Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; 12 January 1984

Eli Hirschy, 65, route 4, Portland (Jay County), a retired farmer and a former assistant supervisor with the Adams County Highway Department, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jay County Hospital, Portland.

Mr. Hirschy worked for the highway department for 18 years.

He was a member of the Monroe United Brethren Church.

Born in Adams County on Sept. 21, 1918, he was the son of George and Ida Biberstein-Hirschy, and was married to Ruth Myers on Oct. 2, 1937; she survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Dale L., Marion; Bill Edward, Berne; Dewain L., route 2 Portland; five grandchildren; four brothers, Noah, Roy and Sylvan, all of Monroe; Chester, Charlotte, N.C.; three sisters, Esther and Edna Hirschy, Monroe; Mrs. Oscar (Sylvia) Bertsch, Bluffton. One son, Eldon, died in 1949.

Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Rev. Stephen Boardman and Rev. Mike Brown will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the Ray Cemetery.