived by the widow, Elizabeth: two sons, Russell, a student at the University of Michigan, and Robert, a student at the University of Southern California.
Other survivors include the mother, Mrs. Arizona Mosteller, Brazil; five brothers, Chester, Brazil; James, Harmony and Raymnd, Robert, and Ernest all of RR 3 Brazil. Two sisters, Mrs. Marie Rightsell, RR1, Carbon; and Mrs. Helen Creed, RR 3, Brazil.
Funeral services were held at the Butler Funeral Home, Rockville with burial in Cedar Cemetery near Portland Mills, Parke Co., IN.

Documents:
Burial headstone, Portland Mills Cemetery, Hollandsburg, Parke, IN

Obituary:
Elizabeth E. Mosteller. 93. of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Sheridan Medical Complex. Born August 11, 1917, in Parke County. she was the daughter of Oliver and Rachael Berry Spencer. Her husband. Lester E. "Jack" Mosteller, preceded her in death September 1, 1971. She spent most of her life in Parke County and was a former long time resident of Rockville and Raccoon Township. She was a graduate of Bellmore High School, Central Normal College and Indiana State University. She retired in 1979 from Rockville Elementary as a sixth grade teacher and had also taught at Bridgeton. Bellmore and Mansfield. She was a member of Bridgeton United Methodist Church, the Retired Teachers of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Raccoon Township Home Economics Club and Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority. Survivors include two sons, Russell D. Mosteller and his wife. Karen Heldmeyer of Santa Fe, New Mexico and Robert 0. Mosteller and his wife, Pamela "Pam" Conick of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. She was preceded in death by one brother, Henry Wayne Spencer in 1972. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, January 24, at Butler Funeral Home, 218 North College Street in Rockville, with the Revs. Beth Newton Watson and Perry Mager officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, January 23 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Portland Mills Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memo vials may be made in memory of Elizabeth Mosteller to Bridgeton United Methodist Church or Portland Mills Cemetery Association.

 

 

 

Notes:
She is the great-granddaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A member of the band The Submarines.