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Shelbyville News 22 Dec 1997
Donald Leo Durbin

Donald Leo Durbin, 70, Indianapolis, died Friday at Community Hospital North.

Born on Sept. 25, 1927, in Rush County, he was the son of Leo and Mary (Cain) Durbin. In 1954, he married Lois (Fischer) Durbin, formerly of Waldron.

Mr. Durbin was a partner and consultant at the Indianapolis Marriott. He had been general manager of the Indianapolis Marriott from 1974 to 1990.

Before moving to Indianapolis he was co-manager of the Durbin Hotel, Rushville.

He was a past president of the Indiana Hotel/Motel Association and the Indianapolis Hotel/Motel Association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Indiana Restaurant Association, a member of the SKAL Club of Indianapolis and an emeritus member of the board of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association.

While residing in Rushville, he had served as a Rushville city councilman, a trustee of the St. Mary Church Council and a lay minister at St. Mary Catholic Church. He was a member of Rotary International, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and had served on the Rush County Action Commission of the Rush County Chamber of Commerce.

He was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Indianapolis, where he had served as an eucharistic minister.

Survivors include his wife, Indianapolis; his mother, Indianapolis; two sons, Steve Durbin and Greg Durbin, both of Indianapolis; a daughter, Maureen Strothmann, Indianapolis; four brothers, James Durbin, Florida, David Durbin and Robert Durbin, both of Indianapolis and John Durbin, Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mary Lee Ball, Rushville, and Ruth Lynne Walsh; and four grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Burial will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Indianapolis.

Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Fenney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary.

Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Social Services or the St. Vincent DePaul Society.

Donald getrouwd Lois Frances Fischer op 24 apr 1954 (civil) in Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, USA. Lois (dochter van John Henry Fischer en Pearl Elizabeth Braunagel) is geboren op 5 jun 1933 in Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, USA; is gestorven op 15 mei 2010 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; is begraven in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. [Gezinsblad] [Familiekaart]

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Obituary
The Shelbyville News, Shelbyville, Indiana
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Lois F. Durbin, 76, of Indianapolis, died Saturday, May 15, 2010.

Born June 5, 1933, in Waldron, she was the daughter of John H. Sr. and Pearl E. (Braunagel) Fischer. She was married to Donald L. Durbin for 43 years, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include her children, Maureen K. (husband, Randy) Strothmann, Stephen D. (wife, Jolita) Durbin and Gregory L. (wife, Stacy) Durbin; sister-in-law, Jo Ann Fischer; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Laura, Briana, Erika, Donna, Leo and Michael; and one great-grandchild.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Mary C. Mammoser, Bernice E. McClintock and infant Mildred Jane; and brothers, John H. Fischer Jr. and Raymond E. Fischer.

Mrs. Durbin had been a lab technician at Rush Memorial Hospital.

She was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, where she was in the choir and eucharistic minister for the church and Community Hospital North. She spent winters in Naples, Fla., where she attended St. Peters Church and participated in the choir and as eucharistic minister.

Mrs. Durbin enjoyed bridge, golf and tennis.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary, 2126 East 71st Street.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Lung Association, American Heart Association or the MS Foundation.

Online condolences may be sent to www.feeneyhornakkeystone.com.

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Leo had been a furniture salesman out of Celina, Ohio, where he met and married Mary Cain.

In the spring of 1926, Leo and Mary Durbin bought the 85-year-old Lollis Hotel in Rushville. Built in 1841, it needed to be spruced up and over time was renamed the "Durbin Hotel."

Information from his son's obituary and a SSDI search for DOB, DOD & last residence.

Memorial will be updated as more information is received.
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Rushville Republican
May 2, 2007

The Durbin Hotel: A local landmark lost?

Once a thriving business filled with history, the Durbin Hotel is falling into disrepair. Can it be saved?
Elizabeth Gist

(Part I in a series)

In the years of its operation the Durbin Hotel was known for its effort to preserve the decor, atmosphere and tradition of gracious hospitality. Its history is rich, dating back to the town's beginnings. Its claim to fame as the presidential campaign headquarters for Wendell Willkie in 1940 remains rooted in the town's identity.

But it is slowly deteriorating.

The land on which the Durbin rests is part of the original plat of the town of Rushville. The lot, originally possessed by William B. Laughlin, was purchased along with three other lots for a whopping $59.

In 1831, Harvey W. Carr purchased the lot and constructed the hotel. In 1856, the grand opening of the Carr House took place and, according to a 1974 article written by Mary Durbin Ball in the Rush County Sesquicentennial book, "It must have been one of the most gala events in Rushville."

Civil War-era advertising stressed the hotel's service for the traveler, as well as "good stabling and friendly ostlers." In 1878, the first gas lamp ever lighted on Rushville streets stood at the Capp Hotel (as it had now changed hands), which was run by Frazier and Joseph Johnson.

In 1899 the hotel underwent a major overhaul by new owners William and Harrie Jones. The new face lift included an office, parlor, dining room, wash room and three large sample rooms on the first floor, as well as 50 sleeping rooms. Advertising also boasted that the hotel had electricity throughout and that each room was heated with natural gas.

1924 saw another facelift at the hands of owner David Lollis, and the Lollis Hotel Cafe with Silverton "Stick" Bebout became a focal meeting place for town socialization.

April of 1926 brought with it the Durbin family, who leased the hotel. Leo Durbin began as a traveling salesman for an Ohio furniture company. When he asked Mary Inez Cain of Indianapolis for her hand in marriage she accepted, but with one stipulation: she would not marry a traveling salesman.

So, Leo and Mary leased a summer dining resort at Lake Saint Mary's, Ohio. Leo bought several abandoned railroad cars to convert into guest rooms for the resort, since it did not have overnight accommodations, a practice that became a forerunner of today's motel industry.

When they lost their lease, the Durbins moved to Rushville with their two small children to lease the rooms portion of the Lollis Hotel so they could have a year-round business.

In 1928, the Durbins purchased the hotel and cafe from David Lollis and for 53 years Leo, Mary and their seven children operated the hotel like a family-style bed and breakfast. The lower level once housed a barber shop, an insurance company, a meat market, the hotel laundry, the Greyhound bus station, a Western Union office, a creamery and the post office at one point or another.

In 1940, the Durbins were given 48-hours notice that their hotel was to become the site of a national political campaign. Revamping the hotel and making it presentable for the various newsmen, politicians and celebrities from across the nation was truly a community effort.

The Durbins were presented a plaque at the conclusion of the Willkie campaign by the newsmen which read: "To Leo and Mary Durbin in appreciation of real hospitality. The Press––Willkie Campaign, September 12, 1940."

During World War II, gas rations drove travelers off the highways. Help, as well as supplies and equipment, were scarce. So, the Durbin became a training facility for the seven Durbin children. They learned to make beds and repairs, prepare and serve food, wash dishes, make beds, etcetera.

Interstates and highways came and Rushville ceased to be a crossroads, according to Ball's Sesquicentennial article. The hotel's game plan included shifting its emphasis from providing lodging to serving food. As hotels failed all over the country, the Durbin expanded. Small rooms were combined to make larger, more comfortable ones with air-conditioning and color television. Adjoining lots were purchased to make room for a parking lot and more dining space and a catering service. Mary Durbin's recipe file and menu plan with directions so exact that the newest employee could prepare any specialty of the house became the envy of other restauranteurs around the nation.

While the hotel was always the location for political and business meetings, the Durbins stressed making it a center for community activities. Many civic and county organizations made it their headquarters.

"The warm hospitality made it a delightful place to entertain friends, have showers, weddings, bridge club, and family gatherings," Ball stated in her article.

"This was truly a premiere location," Mayor Bob Bridges said. "Obviously, it's historical significance is invaluable with the ties to Wendell Willkie and his presidential campaign. When I first came here it was still a viable part of the community and served as a facility for weddings, graduations, and all of those other happy events in the community members' lives."

Four of the Durbin sons continued in the hotel industry. James retired as president emeritus of the hotel division of the Marriott Corp. and operated his own hotel business, Durbin Cos.; Don opened the Indianapolis Marriott East in 1974 and was its general manager until his retirement in 1990 (he passed away in 1997). Dave retired as associate manager of the Indianapolis Marriott East; and Bob retired as executive vice president and director of worldwide operations for the Sheraton Corp. He returned to Indianapolis in 1990 and was general manager of the Marriott East for nine years.

The Durbins have had a substantial impact on the development of the hotel industry in Indiana as demonstrated by the tenure of Leo and sons, Don and Dave, who have all served as presidents of the Indiana Hotel Association.

(Mary Durbin Ball's 1974 article "A Haven for Travelers for Over a Century" from the Rush County Sesquicentennial Booklet, was used as reference for this article.)

See tomorrow's edition of the Rushville Republican for part two of this series.

Rushville Republican staff writer Elizabeth Gist can be contacted at (765) 932-3111 ext. 109 or via e-mail at elizabeth.gist@cnhimedia.com. To add a comment visit our Web site at www.rushvillerepublican.com.

Leo getrouwd Mary Cain circa 1920 (civil). Mary is geboren in 1902 in Union City, Darke County, Ohio, USA; is gestorven op 25 mei 2001 in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, USA; is begraven in Calvary Cemetery, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, USA. [Gezinsblad] [Familiekaart]

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Born to Dr. John and Alice Cain
Married Leo Durbin in 1923, and he died in 1969.
Sons: James E. Durbin, Vero Beach, Fla.
G. David Durbin, Greenfield, In.
Robert C. Durbin, Indianapolis, In.
John D. Durbin, Bellevue, Wash.
Daughters Mary L. Ball, Rushville, In.
Ruth L. Walsh, Oconomowoc, Wis.
40 Grandchildren
47 Great-grandchildren
Preceded in death one son, Donald L. Durbin

She attended Indiana University and was a lifetime member of Delta Delta Delta and Tri Kappa sororities.

She was best known for owning and operating the Durbin Hotel in Rushville along with her husband for more than 50 years. She was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by former Gov. Otis Bowen, Hotel Operator of the Year by the Indiana Hotel Association, and twice named Business Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women of Rushville and the Rushville Chamber of Commerce.

While living in Rushville, she was a member of St. Mary's Church, the Mother's Club, the Sodality, Monday Circle and Symposium. She also served on the board of both the library and the Tuberculosis Association. She wrote a cookbook, now in its seventh printing, called "Recipes of the Durbin."

Since her husband's death, the Indiana Hotel and Motel Association has awarded an annual Leo and Mary Durbin Scholarship Grant as a tribute to their contributions to the hospitality industry.

Leppert & Hensley Mortuary, Nora Chapel, Indianapolis, In.
Todd Funeral Home, Rushville, In.

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Services for John H. Fischer, 86, R. R. 1, Waldron, will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. St. Vincent Catholic Church. The Rev. Anthony Seger will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the Carmony Funeral Home here at 7:30 o'clock tonight and friends may call there at any time.
Mr. Fischer, ill several months, died Thursday at 6:45 a.m. in Rush County Memorial Hospital. He had been hospitalized one week. A retired farmer Mr. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Church.
Born in Shelby County April 2, 1884, the son of Henry and Mary Catherine (Tibbe) Fischer, he married Pearl Braunagel Feb. 14, 1917. She died Oct. 19, 1968.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Catherine) Mammoser, Chicago, Mrs. Bill (Berneice) McClintock, Anderson, and Mrs. Don (Lois) Durbin, Rushville; two sons, John H. Fischer Jr., R. R. 5, Shelbyville, and Raymond Fischer, R. R. 1, Waldron, and seven grandchildren. A daughter died in infancy. Mr. Fischer was the last surviving member of a family of five. (Obit: The Shelbyville News, Nov 27, 1970)

John getrouwd Pearl Elizabeth Braunagel op 14 feb 1917 (civil) in Shelby County, Indiana, USA. Pearl (dochter van Conrad Braunagel en Mary Thibo) is geboren op 5 jul 1899 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; is gestorven op 19 okt 1968 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; is begraven in Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Cemetery, Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Gezinsblad] [Familiekaart]

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Mrs. Pearl A. Fischer, 69, R. R. 1, Waldron, widely known resident of Liberty Township, died Thursday at 3:25 p.m. in Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis, where she had been a patient since July 1. She had been in falling health since suffering a fractured hip in May.
Mrs. Fischer was a member of St. Vincent Catholic Church, St. Ann's Altar Society and the 49'ers Extension Homemakers Club.
Born July 15, 1899, in Shelby Township, the daughter of Conrad and Mary (Thibo) Braunagel, she was married to John H. Fischer Sr. on Feb 14, 1917 and he survives.
Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Mary C. Mammoser, Chicago, Mrs. Berneice E. McClintock, Anderson, and Mrs. Lois F. Durbin, Rushville; two sons, John H. Fischer Jr. Shelby Township and Raymond E. Fischer, R. R. 1, Waldron; two brothers, Ed Braunagel, Shelbyville, R. R. and Charles Braunagel, R. R. 6, Shelbyville, and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Brown, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Frances Headlee, Shelbyville. Seven grandchildren also survive. One daughter, Mildred Jane, died in infancy.
Services will be Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Vincent Church, with the Rev. Anthony Seger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Carmony Funeral Home in St. Paul after 1:00 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited there at 8:00 p.m. Sunday. (Obit: The Shelbyville News, Oct. 11, 1968)

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John Henry Fischer, one of the best known men in Liberty township, passed away this afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, of heart trouble, after an illness of several months. Mr. Fischer was well known as a experienced auctioneer in addition to his farming duties.
He was born in Oldenburg, Franklin county, September 22, 1846, making him at the time of death sixty-three years and two days of age. He married Miss Mary Tappe also of Oldenburg, who survives his sad demise. He removed to Shelby county in 1871, and has since resided in Liberty township.
In addition to the widow, he is survived by five children; Mrs. Mary Krug, of Chattanooga, Ten,; Mrs. Josephine Zinser, of Liberty township; Miss Agness, and Frederick and John Fischer, who live at home.
Funeral services will be held at St. Vincent's church, Monday morning at nine o'clock, at which time Father Ketter will say solemn high mass. The interment will be in the St. Vincent cemetery, M. G. Tindall in charge. (Obit: The Shelbyville Democrat, Sep. 24, 1909)

John getrouwd Mary Catherine Tebbe op 20 apr 1871 (civil) in Holy Family Catholic Church, Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana, USA. Mary (dochter van William Tebbe en Josephine Ferkinhoff) is geboren op 29 mrt 1852 in Franklin County, Indiana, USA; is gestorven op 1 nov 1930 in Butler Township, Franklin County, Indiana, USA; is begraven in Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Cemetery, Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Gezinsblad] [Familiekaart]

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HEART DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH

Mrs. Mary Catherine Fisher, Seventy-Eight Years of Age, Passes Away

Active In Catholic Church

Mrs. Mary Catherine Fisher, 78 years old, widow of Henry Fisher, died at 4:20 o'clock Saturday evening at her home, 136 East Broadway. Heart disease was the cause of her death, but until a few hours before she passed away her condition had not been though serious.
Mrs. Fisher was prominent in Catholic church activities, a member of the St Joseph Catholic church of this city and of the St. Anne Societies of this church and of St. Vincent's Catholic church. Her husband, who died about 21 years ago, was an auctioneer, well known throughout the county. At that time they lived near Waldron.
She was the daughter of William and Josephine Tebbie, and was born in Franklin county, March 29, 1852. She came to Shelby county 58 years ago, and had lived in Shelbyville for the last fourteen years. He marriage to Mr. Fisher took place on April 20, 1871.
Four of the eight children born to them survive: Mrs. John Zinser, Fred Fisher, and John Fisher, all of Liberty township, and Miss Agnes Fisher, at home. Mrs. Fisher also leaves two brothers and a sister: John Tebbie and Mrs. John Erthel, both of Tipton, Ind., and Joe Tebbie, of Franklin county. Eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock from the St. Joseph church, with Rev. John C. Rager, pastor of this church. Rev. Pleres Dixion, of St. Vincent's and Rev. Wolf, of Indianapolis, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in St. Vincent's cemetery, in charge of C. F. Fix & Son. Friends may call at the home at any time until the hour for the funeral. (Obit: The Shelbyville Republican, Nov. 13, 1930)

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Conrad getrouwd Mary Thibo in 1898 (civil). Mary is geboren in jul 1875 in Indiana, USA; is gestorven in 1934 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Gezinsblad] [Familiekaart]

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