1918 - Ottoville Obits

1-8-1918

Maria R. Brokamp

Death Follows Operation At St. Vincent’s Hospital

Mrs. Andy Brokamp, Well Known Resident of Ottoville, Passed Away Tuesday – Body Brought to Her Home in Ottoville Tuesday Evening and Funeral Services from Church There Friday

            Mrs. Andy Brokamp, a well-known resident of Ottoville, died at the St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Brokamp had been in failing health for about a year and Wednesday of last week underwent an operation at the St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo for pelvic abscesses and complications.

            Mrs. Brokamp was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Weiging, of Ft. Jennings, and was born at Ft. Jennings on July 4, 1890. No children were born to this union. Mrs. Brokamp is survived by her husband, her parents, several sisters and brothers, Mrs. Joseph Etgen, of West Fifth Street, Mrs. John Heidnescher, of Delphos, and Mrs. Andy Berlesman, of Ft. Jennings, are sisters of the deceased. Mrs. Brokamp was  well-known in the community where she had spent her life, and was highly respected and beloved by al who knew her.

            The remaining were brought to Ottoville Tuesday evening, to the Brokamp family home, and funeral services will be held from the Catholic church at Ottoville Friday morning at nine o’clock. The remains will be taken to the Ft. Jennings cemetery for interment. Mr. Brokamp is employed by Nick Bedink, at Ottoville.

1-11-1918

Clarence Pahl

Instantly Killed By A Falling Tree

Clarence Pahl, Young Farmer Residing North of Delphos, Caught Under Tree Which He Was Helping To Fell, and Instantly Killed – Accident Occurred At Farm Of Brother In Law, Arthur Carder

            Clarence Pahl, a well-known young farmer, residing north of Delphos several miles, was instantly killed Friday morning when he was caught under a falling tree. The accident occurred about nine o’clock at the farm of Arthur Carder, a brother-in-law of the young man, about three and a half miles north of Delphos.

            Mr. Pahl and his brother-in-law, Mr. Carder, were cutting down a large tree in the Carder woods. The heavy tree fell the wrong way, and Mr. Pahl was caught underneath it, being killed instantly. There was a pile of brush near the tree and the unfortunate man’s head was wedged between the brush and the trunk of the tree. The trunk of the tree fell over Mr. Pahl’s body, and his right foot was badly crushed, and had probably been caught as the tree fell.

            Mr. Carder immediately summoned assistance and with the help of some of the neighbors, the body of the young man was taken to the Carder home, not far from the scene of the accident. The farm on which Mr. Pahl and his family lived is not far from the Carder farm, north of Delphos.

            Clarence Pahl was about 26 years old, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pahl, who resided on a farm north of Delphos for a number of years, but are now residents of Ottoville. Dr. Ralph Pahl, who has an office in the Commercial Bank block in the city is a brother of the accident victim. Clarence Pahl was united in marriage to Minnie Carder about six years ago and the widow and three children, one an infant, but a few months old, besides the parents and several brothers and sisters.

            The unfortunate young man was very well known in the vicinity north of Delphos and highly esteemed and his sudden death has cast a gloom over the community. The bereaved relatives have the sincere sympathy of all who know them, in their sorrow. The arrangements for the funeral services have not been made.

2-3-1918

George Ernst

George Ernst Near Ottoville Is Found Dead

Well Known Farmer, And One Of The Oldest Residents Of The Neighborhood, Is Thought To Have Expired From An Attack Of The Heart – Body Found In Barn Is Thought To Have Been There Since Sunday

            George Ernst, sixty-seven years of age, one of the oldest residents of the Ottoville neighborhood, was found dead in the barn at his home a mile and a half south of Ottoville, at an early hour Tuesday morning.

            Mr. Ernst lived on the farm alone, and it is believed that he died Sunday afternoon and the body had laid in the barn since that time, until found Tuesday morning. Henry Heising, who lives a short distance from the Ernst home, worked some for Mr. Ernst was seen alive was Sunday afternoon, when he visited the Heising home.

            Nothing was seen of him Monday and Monday evening Mr. Heising became more or less alarmed, and when he got up Tuesday morning he started a hunt for Mr. Ernst, which resulted in the finding of the missing man’s body in the barn.

            Mr. Ernst had been complaining some of the heart trouble for the past two weeks, and its thought that after leaving the Heising home Sunday afternoon he went to the barn to do some feeding, when he suffered an attack of the heart, expiring instantly. The body was badly frozen when found.

            Mr. Ernst’s wife died about twenty years ago. He is survived by eight children, as follows; John in Washington state; George, Kalida; Henry, near Landeck; Mrs. Joseph Wallen, of Rushmore; Mrs. Sam Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Eckhart Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Edward Kill, Landeck and a daughter at Lima.

            Funeral arrangements had not been made Tuesday afternoon.

3-13-1918

John Winkelman

Prominent Ottoville Man Answers Call

John Winkelman Passed Away Wednesday Morning – Had Been In Poor Health For Several Months – Was Born In Ottoville And Lived In This Vicinity All His Life – Well Known To A Large Circle Of Friends

            On Wednesday morning, death claimed one of the most prominent Ottoville citizens, John Winkelman. Mr. Winkelman had been in poor health for several months, and although nothing was left undone to restore him to his former health, he began to sink rapidly last Monday, and thus his death was not entirely unexpected.

            John Winkelman was born at Ottoville on May 26, 1867. He spent his entire life about Ottoville and vicinity; he received his education in the Ottoville schools. He was in business for twenty years in Ottoville, and in all this time he was known for his honesty and nobody ever received anything but a square deal at his hands. He was a devout member of the Catholic Church and a member of the St. Joseph’s Society.

            He was married to Elizabeth Zahm on November 21, 1894. Their union was blessed with six children; Ida, Lucinda, Frances, Felix and Martha; another of their boys died in infancy. Mrs. Winkelman and family have the sympathy of our entire community in their sad bereavement.

            The funeral services will be held on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at the Ottoville Catholic Church. Interment will be made in the Ottoville cemetery.

            By the death of John Winkelman, Ottoville has lost one of its good citizens. He was a public spirited, loyal to his community, a man who did the right as he saw it, and who was ever ready to give a helping hand.

3-30-1918

Aloysius Sutter

4-13-1918

Mary Bohn

Mrs. John Bohn Died Saturday Near Ottoville

Well Known Woman Passed Away After An Illness Of Several Months – Is Survived By Husband, Five Children and Other Relatives – Had Lived All Her Life In Community Where She Was Born

            Mrs. Joseph Bohn was called by death, Saturday morning at six o’clock at the family home north of Ottoville. Mrs. Bohn had been in poor health for some time, an attack of grip having resulted in complications. She became gradually weaker, until her death Saturday morning.

            Mrs. Bohn’s maiden name was Mary Gergen, and she was born in Jackson Township, Being 51 years of age at the time of her death. She was married to Joseph Bohn, November 4, 1896, and to this union were born three daughters and two sons. These are Mayme, Frances, Susan, Joseph and Sylvester, all of whom reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Bohn have lived on the farm on which Mrs. Bohn’s death occurred since their marriage.

            She is survived by her husband, five children, three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Liebrecht, Misses Susan and Anna Gergen, and two brothers, Nicholas and Peter Gergen.

            Funeral arrangements have not been made, and will be announced later.

5-1-1918

Alphonse F. Bendele (Infant)

Five Weeks Old Child Stricken By Pneumonia

            Alphonse, the five weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bendele, living two and one half miles south of Ottoville, died early Wednesday morning after an illness from pneumonia. The babe had been sick only since last Sunday. The child was born March 29^th. Besides the parents, six brothers and sisters survive. The funeral will be held at the Immaculate Conception church, Ottoville, Friday morning at nine o’clock, followed by interment in St. Mary’s cemetery. In their grief Mr. and Mrs. Bendele have the sympathy of many friends.

5-7-1918

Leo Freiburger

Young Man Is Found Dead At Ottoville

Leo Freiburger Is Claimed By Death – Expired Some Time During Night, His Death Not Discovered Until He Failed To Answer his Parents’ Call Wednesday Morning – Was Son Of Joseph Freiburger

            Leo Freiburger, 24 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freiburger, was found dead in bed at the home of his parents a half mile west of Ottoville, Wednesday morning at 5:15 o’clock.

            The cause of his death had not been made known Wednesday afternoon, he has been enjoying good health, and had made no complaint of feeling ill Tuesday. He retired about the usual hour Tuesday night. Wednesday morning when his parents called him he did no make an answer, an investigation followed, when his dead body was found. Death evidently had occurred several hours previous, as the body was cold when found. Heart trouble of some nature is thought to have been the trouble.

            The young man was born the farm where he died and has always lived at home. He graduated from Ottoville high School in 1913. The funeral will be held Friday morning at nine o’clock at the Immaculate Conception Church at Ottoville, followed by interment in St. Mary’s cemetery. Besides being a member of the church he was also a member of the Young Men’s Sodality.

            Besides the parents there are four brothers and sisters, all living at home, surviving. These are Miss Anna, Ferry, Isadore, Bruno and Joseph.

            In their bereavement the family have the sympathy of many friends and acquaintances.

6-5-1918

Anton Beining

Death Claims Well Known Ottoville Man

Anthony Beining Passed Away At An Early Hour Wednesday Morning From An Illness From Diabetes – Had Been In Poor Health For Three Years – Survived By Wife, Daughter, Parents And Other Relatives

            Anthony Beining died at his home west of Ottoville at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. He has been in poor health for the past three years, but has only been bedfast for the past month. His death was caused by diabetes.

            Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beining and was thirty years of age, being born March 4, 1888. On October 28, 1914, he was married to Miss Mary Dickman. One child, a daughter, Monica, was born to this union, and she survives. He is also survived by his wife and parents, five brothers and five sisters; Joseph, Henry, Frank, Theodore and Oliver and Mrs. Anton Schulte, of Kalida, Mrs. Elizabeth Moeggenborg, of Shepherd, Mich., Mrs. Henry Deitering, Mrs. William Koester and Mrs. Joseph Hoersten, of Ottoville.

            The funeral will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock at the Immaculate Conception church, Ottoville. Mr. Beining was a member of the St. Joseph’s Society.

7-17-1918

Katherina Blau

Death Called Young Woman Wednesday

Miss Anna Blau, Grand-Niece of Father Mertes, Of Ottoville, Died Wednesday Morning In Ottoville – Was Born In Luxenburg, Germany, And Was Sixteen Years Of Age – Funeral Saturday Morning In Ottoville

            Wednesday morning at 9:50, the death of Miss Rina Blau occurred at the home of Rev. Mertes, of Ottoville. Miss Blau was a grand-niece of Father Mertes and had made her home with her uncle for some time. She was ill just two weeks and her death was due to a hemorrhage of the lungs. Up to two weeks ago, Miss Blau had been in perfect health. Her death has caused a great shock to her many friends in Ottoville.

            The deceased young woman was born in Remieh, Luxenburg, Germany, September 1, 1901, and at the time of her demise she was aged sixteen years, ten months and sixteen days. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Blau, both deceased. She is survived by one sister, Margaret, who makes her home with her grand parents, in Germany.

            On October 16, 1915, Miss Blau landed in this country, accompanying her aunt, Miss Helen Mertes, to this country. From that time she had been at the home of Father Mertes in Ottoville.

            She was a student in the second year of high school in the Ottoville public school and was also a member of the Young Ladies Sodality of Ottoville.

            Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at Immaculate Conception church at Ottoville, with a solemn requiem high mass. Interment will be made in St. Mary’s in Ottoville.

9-5-1918

Edward J. Friemoth

Ottoville Man Succumbs To Tuberculosis

Edward J. Friemoth Passed Away At Ottoville, Thursday Evening, After Year’s Illness – Funeral Monday Morning

            Edward J. Friemoth, of Ottoville, passed away Thursday evening, at 9 o’clock, his demise being due to tuberculosis, from which he had been a sufferer for the past year. He was taken ill while residing in Lima and later came to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Friemoth, in Ottoville.

            The deceased was born in Ottoville on December 20, 1891, and was 26 years, 8 months and 15 days old at the time of his death. He was united in marriage to Miss Flora Wannemacher two years ago last spring. One child, a daughter, one year old, survives this union. He is also survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Friemoth, five brothers, Theodore, William and Amadeus Friemoth, of Ottoville, Frank Friemoth, in the west, and Otto Friemoth, who is now with the American Expeditionary Forces in France; four sisters, Mrs. Edna Willacher, of Michigan, Miss Rose Friemoth, of Flint, Michigan, Miss Alma Friemoth, of Ottoville, and Verona, who is a nun in the convent at Maria Stein.

            The funeral will be held from the Catholic Church in Ottoville Monday morning.

10-7-1918

Peter Bendele

Word was received by the relatives of Peter Bendele of Ottoville, that he had died of influenza at Camp Jackson, S. C.

10-14-1918

Leonard King

Leonard King Of Ottoville Died Monday

Pneumonia was Cause Of Young Man’s Death – He Was Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Frank King And Was Born In Delphos – Funeral Will Be In Ottoville Thursday Morning And Burial In St. John’s Cemetery In This City – Services Strictly Private

            The death of Leonard King, eighteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank King, of Ottoville, occurred at the family home there at 4:14 Monday afternoon. He has been ill about ten days and his death was due to pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at nine o’clock at the Catholic church in Ottoville and interment will be made in St. John’s Cemetery in this city. The funeral will be private.

            The young man was born in Delphos June 15, 1900, and if he had lived but one more day, he would have been eighteen years and four months old. The family lived here until about five or six years ago, when they moved to Ottoville, where Mr. King is in business.

            Leonard was educated in the Delphos schools and was very well liked by his schoolmates and made friends wherever he went, being of a very likeable nature. His death is particularly sad on account of his age and his bereaved parents, brothers and sister have the sympathy of the community in their loss.

            Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank King, he leaves one sister, Margaret and two brothers, George and John, to mourn his loss, besides scores of friends.

10-19-1918

Henry J. Klein

Henry Klein Victim Of “Flu” At Ottoville

Died Saturday Morning At His Home One And A. Half Miles East Of Ottoville Of Pneumonia Resulting From Influenza

            Henry Klein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Klein, residing about one and a half miles east of Ottoville was called by death at seven o’clock Saturday morning. The young man had been sick for the past week and although everything possible was done by the attending physicians he passed away, a victim of pneumonia resulting from an attack of influenza.

            He was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Klein and besides the bereaved parents he leaves a young wife to mourn his death.

            The young man was aged 23 years at the time of his death, and was married last June and both parents and the young wife have the sympathy of the entire community.

            The funeral will be held at Ottoville Catholic church on Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock.

10-23-1918

Anna Geier

Mrs. W. P. Geier Of Ottoville, Victim Of Flu

Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Henry Kroeger, Of This City Passed Away Wednesday Morning Of Spanish Influenza – Funeral Friday Morning At Ottoville And Burial Made There

            Spanish Influenza claimed another victim early Wednesday morning, when Mrs. William P. Geier, of Ottoville, died. Mrs. Geier was ill exactly one week. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at the Catholic Church in Ottoville at nine o’clock and interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery at Ottoville.

            The deceased was born in Delphos and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kroeger. She was married in Delphos to Mr. Geier on October 4, 1904, and her entire married life has been spent in Ottoville, where Mr. Geier was in the shoe repair business.

            She is survived by her husband, two sons, James, 13, Carl, 11; two daughters, Evelyn, 5, and Cecelia, aged nine weeks.

            Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Kroeger, of this city, one sister, Mrs. William Dean, of Chicago, and one brother, Daniel Kroeger, of Delphos, also survive, besides hosts of friends.

10-28-1918

Rita Brinkman (Infant)

10-31-1918

Rosina Hohlbein

Mrs. Hohlbein Of Ottoville Died Thursday

Death Occurred After An Illness Of Pneumonia Of Two Weeks Duration – Survived By Husband And Little Daughter, Sixteen Months Old – Funeral Saturday Morning

            Death called Mrs. John Hohlbein, of Ottoville, Thursday morning at 9:05 o’clock at her home there. Mrs. Hohlbeins’s death was due to pneumonia and she was ill two weeks. She was quite prominent in the vicinity in which she lived and her death caused her scores of friends a great shock.

            Mrs. Hohlbein was a young woman, being only twenty-eight years of age at the time of her death. She was a daughter of Matt Rahrig, of Landeck, and was born there June 12, 1890. She was married to Mr. Hohlbein, May 30, 1916. She has been a resident of Ottoville since her marriage.

            She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Velma, sixteen months old; six sisters and four brothers.

            The funeral services will be held privately at he Catholic church at Ottoville, Saturday morning at nine o’clock and interment will be made in the cemetery there.

11-4-1918

Olivia Becker

Mrs. Ben B. Becker Died Sunday At Frankfort, IND.

Was Former Resident Of Delphos – Body Taken To Ottoville Where Funeral Services Will Be Held Wednesday Morning – Husband Is Operator On Clover Leaf

            The body of Mrs. Ben Becker, former resident of Delphos, was taken thru Delphos on number four on the Clover Leaf, Monday evening. Mrs. Becker died in Frankfort, Sunday, and the remains were being taken to Muntanna, near Ottoville. Funeral services will be conducted at the Catholic Church at Ottoville, Wednesday morning.

            Mrs. Becker was the wife of Ben Becker an operator on the Clover Leaf, formerly residing in Delphos. It has been about ten years ago since Mr. and Mrs. Becker made their home in this city, but they are known to a great many Delphos people.

            A year ago, two children of Mr. and Mrs. Becker were called by death and at the present time, Mr. Becker and their three weeks old babe are in the hospital at Frankfort suffering from influenza, the malady which caused the death of the wife and mother.

11-8-1918

Urban Miller

10-14-1918

Jacob Schmitt

11-17-1918

John L. Hohlbein

J. Hohlbein Died Sunday Of Typhoid

Young Man Of Ottoville Called By Death Two Weeks After Death Of His Wife- Sixteen Month Old Daughter Left – Funeral At Catholic Church Wednesday

            Just two weeks after the death of his wide, John Hohlbein, well known young man of Ottoville, died Sunday afternoon at four o’clock, his death being the result of typhoid fever. His last illness covered a period of nine days.

            He was born in Ottoville, December 31, 1893, and his entire life was spent there. He was married on May 30, 1916, in Ottoville to Miss Rosina Rahrig, and by the death of Mr. and Mrs. Hohlbein in such a short time. A daughter, Velma, sixteen months old, is left.

            He is also survived buy his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. John Hohlbein, four brothers, Joseph, Andrew, Albert, at home and Frank at Camp Taylor, Ky., and by three sisters, Mrs. Henry Beining, Mrs. Henry Pohl and Miss Anna all of Ottoville.

            Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at nine o’clock at the Catholic Church in Ottoville and interment will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery there.

11-25-1918

Elmer Kalt

Ottoville Boy Died Monday In Wisconsin

Elmer Kalt Died Of Influenza At Preire-Du-Chien, Wisconsin, Where He Was Stationed, In The S. A. T. C. Of Campion College – Parents Were At Bedside When Death Came

            One of the young men who left here in September for Praire-DuChien, Wisconsin, was called by death, Monday afternoon at 2:30, when Elmer Kalt, of Ottoville, died of influenza. The young man was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kalt, of Ottoville, and was a nephew of Mrs. Joseph Imbers, of this city.

            He was born in Ottoville, on August 20, 1899 and was nineteen years of age. He was graduated from Ottoville High School in the class of 1917 and left for Campion College, Praire-Du-Chien, Wisconsin, on September 25, 1918 having enlisted in the Student’s Army Training Corps.

            On November 16, he was taken ill with a severe attack of Spanish Influenza and was removed from the College to the city hospital there. His parents were notified of his condition and they left last Wednesday for Wisconsin and were at his bedside when death came.

            He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kalt, of Ottoville, one sister, Miss Leona, and one brother, Ervin, beside a host of sorrowing relatives and friends.

            The bereaved family of the young man has the sincere sympathy of the community in their sorrow.

12-13-1918

Henry Schulte

Died Near Ottoville

Mr. Henry Schulte Passes Away At His Home Thursday night – Death Due To Cancerous Growth – Funeral Monday at 9:00

            Mr. Henry Schulte passed away at his home, on a farm near Ottoville, Thursday night at midnight.

            Mr. Schulte was born in Ottoville in 1856. All his life, with the exception of five years spent on a farm near Glandorf, was spent in Ottoville.

            On November 25, 1882, he was married to Elizabeth Mersman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mersman, of Ottawa, O. One son was born to them, Bernard Schulte.

            Mr. Schulte has been in poor health for the past year. In April he was operated on for a cancerous growth and since that time has not been able to be about.

            Mr. Schulte is survived by a wife, one son, Bernard Schulte, of Ottoville, two brothers, Messrs. John, of Ottoville, and Christ, of Cloverdale, and three sisters  Mrs. Will Ruen, of Cloverdale, Mrs. Henry Kemper and Mrs. Henry Mittelkamp of Ottoville.

            Mr. Schulte has many friends around Delphos, who will be sorry to learn of his death.

            The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock from the Catholic Church in Ottoville. The body will be laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery there.

12-30-1918

John Baker