Obit ordered from the Hammond, IN Public Library.

Hammond Times
Hammond, IN
August 10, 1959, B-3

Mrs. Della Fortune

Mrs. Della Fortune, 76, of 7437 Columbia Ave., Hammond, died Sunday in St. Margaret Hospital. She was a Hammond resident for 27 years.

Surviving are two sons, Joseph, Calumet City; Charles, Griffith; a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Bowman, Hammond; two brothers, Tony and Clarence Buxton of Irondale, Mo.; four grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Snyder Funeral Home, Hohman Ave., and Warren St., Hammond, after 6 p.m. today. Services will be held Wednesday in Irondale.
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Della was the sister of long-time St. Francois County resident Toney Buxton and his wife Dessie Brewer. Toney and Dessie lived in Desloge, MO.