The following article was found in the June 2, 1949, Lowell Tribune on
page 2, column 4:
MRS. A.C. FRANKLIN, 33 DIES AT LAKE VILLAGE
Bertha Evelyn Franklin, 33, wife of A.C. Franklin, Lake Village, died
suddenly Tuesday, May 31. Thought to be recovering satisfactorily from
a recent operation, her death came as a shock to her host of friends in
this community.
Funeral services will be held at Lake Village, Friday, at 3 p.m.
(D.S.T.), Rev. T.H. Adkins of Crown Point, officiating. Interment will
be made in Lake Village cemetery, in charge of Kenneth Sheets. The body
may be viewed at Sheets funeral home until noon Friday.