1-3-1959
William Ulrich
Mr. William Ulrich, 86, died at 9
p.m. yesterday in the Toledo Hospital following
a six month illness.
He was born in Austria Dec. 10,
1872. He was married in Austria to Anna Yager who died in 1912. He re-married
Miss Ann Antonia Kaiser who died in 1929.
Surviving are two sons Oscar of
Fort Wayne and William J. of Delphos. Also surviving are seven grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Immaculate
Conception Church in Ottoville. The remains will rest in the Kolkmeyer Funeral
Home in Delphos.
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
1-22-1959
Susan Gergen
Miss Susan Gergen, 87, who lived at
the Lloyd Landin residence on Rt. 3, Ft.
Jennings, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday in Lima St. Rita's
Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital only a few hours before he death.
She was born April 17, 1871, an
Ottoville, a daughter of Mathias and Kathrine Gergen. She is the last member of
her family. Nieces and nephews survive.
Mrs. Gergen was a member of
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville.
Services will be conducted at 9:30
a.m. Monday at the Ottoville church, with Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiating.
Burial will be in St Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, after 7 p.m. today.
2-3-1959
Rose Brinkman
Died Tuesday Funeral Friday At Cloverdale
Mrs. Rose M. Brinkman, 72,
Cloverdale resident, died in St. Rita's Hospital, Lima, at 7:00 Tuesday
morning. Her death followed an illness of one day.
Mrs. Brinkman was born at Ottoville
on October 18, 1886, the daughter of Barney and Mary Honigfort. She had resided
in Putnam County all her life. She married Andrew Brinkman and he preceded her
in death in 1940. No children were born by this union.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Charles
Schimmoeller, of Spencerville, and four brothers, Edward, of Cloverdale;
William of Ottawa, Oliver and George of Kalida. Two brothers and one sister are
deceased.
Mrs. Brinkman was a member of St.
Barbara's Catholic Church and the Alter Rosary Society. Funeral services will
be held in the Cloverdale Parish church on Friday morning at 9:30. Father Lois
Huffman, the pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. The
body will be at the McCrate funeral home in Ottawa until time for services.
2-12-1959
William Becker
William A. Becker, 74, Glandorf,
died at 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Rita's Hospital
following a heart attack.
He was born Feb. 12, 1885,
Ottoville.
Survivors include his wife,
Veronica; one daughter, Mrs. Cloyd (Edna) Stahl, Delphos; four sons, Richard
Becker, California, Ralph Becker, Harold Becker and Kenneth Becker, all of
Dayton; 16 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three brothers, Ed Becker,
Delphos, Ben Becker, Frankfurt, Ind., and August Becker, Ottoville; and three sisters,
Mrs. Lawrence Hoffman, Columbus Grove, Mrs. Pete Fischbach and Mrs. Albert
Hohlbein, both of Ottoville.
Requiem High Mass will be at 10:30
a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church with Rev. Aloys Friedrick celebrant. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at Fischer-McCrate
Funeral Home, Ottawa, after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Peter M. Krebs
Ottoville
relatives have received word of the death of Peter Krebs, 64, former resident
of that community, who died Saturday in Elyria. A daughter, Mrs. Vera Smith of
that city survives.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday morning at 9:30 in St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
Elyria. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
3-3-1959
Joseph Plescher
Joseph
Plescher, 69, of Ft. Wayne, a former Ottoville resident, died Wednesday night
of last week.
He is
survived by his wife, Irene; five daughters, Sister Mary Mark, Edna, Marceline,
Eileen and Kathryn; four brothers, Leo, of Los Palos, Calif.; Henry, of
Detroit; Albert, of Ft. Jennings; and Jerry, of Cleveland; and four sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Brandehoff, of Delphos; Mrs. Anna Perrin, of Elida; and Mrs. M. H.
Freund and Mrs. Amelia Bechtel, of Lima.
Funeral
services and burial took place in Ft. Wayne.
3-6-1959
Charles L. Sellet
Charles L. Sellet, 84, Ottoville, a
retired interior decorator, died Friday at 1:45
p.m. in St. Rita's Hospital, after a two weeks illness.
Born Aug. 25. 1874 in Ottoville, he
was a son of Aloysius and Wilhelmina (Wannemacher) Sellet. He was married in
1902 in Ottoville to Elizabeth Wurst, who died
in 1954.
Surviving are a son, Sylvester of
Ft Wayne, Ind.; two grandchildren; one brother, Joseph Sellet of Hollywood,
Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Louis Studer of Saint Maries, Idaho.
He was a member of the Immaculate
Conception Church, Ottoville. Requiem
High Mass will be intoned at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Immaculate Conception
Church, with Msgr. J. F. Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Ottoville. Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home, Delphos,
until time for services.
3-26-1959
Mary Ann Schulte
Mrs. Mary Ann Schulte, 79, of
Kalida, died Thursday at 7 p.m. in Lima St. Rita's
Hospital. She had been ill for eight years.
Mrs. Schulte was born Sept 30, 1879
in Ottoville. She was married to Anton Schulte who died in 1936.
Survivors include five sons, Clem,
Frank, and Alphons, all of Kalida; Joseph and Bernard of Ottawa; two daughters,
Mrs. Urban J. Lammers of New Cleveland: Miss Agnes Schulte of Kalida; 43
grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Oliver Beining and
Theodore Beining of Ottoville; four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Deitering and Mrs.
Rose Koester of Ottoville; Mrs. Ann Hoersten of Delphos; and Mrs. Elizabeth
Moeggenborg of Shepherd, Mich. One daughter, two sons and four brothers
preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Christian
Mothers Society of the St Michaels Catholic Church of Kalida.
Solemn Requiem High Mass will be
held Monday at the church at 10 a.m. Rev. Melchior Lochtefeld will officiate.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be removed from the
Fischer-McCrate Funeral Home to her home west of Kalida Sunday morning.
4-8-1959
Ruth V. Gerdeman
Mrs. Ruth Verona Gerdeman, 30, 729
N. Pierce, Delphos, died at 5:05 p.m. Wednesday in her residence from a heart
attack. Death was unexpected.
Born Aug. 9, 1928 in Ottoville, she
was a daughter of August and Eleanor (Bruskotter) Becker. She was married May
9, 1953 to Donald A. Gerdeman, who survives. They were married in the
Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville.
Also surviving are her parents five
sisters, Mrs. Leander Wittier of Ft. Jennings, Mrs. Rufus Bonifas and Mrs.
Arnold Kimmet both of Delphos, and Martha and Marilyn Becker of Ottoville.
Mrs. Gerdeman was a member of St.
John's Catholic Church, Delphos, the Catholic Daughters of America and the
Altar-Rosary Society.
Requiem
High Mass will be celebrated at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in St. John's Church,
Delphos. Msgr. Carl F. Reineck, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will
be in St. John’s Cemetery, Delphos
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, after 7 p.m. Thursday and until time for services.
4-8-1959
Rev. Roger Hoehn
The
Rev. Roger Hoehn, OSB, a member of the Benedictine Order and native of
Ottoville, died Wednesday in the Gallup, New Mex., Catholic Hospital, according
to word received here. Father Hoehn who was born June 23, 1899 has two brothers
in Lima and had visited here frequently. They are William of 788 S. Elizabeth,
and Leo of 231 West Vine.
Father Hoehn made his philosophical
and theological studies at St. Vincent's Archabbey in Beatty, Pa., where he was
ordained. His last appointment was as chaplain of the Sisters of Loretto
Convent, Bernalillo, N. Mex.
Other surviving brothers and
sisters are Mrs. Louis Grote, Joseph Hoehn, Rudolph Hoehn, Sylvester Hoehn, and
Gilbert Hoehn, all of Ottoville; and Mrs. Mary Weber, Dearborn, Mich.
Solemn requiem mass will be offered
at St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Beatty at 10 a.m. Tuesday, and burial will be
made in the Abbey Cemetery.
4-30-1959
Frank Brandehoff
Two Dead Three Others Seriously Injured
Two men were killed and three
others seriously injured when the car in which they were riding skidded
backwards into the path of an automobile transport yesterday
afternoon.
The freak accident occurred at 10
p.m. on Rt. 30-S about three fourth mile west of East Town Rd. when the car
occupied by the five men skidded on wet pavement while apparently trying to
stop in a line of traffic.
Dead are Frank G. Breece, 56, Rt.
1, Middle Point, and Frank Brandehoff, 69, 340 W. Sixth, Delphos. Injured in
the accident were Edward Miller, Rt. 1. Middle Point; Ralph Warnecke, Rt. 3,
Delphos; and Edward H. Warnecke, Delphos.
Mr. Breece was dead on arrival at
St. Rita's Hospital. Dr. H. E. Wisterman, assistant coroner, listed cause of
death as a fractured skull and broken neck. Mr. Brandehoff died in the
emergency room of St. Rita's Hospital about 8 p.m. He had not been moved from
the emergency room due to the seriousness of his injuries, hospital aides said.
Coroner Dr. Richard Biery said Mr. Brandehoff died of internal injuries and a
fractured skull. The other three men were listed in "very serious"
condition at St. Rita's Hospital this morning. The extent of their injuries had
not been fully determined, hospital aides said.
Mr. Brandehoff, Mr. Breece and
Edward Warnecke were passengers in the back seat of the car driven by Ralph
Warnecke. Miller was riding in the front seat with the driver.
Witnesses said Warnecke's car
skidded sideways on the wet pavement and then turned around several times before
the back of the car struck the moving automobile transport. James Hamn,
Waukegan, Ill., driver of the transport, was not injured in the accident.
He told sheriff's deputies and
reporters he saw the car coming "I was unable to stop before the car skidded
into the front of the tractor," Hamn said.”
The impact knocked the car down an
embankment on the south side of the roadway into a muddy field. The back of the
car was driven past the rear wheels by the impact, which dented the metal Frame
on the front of the tractor.
Deputies said the collision would
lave been more serious if the jumper of the tractor had not missed the car's
gasoline tank by less than an inch. If the gasoline tank had been crushed in
the collision an explosion would probably have resulted and the three men in
the back seat would have probably been trapped by flames, deputies said.
Mr. Breece, who apparently was
riding on the left side of the back seat, was thrown from the car, his head was
in blood-soaked mud beside the
car when deputies
arrived at the scene.
The accident was reported to the
sheriff's office as a non-injury accident and ambulances were not sent to the
scene until after the first deputies arrived and asked that ambulances be
dispatched.
Four ambulances were needed to rush
the five men to the hospital. A large crowd of motorists who parked their cars
near the accident scene hampered officers and ambulance attendants.
Employed at Gramm Trailer Corp.,
the men left the trailer manufacturing plant at 4 p.m. and the accident occurred
about 10 minutes later.
George Brandehoff, son of Mr.
Brandehoff, said the men shared rides with one of the men driving each week.
The son said he would have been the sixth man in the car if he hadn't been laid
off at the trailer firm recently.
A second car was indirectly
involved in the accident. A westbound car driven by Nicholas L. Christman,
Delphos, struck a mailbox on the opposite side of the road while trying to
avoid the skidding Warnecke car.
Christman said he was slowing for
traffic ahead when he looked in his rearview mirror and saw the car behind his
skidding sideways. He said he pulled onto the graveled shoulder of the road but
was unable to stop his car before it struck the mailbox.
Statements of other witnesses
indicated that a westbound car had stopped while waiting for approaching
traffic to clear before making a left turn into a private driveway.
Investigation of the accident by
sheriffs deputies was continuing this morning. Deputies said they had been
unable to question the driver of
the car.
Mr. Brandehoff was born Jan. 23,
1890 in Ottoville and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brandeloff.
He was an employee of Graham
Trailer Corporation.
Surviving are a son George of
Delphos: one grandson; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Byrne of Ottoville, Mrs. Maime
Deitering of Chesaning. Mich., Mrs. Sabine Weber of Chesaning, and Mrs. Einora
Schulien of Ft. Wayne; four brothers, William of Delphos. Gilbert of Delphos.
John of La-Otte. Ind., and Laverne of Wapakoneta.
Mr. Brandehoff was a member of St.
John's Catholic Church, Delphos, Knights of Columbus, American Legion,
Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a World War I Veteran.
5-18-1959
George Miller Sr.
George Miller Sr., 93, Ottoville,
died at 10:20 a.m. Monday at his residence, after a serious illness of one
week.
Born Dec. 12, 1865 in Delphos, he
was a son of John and Johanna Miller. He was married April 14, 1891 at
Ottoville to Mary Yocklin, who survives along with three sons,
Adolph Miller of Ottoville, George Miller Jr. of Ottoville,
and Anthony Miller of Piqua: one daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Mary) Liebrecht of
Ottoville: 23 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren; and one foster-son,
William Yockin of Defiance. Three sons, Joseph,
Henry and Albert, are deceased.
Mr. Miller founded the Miller Brothers
Clay Works at Ottoville in 1914. He retired in 1921. The Clay Works is now
being operated by his sons. He also operated and
managed a farm until 1932. Mr. Miller was a member of the
Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville, the Catholic Knights of Ohio, and the
St. Joseph Holy Name Society.
Requiem High Mass will be sung
Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church, with Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, after 2 p.m. today.
6-1-1959
Catherine King
Mrs. Catherine King, 77, Ottoville,
died at 3:20 a.m. Monday in St. Rita's Hospital, after an illness of one week.
Born Jan. 6, 1882 in Delphos, she
was a daughter of John and Margaret (Bereitschaft) Beer. She was married May
17, 1899 at Delphos to Frank H. King, who died Oct. 1, 1950.
Surviving are two sons, George King
and John King, both of Ottoville; one daughter, Miss Margaret King of
Ottoville; and three grandchildren.
Mrs. King was a member of the
Catholic Ladies of Columbia, the Altar-Rosary Society, and the Immaculate
Conception Church, Ottoville.
Requiem High Mass will be
celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr.
J. Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, after noon Tuesday.
6-2-1959
Antoinette Grote
Antoinette Grote, 63, Ottoville,
died Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in her residence after an illness of six weeks.
Born July 22, 1895 in Ottoville she
was a daughter of Anton and Margaret Hoehn.
She was married Oct. 3, 1917 at Ottoville, to Louis J.
Grote. Who survives along with one son Melvin of Ft. Jennings; one grandchild;
six brothers, William of Lima, Joseph of Ottoville, Leo of Lima Sylvester of
Ottoville, Rudolph Ottoville, and Gilbert of Ottoville and one sister, Mrs.
Mary Weber of Detroit.
Mrs. Grote was a member of the
Immaculate Conception Church Ottoville; the Catholic Ladies o Columbia; and the
Altar Rosary Society.
Requiem High Mass will be
celebrated in the Immaculate Conception Church at 9:30 a.m. Friday with Msgr.
J. F. Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
6-2-1959
Adeline P. Kundert
Mrs. Adeline P. Kundert, 70, 404 W.
Fifth, Delphos, died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
at her residence, after a serious illness of eight months.
Born July 2, 1888 in Ottoville, she
was a daughter of Henry and Carolyn Wurst.
She was married May 24, 1913 at Delphos, to Edward G.
Kundert.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are two sons, E. J. Kundert, and J. E. Kundert, both of Delphos; eight
grandchildren; twin sisters. Miss Anna Wurst of
Delphos and Mrs. Sylvester Wannemacher of Ottoville.
Mrs. Kundert was a member of St.
John's Catholic Church, Delphos, the Altar-Rosary Society and the Sacred Heart
League.
Requiem High Mass will be
celebrated at 8:45 a.m. Saturday in St. John's Church, with Msgr. Carl F.
Reineck as celebrant. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, after 7 p.m. today.
6-9-1959
John Krietemeyer
Ottoville Man Dies In Car-Tractor Wreck
A 40-year-old Ottoville man was killed last night when a 17-year-old
driver apparently failed to observe a stop sign and crashed into a tractor at
the intersection of State Routes 66 and 114, six miles east of Grover Hill in
Paulding County.
State Highway patrolmen are continuing their investigation of the accident
today to determine the exact cause of death, but it is believed that John
August Kreitemeyer was thrown from his tractor by the collision impact and
suffered fatal injuries.
Dennis D. Fast, 17, of Rt. 1, Grover Hill was driver and owner of the
car. Jerry W. Priest, 19, of Rt. 2, Grover Hill was a passenger.
Investigating patrolmen stated that Priest suffered severe shock
following the accident and was taken to Defiance Hospital where he was admitted
for observation. Driver Fast sustained chest bruises and cuts on both knees.
Officers said the accident occurred when Kreitemeyer, driving south on
Rt. 66, passed through the intersection of Rt. 114 and was struck by the car,
headed west on Rt. 114. Patrolmen were investigating skid marks today.
The weather was cloudy, patrolmen reported, but the road was level and
dry.
Fast was cited by investigating officers and will appear in Judge Fred
Carr's probate court at Paulding on June 23, to face the charges.
Investigating officers refused to comment on the possibility of
manslaughter charges until after the investigation is completed.
Kreitemeyer's body was removed to Didrich's Funeral Home in Grover Hill.
John A. Krietemeyer, 40, Ottoville, a farmer died from multiple
fractures and
a crushed chest, as
the result of an automobile-tractor accident at 11:15 p.m. Thursday in Mandale
at the intersection of Rts. 66 and 114.
Born Dec. 23, 1918 in Ottoville. He was a son of John H. and Katharina
(Wallen) Krietemeyer. He never married.
Surviving are a brother, Frank of Ottoville; a step-brother, Davis, at
home; four sisters, Mrs. Benno Miller of Delphos, Miss Loretta Krietemeyer, at
home, Sister Mary Petronia CPPS, Carthagena, Mrs. Alex Ruhe of Continental; and
one step-sister, Mrs.
Andy Wurst of
Delphos.
Mr. Krietemeyer was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church,
Ottoville, where Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Monday with
Msgr. J.F. Frommherz celebrant. Burial will be in St.
Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home, Delphos, until time of
services.
6-13-1959
John A. Klima (Infant)
6-21-1959
John G. Bendele
Ottoville Man Dies In Crash
A motorist, thrown to the ground
after his car ran off a Rt. 224 curve and overturned, was dead on arrival at
St. Rita's Hospital Sunday afternoon.
John G. Bendele, 20, of Rt. 2. Ft.
Jennings suffered a fractured neck, spine and skull.
A passenger in the Bendele car,
Thomas Rose, 15, of rural Ft. Jennings, was listed in good condition this
morning at St. Rita's.
Sheriff Arnold Potts reported that
his deputy, George Klausing, who investigated the crash scene, could find no
apparent reason for the car failing to take the curve.
The only possible suggestion,
according to the sheriff, was that the road had been "bleeding" (tar
melting) from the hot temperature.
The auto was traveling west on the
highway, went off the south side of the road and came to rest in a field. The
accident occurred one mile east of Ottoville.
The sheriff reported it was only
the second traffic fatality in Putnam this year.
The victim was born Dec. 15, 1938
near Ottoville, a son of the late Aileen Bendele, who died in 1945, and John C.
who survives.
Also surviving are a step-mother,
Angela Bendele; three sisters, Doris at home; Mrs. Mary Jane Miller, Dayton;
Sharon Rose, Kalida; one brother, Donald L., Kalida; two step-brothers, Dan and
John Wannemacher, at home; one step-sister, Joyce Wannemacher, also at home,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bendele of Delphos.
The youth was a member of
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville and its Holy Name Society.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday in the church. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz will officiate, officiate, with
burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
The body is at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
Anna M. Perrin
Mrs. Anna
M. Perrin, 70, wife of Charles Perrin, route 2 Elida, died at 9 a.m. Monday
following a heart attack.
Born August
10, 1888, in Ottoville, she and her husband, to whom she was wed February 12,
1907, had lived in the Ottoville area their entire married life prior to moving
to their present address five years ago.
Also
surviving are five sons, Lest, Flint, Mich., Henry and Louis, both of route 1,
Elida, Leo, route 2 Spencerville, and Ralph, Lima; four daughters, Mrs. Eugene
Miller, route 2, Spencerville, Mrs. Ralph Shaw, and Mrs. Robert Grothaus, both
of Lima, and Mrs. Marth Schrider, Santa Monica, Calif.; 37 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; four brothers, Gerhard Plescher, Cleveland, Henry
Plescher, Detroit, Mich., Leo Plescher, Los Palos, Calif., and Albert Plescher,
Ottoville, and three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Brandehoff, Delphos, and Mrs.
Amelia Bechtel and Mrs. Teresa Freund, both of Lima.
Mrs. Perrin
was a member of St. John’s Church, Delphos, and the Alter Rosary Society of the
church.
8-7-1959
William T. Remlinger
W. T. Remlinger, Ottoville, Dies
Former Civic Leader Ill Three Weeks
William
T. Remlinger, 86, former director of the Ottoville Bank, and Loan and Telephone
Companies, died last Friday at 9:40 a.m. in Lima St. Rita’s Hospital after an
illness of three weeks.
Born March
23, 1873, in Ft. Jennings, he was married June 17, 1896, to Nellie A. Huysman,
who died in 1952.
In addition
to serving as director of the three local companies, Mr. Remlinger had operated
a drug store in Ottoville for 65 years, and had owned and operated a farm on
which he raised prize poultry.
He also was
former township clerk, served on the Ottoville school board and as a member of
the Putnam County Democratic Central and Executive Committees, and was a member
of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
He is
survived by two sons, Walter A. and Harold C. Remlinger, both of Delphos; seven
grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Requiem High
Mass was sung Monday at 9 a.m. in Immaculate Conception church. Burial followed
in St. John’s Cemetery Delphos. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated.
8-30-1959
Edward G. Kramer
Edward G.
Kramer, 76, resident of Ottoville, died in Van Wert Convalescent Home at four
o’clock Sunday afternoon following an illness of three months.
He was born
in Alexandria, Ky., on June 30, 1883, a son of George and Elizabeth Kramer. In
1907 he was married at Ottoville to Mathilda Pohl.
Surviving
with his wife are six daughters, Mrs. Andrew Wihebrink, of Covington, Ky., Mrs.
M. Goldberg, of New York, N. Y., Mrs. Louis Boerger, of Ottoville, Mrs. James
Fehrman, of Carlisle, Ohio, Mrs. Earl Gillen of Dayton, and Mrs. Walter Koons
of San Francisco; a son Al Kramer of Frankfort, Germany; 12 grandchildren; a
brother August Kramer of route 1 Delphos; and a sister, Mrs. Ben Trauct, of
Newport, Ky.
Mr. Kramer
was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church, Ottoville, where
funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
10-4-1959
Catherine Heitmeyer
Catherine Heitmeyer, 75, Rt. 3, Ft.
Jennings, died at 3:45 p.m. Sunday in her residence after an illness of six
months. She had been seriously ill for six weeks.
Born Feb. 15. 1884 in Glandorf she
was a daughter of William and Anna (Stielbrink) Dickman She was married Oct.
28, 1903 at Ottoville to Frederick Heitmeyer. He died March 9, 1945.
Surviving are eight children John
of Columbus Grove, Mrs. Corneilius (Barbara) Brinkman of Ft. Jennings, Alphonse
of Columbus Grove, Mrs. Cleo (Frances) Schimmoeller of Ft. Jennings. Mrs.
Gilbert (Jean) Smith of Columbus Grove, Leo Arnold
and Norbert, all of Ft. Jennings 42 grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren; two brothers. Anthony Dickman of Ottoville, and Ben
Dickman of Ft. Jennings Three sisters, and three brothers preceded her in
death.
She was a member of the Altar
Rosary Sodality and the Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville.
Requiem high mass will be sun
Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
The body will be taken from the
Kolkmeyer Funeral Home Delphos, to the family residence at 6:30 p.m. today.
10-30-1959
Bernard A. Hilvers
Crash Kills 1 Hurts 2
A two-car crash in an early morning
fog, two miles north of here on Rt. 66, took the life of Bernard Hilvers, 18,
of Ft. Jennings, and seriously injured a retarded youth and a Delphos woman,
this morning at 7:50.
Hilvers was dead on arrival at St.
Rita's Hospital at 8:30 where he had been brought along with Richard Sellet,
14, of Ottoville and Mrs. Marie Gerdeman, 28, by Harter & Son ambulance of
Delphos.
He suffered a crushed head, chest
and internal injuries and died halfway to Lima, ambulance attendants said. Dr.
Richard J. Biery, Allen County coroner ruled death accidental.
Hilvers and John A. Sellet 18,
brother of the injured youth were
on their way to the Northwestern School of Commerce in Lima, where they are
students.
Sellet was uninjured. His brother
Richard, a retarded youngster, was on his
way to Robin Rogers school in Lima The boy suffered multiple
fractures and was listed
in serious condition in St. Rita's Mrs. Gerdeman, who was
headed north when the accident occurred, was also in serious condition with a
fractured pelvis, right leg and left
wrist.
Sellet the driver of the southbound
car said they were traveling behind a truck driven by Art Hermiller for the
Miller Tile Company, south of the accident scene on Rt. 66. Sellet said as he
went to pass the tile truck, at
40 miles an hour, they were struck head-on by Mrs. Gerdeman's auto, which he
claimed was traveling without headlights.
The autos went off, the east side
of the road and disentangled in a field. Both were
almost completely demolished.
The Van Wert Sheriffs office,
Putnam Co. Sheriff's office and Van Wert Post of the Highway patrol had cars on
the scene.
11-5-1959
Kathleen Wannemacher (Infant)
Infant Interred At Ottoville
Graveside
rites were held Saturday afternoon at one o’clock in St. Mary’s Catholic
Cemetery, Ottoville, for Kathleen, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wannemacher, who died at 6:58 Friday morning, five hours after birth in St.
Rita’s Hospital, Lima.
In addition
to her parents, the infant is survived by a brother, Kim, at home; a
half-sister, Janice Barringer, of Lima; the maternal grandfather, Wilbur Hardin
of Wapakoneta; the paternal grandfather, Irvin Wannemacher, of Ft. Jennings, and
maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Erwin, of Lima.
12-15-1959
Matt Lauf
Mathias Lauf, 101, Oldest County Resident, Dies
Mathias
Lauf, oldest resident of Putnam County, died in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima, at
8:15 Wednesday evening. He was 101 years of age.
A resident
of Ottoville, Mr. Lauf fell at his home Tuesday afternoon. Injuries and shock
resulting from the fall caused his death.
Mr. Lauf
was born in Glandorf on July 11, 1858, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lauf.
In 1895 he was married at Ottoville to Katherine Fischbach. She preceded him in
death in 1930. He resided in Putnam County all his life.
The
centenarian was engage in farming until his retirement less than 30 years ago,
and until a year ago managed to cultivate a garden near his residence in
Ottoville.
Residents
of the Ottoville community honored Mr. Lauf with a program on his 98th
birthday and a special community program was given on his 100th
birthday, when a Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving was offered at the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church, and a special dinner was served. At the time a tree
to his memory was planted and dedicated on the Ottoville school grounds.
Mr. Lauf is
survived by a brother, Henry Lauf, Ft. Jennings.
He was a
member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where funeral services
will be held at nine o’clock Friday morning. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz. The pastor,
will officiate. Burial will be made in the parish cemetery.
The body
will be at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home in Delphos until time for services.
12-16-1959
Irma Binder
Word was
received in Ottoville Wednesday evening that Miss Irma Bender, a native and
former resident of Ottoville, had died in Toledo.
The body
will be brought to Ottoville where funeral services will be held in the Immaculate
Conception Church with burial in the parish cemetery.
12-17-1959
Mary C. Turnwald
Mrs. Mary Catherine Turnwald died
Thursday at 8:35 p m. at St. Rita's Hospital
in Lima due to a coronary attack suffered in her home two
hours prior.
She was 64
years old, born Oct. 23, 1895, at Ottoville. Her parents were Henry and
Catherine (Ricker) Landwehr. She was married Nov. 19, 1914, at Ottoville, to
William M. Turnwald. They have three sons and two daughters, Sylvester, Leon
and John, all of Ottoville; Mrs. John (Anna Marie) Eickholt of Ottoville and
Miss Betty Turnwald at home. A son William, Jr., was killed inaction in World
War II.
There are
16 grandchildren. The deceased also has four brothers and four sisters. The
brothers are Charles Landwehr of Kalida, William Landwehr of Delphos, and Henry
Landwehr and John Landwehr of Ottoville; the sisters are, Mrs. Ernest
(Catherine) Ruply of Hudson, Mich.:
Mrs. August (Anna) Koenig of Leipsic and Mrs. Carl (Elizabeth) Koenig of
Adrian, Mich.; and Mrs. Richard (Wilma) Tigner of Delphos.
She belonged to the Altar Rosary
Society and the VFW Auxiliary at Ottoville. She was a member of the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville.
Services Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the
Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. J. F. Frommhertz, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
She will at the Kolkmeyer Funeral
Home at Delphos after 2 p.m. Saturday until time for the services.
12-25-1959
Mary Wannemacher
Past Resident Of Ottoville Dies At Toledo
Friends and relatives here learned this week of the death of Mrs. Mary
(Korb) Wannemacher, 82, wife of the late Mathias Wannemacher. They were former
residents of this area. Mrs. Wannemacher died at the home of a daughter, Wilma
F. Wannemacher of Toledo, on Christmas Day. She had been in failing health for
a considerable period of time.
She was born at Bismark, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1877. Death came one day after
her 82nd birthday. She is survived by three children, Benedict J. Wannemacher,
Wilma F. Wannemacher, and Hubert Wannemacher, all of Toledo; seven
grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and three
sisters, Mrs. Martha Yenor, Mrs. Frances Schmoll, and Mrs. Estela K. Gillen.
The funeral was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Toledo, with a high
mass at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The body was then brought to Ottoville where
the casket was opened in the vestibule of the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
12-26-1959
Elizabeth J.
Kehres
Miss Elizabeth J. Kehres, 76, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the
Kollmeier Invalid
Home, Findlay, after
a three-day illness.
She was born at Ottoville Sept. 6, 1883, a daughter of Andrew and Anna
Kehres.
Survivors are eight sisters, Miss Gene Kehres of
South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Josephine
Hummer of Denver, Colo., Miss Clara Kehres and Miss Amelia Kehres of Washingon,
D. C., Mrs. Edith Kaverman of Ft. Wayne; Mrs. Leone Hesseling of South Bend;
Miss Annette Kehres of Denver, and Mrs. Gertrude Ames of Concord, Calif.;
and a brother, Cyril
of Ft. Worth Tex.
A requiem high mass will be sung at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's
Catholic Church, Delphos, with Msgr. Carl F. Reineck as celebrant. Burial will
be in the church
Cemetery.
Friends may call at Kolkmeyer Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
12-28-1959
Ferdinand G. Helmkamp
Ferdinand
G. Helmkamp, 78, rural Ft. Jennings, died at 11 a.m. Monday in St.
Rita's Hospital after an illness of three weeks.
He was born Nov. 22, 1881 in
Ottoville. He was a son of Frank W. and Louise (Schlagbaum) Helmkamp. He was
married Oct. 16, 1923 at Ft. Jennings to Anna Gerker.
Surviving in addition to his wife,
are a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Mary Lou) Menke of Ft. Jennings: five grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Barney (Dorothy) Kramer of Ft. Jennings.
Mr. Helmkamp was a director of the
Ft. Jennings State Bank. He was a member of die St. Joseph's Society and the
Sacred Heart League of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Ft. Jennings.
Requiem high mass will be sung at
9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph's Church. Ft. Jennings, with Rev. John Miller
as celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer
Funeral Home, Delphos, until time of services.
12-28-1959
Amelia Kieffer
Amelia Eickholt Kieffer, 83, died
December 28, 1959 at St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw. She was born June 6, 1876
in Ottoville, OH. She is survived by two sons, Gerald of Chesaning, and Vern of
Tucson, AZ; and 6 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John
Kieffer. Services were held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Interment was
at Mount Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Walker Funeral Home.
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