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October 21, 1955   Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
SERVICES ARE WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. EDITH ARPP, 73
Mrs. Edith Arpp

    Services for Mrs. Edith Arpp, 73, 1500 Manchester Avenue, lifelong Middletown resident who died Saturday at 11:40 p.m. at Middletown Hospital, will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Walter G. Weber and the Rev. John I. Parr, former pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.
    Mrs. Arpp was the mother of Mrs. Joseph R. Baker Sr., wife of the the Middletown funeral director, and of John Arpp, Germantown funeral director.
She was the widow of John Arpp, founder of the Arpp plumbing company here. For more than 30 years she served as recorder for the Women of the Moose of Middletown and was honored last year in Chicago, as a star recorder. She also was secretary of the Pythian Sisters for 20 years and an active member of the War Mothers, the Eastern Star and the First Baptist Church.
    In addition to her son and daughter she is survived by three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home after 7 P.M. today and from 4 until 9 p.m. tomorrow and at the church from noon Wednesday until the time of services. The War Mothers will hold memorial services at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. today, the Women of the Moose at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and the Phythian Sisters at 8 p.m. tomorrow.