1980 - Ottoville Obits

1-20-1980

Paul L. Turnwald

            Paul L. (Duke) Turnwald, 50, route 1, Cloverdale, was buried today following 10:30 services at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. Mr. Turnwald died 2:45 a.m. Sunday at his home following an extended illness.

            He was born November 12, 1929, in Landeck, the son of Edward and Tharsilla (Frederick) Turnwald. His parents survive in Ottoville. On July 11, 1953, he married the former Martha Doepker, who also survives.

            Mr. Turnwald was an employee of Ford Motor Co. and a farmer. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Ottoville and its Holy Name Society, Kalida Knights of Columbus and Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War.

            Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John (Rosemary) Vorst, Kalida and Mrs. Kenneth (Carol) Markward and Mrs. Gary (Joyce) Byrne, both of Ottoville; three sons, Roger, Chuck and Tim all at home; four brothers, Gilbert and Gerald, both of Shepherd, Mich., and Arthur and Donald, of Cloverdale; and two sisters, Mrs. Leo (Mary) Moeggenborg, Shepherd, Mich, and Mrs. Norma (Theresa) Becker, Cloverdale.

            Father Gerald Stein officiated at the funeral and burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville. A graveside military service was conducted by the Ottoville VFW.

2-2-1980

Leo C. Kortokrax

            Leo C. (Dutch) Kortokrax, 77, of Delphos, died at 5:10 a.m.Saturday in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

            He was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville Tuesday, following a 10:30 a.m. mass at the Immaculate Conception Church there. Father Roger Bonifas officiated at the mass and burial.

            Mr. Kortokrax was born November 14, 1902, in Ottoville, the son of Otto and Caroline (Wank) Kortokrax. He married Luella Martin August 26, 1931, and she survives.

            Other survivors include two sons, Richard, Kalida and Gerald, Delphos; two daughters, Mrs. Jacob (Marianne) Schimmoeller, Ft. Jennings, and Mrs. Arch (Unalee) Kious, Ottoville; a sister, Mrs. Estelle Bomp, Chicago; and 19 grandchildren.

            Mr. Kortokrax was a retired farmer and retired clerk of Monterey Township. He had been a clerk for 34 years. He was also a former member of the Ottoville School Board and a member of the St. Mary’s Credit Union.

2-11-1980

Gertrude S. Eickholt

            Gertrude S. Eickholt, 95, route 3, Delphos, died at 2:45 a.m. Monday in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

            She was born September 5, 1884, to George and Margaret (Keiffer) Miehls. She married Andy Eickholt February 15, 1911 in Ottoville, and he died January 4, 1960.

            Surviving are two sons, Kenneth G., Delphos and Ralph D., Wilmar, Minn.; a daughter, and one granddaughter. Three brothers and three sisters are deceased.

            Mrs. Eickholt was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, where a Mass of Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Rev. Roger Bonifas will officiate and burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.

            Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 today, Wednesday, at the Helmkamp-Brickner Funeral Home, Ottoville, where the parish wake service will be at eight o’clock tonight.

2-13-1980

Baby Girl Sadler

2-28-1980

Shirley A. Deitering

            Shirley A, Deitering, 28, Ft. Jennings, died Thursday evening at her residence of a gunshot wound to the head. The gunshot wound was self-inflicted, according to Putnam County Coroner Dr. James Overmeier.

            She was born December 10, 1951, the daughter of Eugene M. and Hilda LaFountain Carroll. Her father survives in Continental. On February 8, 1975, she married James Deitering, who survives here.

            Mrs. Deitering was an employee of the Gressel Produce Co., Delphos. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville, and the church Alter-Rosary Society.

            Survivors include a son, Scott C. Deitering, at home; a brother Dennis Carroll, Napoleon; and a sister Mrs. Dennis (Mary) Michel, Ottawa.

            Funeral services were held at 10:30 Saturday at Immaculate Conception church, officiated by Rev. Roger Bonifas. She was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.

4-2-1980

Philomena A. Brickner

            Funeral services were held Saturday for Philomena A. Brickner, 67, Ottoville, in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Father Roger Bonifas officiated at the service and burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

            Mrs. Brickner died at 11:21 a.m. Wednesday at St. Rita’s Medical Center following a brief illness.

            She was born February 4, 1913, in Glandorf, the daughter of Charles and Catherine (Siefker) Warnecke. On May 21, 1931, she married John J. Brickner, who died March 6, 1958.

            Mrs. Brickner was retired a Watkins dealer. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church and its Alter-Rosary Society.

            Survivors include five daughters, Sister Catherine (Mary Lucinda) C.PP. S., of Dayton, Mrs. Gerald (Lauretta) Kroeger, Landeck, Mrs. Arnold (Doris) Ricker, Mrs. Otto (Rose) Wenzlick, and Mrs. Gerald (Caroline) Schimmoeller, all of Ottoville; five sons, Walter, and Ralph of Ottoville, Clifford, Delphos, Steven, Columbus Grove, and John, Warsaw, Ind.; 34 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lauretta Schroeder, Leipsic, and Mrs. Richard (Marie) Gladen, St. Louis, Mo.

4-11-1980
Edward H. Honigfort

            OTTAWA - Edward H. Honigford , 84, of Putnam Acres Care Center, Ottawa, died at 4:50 p.m. Friday in Lima Memorial Hospital.

            He was born March 20, 1896, in Ottoville, a son of Barney and Mary (Bohn) Honigford. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

            Preceding him in death were four brothers, Frank, Oliver, George, and William Honigford, and three sisters, Clara Honigford, Rosie Brinkman and Bernadine Schimmoeller.

            Mr. Honigford was a retired farmer. He was a member of the American Legion, Continental, St. Barbara's Catholic Church, Cloverdale, and he was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I.

            Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church with the Rev. Herman Scherger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

            Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday in Helmkamp - Brickner Funeral Home, Ottoville, where a Parish Wake Service will be at 8 p.m. Sunday.

4-14-1980

Orvin J. Gulker

            Orvin John Gulker, 60, Chula Vista, Calif., died suddenly of a heart attack April 14 on the Chula Vista Golf Course.

            Born March 25, 1920, in Ottoville, he was the son of William H. and Elizabeth (Weber) Gulker. He married Pauline Preble of Lima and she died December 27, 1975. He later married Evelyn Kriger, Perrysburg, and she survives.

            Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Marie) Malmede, Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Thomas (Alice) Wiley, Delphos, and Mrs. A. H. (Arlene) Nickey, Bowling Green.

            He was a veteran of World War II.

            Burial was April 25 in Gethsemani Cemetery, Lima

4-27-1980

Edward J. Wannemacher

            Edward J. Wannemacher, 71, Ottoville, died at 11:45 a.m. Sunday in his home following an extended illness.

            He was born August 7, 1908, in Ottoville, to Lewis and Mayme (Schneider) Wannemacher. On December 15, 1934, he married Helen Heckman in Richmond, Ind., and she survives.

            Other survivors are a son, Joseph L., Ottoville; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Joanne)Wrasman, Landeck; eight grandchildren; a brother Cletus J. Wannemacher, Dayton. Two brothers Marvin and Frederick, are deceased.

            Mr. Wannemacher was a former member of the Knights of Columbus, Dayton, and was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. He is a retired chief guard of Fruehauf Corp., Delphos.

            Rev. Gerald Stein officiated the Mass of Resurrection 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, in the church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery

6-4-1980

Adeline E. Wannemacher

            Adeline E. Wannemacher, 85, route 2, Ft. Jennings, died at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. Funeral services were held 10:30 Saturday morning at the Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville. She was buried in the church cemetery. Father Roger Bonifas officiated at the service and burial.

            She was born on December 22, 1894 to Edward and Ann (Schwertner) Bauman. She married Walter G. Wannemacher, October 18, 1916 in Ottoville and he died August, 1966.

            She is survived by a son, Ray Wannemacher, Ottoville; one daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Mildred) Luerman, Delphos; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

            She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church and the Alter-Rosary Society of the church.

6-10-1980

Henry J. Kemper

            Henry J. Kemper, 58, Ottoville, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday at his home.

            He was born June 22, 1921, in Ottoville to Herman and Theresia (Ricker) Kemper. He married Mary Catherine Wiechart on July 28, 1951, in Ft. Jennings, and she survives.

            Also surviving are two sons, Joe, Ottoville and Dave at home; seven daughters, Mrs. Paul (Jan) Schmersal, Ottoville, Mrs. Roger (Patty) Romes, Ottawa, Mrs. Larry (Rita) Kreinbrink, Mrs. David (Marcia) Herring, both of Leipsic, Mrs. Thomas (Diane) Verhoff, Kalida, and Karen and Beth at home; four grandchildren; six sisters, Mrs. Alex (Frances) Muzechuck, and Mrs. Amelia Burby, Dayton, Mrs. Carl (Bert) Gasser and Mrs. Donald (Agnes) Ostendorf, Ft. Jennings, Mrs. Robert (Lucille) Lammers, New Cleveland, and Mrs. James (Theresa) Kramer, of Ottoville; five brothers, Arnold, John, Joseph and Isadore, all of Ottoville, and Lawrence of Delphos. Two brothers are deceased.

            Mr. Kemper was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, the Ottoville VFW and the Holy Name Society.

            Visitation is underway at the Helmkamp-Brickner Funeral Home, Ottoville. The parish wake service will be at eight o’clock tonight, Wednesday.

            Father Roger Bonifas will officiate the funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the church. The Ottoville VFW will conduct graveside military rites.

8-10-1980

Mary C. Schneeg

            Funeral services for Mary Catherine Schneeg, 62, Ottoville, were held at 11:00 o’clock Wednesday morning at the Immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville. Father Roger Bonifas officiated at the mass and burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

            Mrs. Schneeg died at 4:30 a.m. Sunday at University Hospital, Ann Horbor, Michigan.

            She was born September 11, 1917, in Ft. Wayne, Ind., to Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Grosh. She married Lawrence Schneeg in 1957 in Ft. Wayne and he survives.

            Also surviving is a brother, Gerald Grosh, Ft. Wayne; and two sisters, Eleanor Richey, Peru, Ind., and Anna-belle Walsh, Michigan.

            Mrs. Schneeg was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Alter-Rosary Society of the church

8-29-1980

Albert L. Miller

            Services were held 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville for Albert Leonard Miller, 83, Ottoville. Father Roger Bonifas officiated at the mass and burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

            Mr. Miller died at 11:02 a.m. Friday, in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

            He was born October 12, 1896, in Ottoville to Michael and Elizabeth (Eickholt) Miller.

            Survivors include a brother, Victor, Cloverdale; and three sisters, Rosa, Ottoville, Mrs. Anthony (Emme) Dibling, Carey, and Mrs. John (Gertrude) Schwab, Deshler.

            Mr. Miller was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Catholic Order of the Forrester, the Delphos Knights of Columbus

9-15-1980

Jerome F. Bonifas

            Jerome F. Bonifas, 57, route 1, Cloverdale, died at 9:10 p.m. Monday at St. Rita’s Medical Center emergency room of an apparent heart attack.

            Mr. Bonifas was born in Landeck on February 23, 1923, to Albert and Mary Catherine (Ricker) Bonifas. Both survive in Landeck.

            He married Ann Hoehn in Ottoville on August 30, 1950, and she also survives along with four sons, Paul, Kalida, Thomas, Columbus Grove, Donald and Robert both at home; five daughters, Mrs. Dave (Jane) Kahle, Kalida, Mrs. James (Martha) Miller, Delphos, Mrs. Virgil (Patricia) Schroeder, Ottawa, and Doris and Sharon both at home; 12 grandchildren; four brothers, Arthur, Delphos, Richard and Albert, both of Landeck, and John Ossinke, Mich.; and a sister, Mrs. Elmer (Dorothy) Hoffman, Delphos. Two brothers, Norbert and Aloysius, are deceased.

            Mr. Bonifas served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was employed at GTE Sylvania in Ottawa and was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville.

            Mass of Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the church with the Rev. Roger Bonifas officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Ottoville. Parish wake service will be in the Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home in Ottoville at 8 p.m. tonight.

10-19-1980

Thomas U. Wannemacher

            Thomas U. Wannemacher, 64, Ottoville, died suddenly ay Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. Funeral services were held at 10:30 this morning in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. Father Gerald Stein officiated. He was buried in the church cemetery.

            He was born October 16, 1916, in Ottoville to Urban and Fannie (Reckart) Wannemacher, he was married on February 15, 1969, to Marie Odenweller, who survives.

            Also surviving is one son, Kim Wannemacher, Wapakoneta; three step-daughters, Mrs. Richard (Joyce) Feathers, Delphos, Mrs. George (Janice) Kimmet, Ottoville, Mrs. Gary (Cathy) Hemker, Delphos; four step-sons, Philip Odenweller, Delphos, Thomas Odenweller, Middle Point, Edward Odenweller, Delphos, Donald Odenweller, at home; 19 grandchildren; two brothers, Maurice and Jack of Ottoville; and one sister, Mrs. Edmund (Connie) Osting, Ft. Jennings.

            Mr. Wannemacher was an Army Veteran of World War II and a retired employee of Ford Motor Company. He was a member of the immaculate Conception Church, Ottoville, the Ottoville VFW, the Holy Name Society of the church and the Lima Elks.

10-28-1980

Oscar Ulrich

            Oscar H. Ulrich, 78, Ottoville, died at 10:25 p.m. last Tuesday at St. Rita’s Medical Center, following an extended illness. He was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville, Friday, following a 1 p.m. service in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, Father Roger Bonifas officiated.

            He was born in Austria, December 22, 1901, the son of William and Anna (Yeager) Ulrich. He married Martha Schlagbaum who survives.

            Mr. Ulrich was a retired commercial photographer in Ft. Wayne, Ind.

            Survivors include a son, Richard, Knoxville, Tenn.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, William, Delphos.

11-15-1980

Robert M. Wannemacher

            Robert M. Wannemacher, 77, route 2, Ft. Jennings, died at 3 p.m. Saturday morning in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. Father Roger Bonifas officiated. He was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.

            He was born July 7, 1903, in Ottoville, the son of Henry and Emma (Kalt) Wannemacher. He married Jeanne Aseltine July 22, 1929, and she survives.

            Other survivors include a son, Don Wannemacher, rural Delphos; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Dollie) Wolke, Delphos; three brothers, Ralph, Wauseon, Edwin, route 2, Ft. Jennings, and Otmer, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Gertie Lauer, Detroit; and Permilla Ricker, Lima; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

            Mr. Wannemacher was retired farmer and an insurance agent for Grange Mutual.

            He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville and the Holy Name Society and was past president of the Ottoville School Board and the Ottoville Lions Club.

12-28-1980

Bernetta Jacquay