Joe H. Fredericks
Services
will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Immaculate Conception church here for
Joe H. Fredericks, 64, of Big Rapids, Michigan, who died Monday in the
Community hospital in Big Rapids. The Rev. Albert Gerhardstein will be in
charge of services.
A native of
Ottoville, he was born October 18, 1887. He was plant superintendent of the
Mersman Bros. Corp. in Celina until 1945.
Survivors
include his widow, Lela; one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Bernard, St. Henry; two
sons, Hubert, Cleveland, Arthur, Traverse City, Michigan, on step-son, Elmer
Buxton, Celina; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Neiter, Mrs. William Rush and Mrs.
Homer Minkner, all of Dayton; eight brothers, Clarence and Henry, both of
Celina, Sylvester, William, Laverne and Andrew, all of Dayton, Orville og
Eaton, and Albert of Washington.
The body
will be taken to the Pulskamp funeral home, Celina, where friends may call.
1-24-1952
Catherine Clement
Mrs. Catherine
Clement, 59, died at 3:30 a. m Thursday, in her home three mile
east of Delphos. Death was due to cancer. She
bad been seriously ill a month.
Born June 26, 1892, in Ottoville she was married
Oct. 17, 1922, to Anthony Clement who survives. She was a member of St. John's
Catholic church of Delphos, the
Altar society, C. L. of C. and the American
Legion auxiliary.
Surviving besides
her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Ladonna Klima, Route 2, Ft. Jennings; three
sisters, Mrs. J. A. Malch, San Martin, Calif., Mrs. Charles Fraley Van Nuys,
Calif, and Mrs. Sylvester Mesker, Delphos; two brothers, Edward Didion, Chicago
and Sylvester Didion, Toledo.
Requiem high mass
will be sale at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in St. John's Catholic church. Burial will
be in the church cemetery
The body will
remain in Kolkmeyer funeral home until time for the services.
2-6-1952
Elaine Miller (Stillborn)
Graveside
Rites were held in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Ottoville, last Friday
afternoon for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller, who died
shortly after birth in Memorial Hospital, Lima on Thursday.
In addition
to the parents the infant is survived by the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Tennie
Miller, of Ottoville, and the maternal grandfather, Robert Metzger, of Delphos.
3-13-1952
Nellie Remlinger
Mrs. Nellie
Remlinger, 82, died in her home at Ottoville at 5.20 p m. Thursday after a
20-months illness.
She was born July
23, 1870, near Ottoville, the daughter of Walter and Henrietta Huysman. She was
married June 17, 1896, to William Remlinger, who survives.
She was a member of
the Immaculate Conception Church at Ottoville, the
Catholic Altar Rosary Society and Catholic
Ladies of Columbia.
Other survivors are
two sons, Walter A. and Harold C., Delphos; two brothers, Henry W. Huysman,
Kalamazoo, Mich., and William Huysman, Merriwether Mich., two
Sisters, Miss Callie Huysman, Toledo, and Mrs.
G. R. McLay, Hollywood, Calif.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Requiem
mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the church, the Rev. Henry Gerwert
celebrated. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery Delphos.
The
body will be at the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos.
3-14-1952
Sylvester Perrin
Sylvester Perrin, 52, of Ottoville, died at 8:30 a.
m. Friday in a Toledo hospital after an extended illness.
He was born Mar. 5, 1898, in Ottoville, the son of
the late Louis and Josephine
Perrin. He was never married.
Surviving are a
sister, Mrs. Andy Clements, Ottoville, and two brothers Charles, Ottoville, and
William, Seattle, Wash.
Services will be
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church. The Rev. Henry Gerwert will
officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be
removed from the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, to the home of Mrs. Clements
Sunday morning and will remain there until services.
4-11-1952
Wilhemina Gergen
Funeral
services were held Tuesday morning at nine o’clock in the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church at Ottoville for Mrs. Wilhelmina Gergen, 73, who died in her
home two miles north of Ft. Jennings, Friday following an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Gergen
was born in Germany on September 18, 1878, and came to this country as a child.
She was married to Peter Gergen who preceded her in death in 1949.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Leo Hoehn, of Lima, and Mrs. Sylvester Hoehn at home; a
sister, Mrs. Benjamin Horstman, of Kalida, and three brothers, Henry Grote,
Kalida, Louis Grote, Ottoville, and Benjamin Grote of Lansing, Ill.
Rev. Henry
Gerwert, pastor, officiated at the last rites and burial was made in the church
cemetery.
5-1-1952
Anthony H. Koester
Tony H. Koester,
55, prominent Montery-tp farmer, two miles west of Ottoville, died in St.
Rita's hospital. Lima, at 5:35 p. m. Thursday He was a patient at the hospital
for nine days.
At the time of his
death he was a crop adjuster for the Production and Marketing administration in
Putnam-co, representative for the Columbus Mutual Insurance Co., Justice of
Peace in Monterey-tp, a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic church, the
St. Joseph's society and the Holy Name society.
He was born Feb. 9,
1897, in Ottoville and his marriage to Petronella Greulich took place here in
1921. She died May 25, 1948. On Nov. 13. 1948, he was married to Minnie
Stevenson here.
She survives with
two daughters. Miss Tommie Koester, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Betty, at home: three sons,
James. Thomas and Ralph, all at home; five step-children,
Donald and Willard, at home, Harold, of Lost
Creek-blvd. Lima, Mrs. Benjamin Hoover, Greenlawn-av, Lima, and Mrs. John
Hooker, Glenwood-av, Lama, and a sister, Mrs. Roman Miller, west of Ottoville.
Funeral services
are to be held in Immaculate Conception Catholic church Monday at a time to be
announced later. Burial will be made in St. Mary’s cemetery. The Rev. Henry
Gerwert will officiate at the services. The body will be removed to the family
residence from the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, Friday evening.
5-20-1952
Alphonse J. Wannemacher
Alphonse J.
Wannemacher, 67, resident of Grand Rapids and native of Ottoville, died in St.
Rita’s hospital, Lima, Tuesday night at 10:45 following an illness of five
months.
Mr.
Wannemacher was born at Ottoville on December 27, 1884, a son of Henry and Emma
Wannemacher. He was married to Elizabeth Odenweller at Lima on February 16,
1909. The couple resided at Leipsic, before moving to Gran Rapids.
Surviving
are the wife, and the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. George Fierstos,
Wabash, Ind., Ralph S., of Wauseon; Mrs. Charles Bently. Ft. Wayne; Edwin, of
Ottoville; Mrs. Adolph Lauer, Detroit; Gilbert of Ann Arbor; Othmar of Delphos;
Robert Wannemacher, of Ottoville; Mrs. Bernard Ricker, of Delphos, and Mrs.
Royce Baxter, of Van Wert.
Mr.
Wannemacher was a member of the Modern Woodmen of Leipsic and the Grand Rapids
Catholic Church.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville. Interment will be made in the church
cemetery. The body will be at the Kolkmeyer funeral home in Delphos until time
for services.
6-6-1952
Mary E. Calvelage
Mrs. Mary
E. Calvelage, 60, wife of Walter Calvelage of east of Ottoville, died in St.
Rita’s hospital, Lima, Monday morning at 2:30. She had been seriously ill for a
week suffering from a heart ailment and complications.
She was
born at Cloverdale on November 11, 1891, a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth
Krieger, on February 11, 1920. She was married in St. Barbara’s Catholic
Church, Cloverdale, to Mr. Calvelage, who survives.
Also
surviving are five children, Eugene, Othmar, at home; Leander and Loretta of
Delphos, and Rita of Findlay; three grandchildren; four brothers, Edward
Krieger, of Herrisburg, Oreg., John and Henry Krieger, of Detroit and Theodore
Krieger, of Cleveland and two sisters, Elizabeth Krieger, of Toledo, and Mrs.
Frances Whitney, of Toledo. A son Arthur is deceased.
Last rites
were held Thursday morning in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at
Ottoville, at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, officiated. Burial
was made in St. Joseph’s cemetery at Ft. Jennings.
6-18-1952
Christina M. Hoersten
Miss Christina
Hoersten, 78, northwest of Ottoville, died at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday in her home.
Born Aug. 3, 1873,
in Ottoville, she was the daughter of Florenz and Elizabeth Hoersten. She was a
lifelong resident of the community.
Surviving are one
brother, John Hoersten, at home; four sisters, Mary, at home, Theresa and
Minnie, near Ottoville and Louise, Rockford.
Requiem high mass
will be sung at 10 a. m. Saturday in the Immaculate Conception church,
Ottoville. The Rev. Henry Gerwert will officiate and burial will be in St.
Mary’s cemetery.
The body will
remain at the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, until Friday morning and then be
removed to the residence until time of services.
6-19-1952
Susan Fredericks
Mrs. Susan
Fredericks, 83, Hudson, Mich., died at 2:05 p.m. Thursday in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Otto Elwer, Delphos.
Mrs. Fredericks,
widow of Clem Fredericks, moved to Delphos three months ago
to reside with her daughter. Her husband died May 21, 1928.
A native of
southeast of Ottoville, she was married in the Immaculate Conception church.
Ottoville. Aug. 25, 1887. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church
and Altar society in Hudson, Mich.
Surviving are six
daughters, Mrs. Elwer, Mrs. Rosa Turnwald of Adrian, Mich., Mrs. Monica Doneth
of Cofe, Mich., Mrs. Tharsilla Turnwald of Cloverdale, Mrs. Armella Myers of
Hudson, and Mrs. Alvera Sweet of Muskegon, Mich.; three sons, Ed of Owosso,
Mich., William of Monroe, Mich., and Cletus of Hudson, Mich.; a brother, Peter
Schille of Leipsic, 86 grandchildren and 116
great-grandchildren.
The body will
remain in the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, until Friday afternoon and then
will be removed to the Otto Elwer residence in Delphos to remain
until 2 p. m. Saturday. The body then will be
removed to the residence at 208 Fayette-st, Hudson, Mich.
Services will be
Monday morning in the Sacred Heart church and burial will be in St. Mary’s
cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
6-22-1952
Henry J. Huber
Henry J. Huber, 70,
laborer, died it 12:10 p. m. Sunday in Memorial hospital. Lima after a year's
illness.
Mr. Huber was born
Jan. 8, 1882 at Ottoville. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic
church, the Holy Name society.
Surviving are his
wife, Mary; a son, Andrew, at home; two brothers, John, of Delphos, and Frank
of Ottoville; and a sister, Mrs. Rose Dunlap, Lima.
Requiem services in
Immaculate Conception Catholic church will be in charge of the Rev. Henry
Gerwert at 10 a. m. Wednesday. Burial will be made in St. Mary's cemetery south
of Ottoville. The body will remain at the Kolkmeyer funeral home in Delphos
until services at the church.
6-29-1952
Mary Hilvers
Miss Mary Hilvers,
63, Cincinnati, formerly of Delphos, died at 2 p. m. Sunday in St. Mary's
hospital, Cincinnati, following an illness since April. She had been seriously
ill two days.
She was born in
Ottoville and was a member of St. John's Catholic church, Delphos, and the
Sacred Heart league. She was housekeeper for the Sisters of Charity in
Cincinnati many years.
Surviving are two
brothers, William G. and Henry G. Hilvers, both of Delphos,
The body will
remain in Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, until services at 9 a.m. Wednesday
in St. John's church. Burial will be in the church cemetery-
8-12-1952
Bernadine M. Clementz
Funeral services
for Mrs. Bernadina M. Clementz, 70, who died Tuesday morning in her home three
miles north of Ottoville, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in Immaculate
Conception Catholic church. Burial will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. The
Rev. Henry Gerwert will officiate.
Mrs. Clementz was
the wife of Andy Clementz and the former Bernadina Perrin. Born on May 29,
1882, she lived her entire life in this community.
Besides her church
membership, she was a member of the church altar society and
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
Surviving are the
husband, two daughters, Mrs. Valeria Siefker, on east of Delphos, and Mrs.
Josephine Bockrath, Cloverdale; four sons, Louis and Eugene, Kalida and Frank
and Joseph of Ottoville; two brothers, Charles Perrin, Ottoville, and William
Perrin, Seattle, Wash.
The body was
removed from the Kolkmeyer funeral home in Delphos to the Clementz home Tuesday
evening.
8-16-1952
Frank H. Miller
Frank H. Miller,
80, Ottoville retired farmer, died at 1:45 a. m. Saturday in St. Rita's
hospital where he had been a patient for 16 days.
He was born Apr.
9, 1866, in Germany and came to the United States when a child. He had lived in
the Ottoville community ever since.
Mr. Miller's wife,
the former Mary Moritz, died in 1951.
He is survived by
three sons, Frank J., Ottawa; Isadora and Otto, Ottoville; four daughters, Mrs.
Mary Wehri, Kalida; Mrs. Rose Ricker, Ft, Jennings; Mrs. Lena Dickman and Mrs.
Barbara Landwehr, both of Ottoville; a brother, Adolph, Modesta, Calif., 44
grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services will be
at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday in the Immaculate Conception church, Ottoville, the Rev.
Henry Gerwert officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body was taken
Saturday night from the Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, to the home of a
daughter, Ms. Ricker, at Ft Jennings.
9-3-1952
Mary Wurst
Mrs. Mary (Maime) Wurst, 72, died from a heart attack at 12:30 p, m.
Wednesday in her home here. She was the wife of Joe P. Wurst.
Born in this
community July 11, 1880, her marriage took place in 1903.
Her husband
survives with a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Friemoth, of Columbus; two sons, Wilbur,
of Dayton, and Joe, Jr., of Spencerville; two brothers, Frank of Van Nuys,
Calif, and Edward, of Norwalk; two sisters, Miss Anna Rekart of Toledo, and
Mrs. Katherine Fournier, of Toledo, and nine grandchildren.
The body was
removed from the Kolkmeyer funeral home at Delphos to the family residence.
Funeral services in the church will be held at 9 a. m. Saturday. Burial will be
made in the church cemetery.
9-6-1952
Rev. Henry Gerwert
Bishop To Conduct Mass for Priest Ottoville Pastor Dies on Saturday
The most Rev.
George J. Rehring, Bishop of the Toledo diocese, will officiate at solemn
pontifical mass at 10:30 a. m. Thursday for the Rev. Henry Gerwert, 70, who
died Saturday following a heart attack a week ago.
Mass for Fr.
Gerwert will be in the Immaculate Conception church, which he served as priest
since 1936.
The body will be
taken at 2 p. m. Tuesday to the rectory in Ottoville from the Kolkmeyer
funeral home in Delphos. It will be removed to the church Wednesday for the
vesper for the dead at 3:30 p. m.
Matins lauds
services will be at 10 a. m. Thursday with mass at 10:30 a. m. Burial will
follow in the Ottoville cemetery.
FR. GERWERT was born Oct. 29, 1881, in Hessen, Germany,
the son of Henry and Catherine (Hoehne) Gerwert. He was ordained at Toledo Aug.
28, 1908, and conducted his first mass at North Auburn, O.
He first was
assistant priest at Ottoville and then pastor at St. Nicholas
parish, Miller City, before returning here in 1936 as pastor.
Fr. Gerwert is
survived by two brothers, Bernard and Theodore, West Phalen, Germany, and two
sisters, Mrs. Marie Sonnenseld and Mrs. Wilhelm Siesler, Essen, Germany.
He died in St.
Rita's hospital at 9 a. m. Saturday.
9-16-1952
Ottoville Native Dies At Delphos
Leander Honingford Heart Attack Victim
Leander A.
(Jack) Honigford 53, resident of Delphos, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday
morning at 10:30 as a result of a heart attack.
Mr.
Honigford was born in Ottoville on April 22, 1899, a son of Henry and Agnes
Honigford. He was married to Miss Helen Ulm at Delphos on May 1, 1928.
Surviving
are his wife; four children, Thomas, with the U.S. Navy; Richard, Lois and
William at home; six sisters and brothers Mrs. Anna Brandehoff, Mrs. Bertha
Stettler and Mrs. Martha Rode, Delphos; Al Honigford of Lima, Mrs. Edna
Wunderle, Cleveland, and Mrs. Irma Hurry of Convoy.
Funeral
services will be held in St. John's Catholic Church at Delphos Friday morning
at nine o'clock. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The remains will
be at the Kolkmeyer Funeral home in Delphos until time of services.
9-16-1952
Frank Etgen
Frank Etgen, 66, died at 11:20 p. m. Tuesday at the Castle convalescent home in Van Wert.
He had been an invalid for 20 years.
Mr. Etgen was born
in Landeck Aug. 28, 1886. He never married.
Surviving are the
following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Clara Utrup Columbus Grove; Mrs. Lena
Carder, Inkster, Mich.; Peter Etgen Wapakoneta; Mrs. Laura Wickiser
Akron; Mrs. Wapakoneta; Josephine Klausing Ken
H. Etgen, Van Wert; Mrs. Frances Schweitzer Wapakoneta; Alex
Etgen, Mendon: Sylvester Etgen, Delphos, and Louis Etgen, Lima.
Mr. Etgen was a
veteran of World War I and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Ottoville.
Funeral services
will be held at 9 a. m. Saturday in the Immaculate Conception church at
Ottoville with the Rev. Lawrence Mossing officiating. Burial will be in St
Mary’s cemetery at Ottoville. The body will
remain at the Kolkmeyer funeral home
9-21-1952
Mary E. Beining
Mrs. Mary E.
Beining, 70, wife of Henry J. Beining of west of Ottoville, died at 3:25 p. m.
Sunday in St. Rita's hospital after a year's illness.
She was born Aug.
20, 1882 and her marriage took place here on May 6, 1908 to Henry Beining. At
the time of her death she was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic church
and the church Altar society.
Surviving are the
husband, four daughters, Mrs. Veronica Hilvers of Ottoville; Mrs. Bertha Kimmet
Mrs. Martha Noonan, and Mrs. Elinor Kimmet, all of Delphos; five
sons, Melvin, Lawrence, John, Adolph and
Oscar, all of this community; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Schimmoeller and Mrs.
Henry Pohl, of Delphos, and four brothers, Andy, Frank and Albert Hohlbein and
Joe Sanders, all of Ottoville.
The body will be
moved to the family home Monday evening. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
10-9-1952
Theresia M. Hoersten
Funeral service for
Miss Theresia H. Hoersten, 74, native of this community who died yesterday in
her home, will be held in Immaculate Conception Catholic church at 9:30 a. m.
Monday. Burial will be made in St. Mary's cemetery, south of Ottoville.
Surviving are two
sisters, Mss Minnie Hoersten, at home, and Miss Mary Hoersten, northwest of
here; John, of Ottoville, and Louis of Rockford.
The body was
removed to the family residence Friday morning from the Kolkmeyer funeral home
in Delphos.
10-10-1952
John R. Becker
Reverend Father Becker Former Winamac Pastor Dies at Carthagena
Final rites for the
Reverend Father John R. Becker, former pastor here, will be at ten o'clock EST
Tuesday in Carthagena, Ohio. Burial will be there.
The Reverend Father
Becker, pastor of the St. Peter's Catholic church here until his retirement in
July, 1950, died Friday night in Carthagena. Father Becker was also pastor of
St. Joseph's Catholic church in Pulaski county.
Born Dec. 27, 1882,
in Ottoville, Ohio, he was ordained Dec. 29, 1911, in Carthagena. He was a
graduate of St. Joseph's college, Rensselaer and a member of the Precious Blood
society.
10-16-1952
Sylvester Miller
Sylvester J.
Miller, 49, Ottoville died at 1:55 a. m. Thursday in St. Rita's hospital
following an illness of a year.
He was born in
Ottoville Dec. 3, 1902, and was an electrician. He was a member of the Immaculate
Conception church in Ottoville.
Surviving are four
sisters, Mrs. Tille Eickholt, Ottoville; Mrs. Louetta Howe and Miss Adeline
Miller Toledo; Mrs. Lucy Schmitt, Ottawa; four brothers, Leo H. and Andrew J.
Miller, Ottoville; Robert Toledo, and Oscar, San Francisco.
The body will
remain in Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, until services at 9:30 a. m. Monday
Immaculate Conception church. The Rev. Lawrence Mossing will officiate, and
burial will be in the church cemetery.
10-19-1952
Arthur J. Wannemacher
Funeral services
for Arthur J. Wannemacher, 58, owner of the George Wannemacher implement store
here and at Delphos, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Thursday in Immaculate
Conception Catholic church with Rev. Lawrence Mossing officiating. Burial will
be made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Wannemacher
died Sunday in Van Wert-co hospital after a three-month illness. Born Aug. 6,
1894 here, his marriage to Cecelia Miehls took place in Ft. Jennings Oct. 14,
1919. She preceded him in death.
He was a World War
I veteran and a member of the Ottoville VFW and the St. Joseph's society of his
church.
Surviving are three
sons, Harold. Ottoville, Ambrose and Lester, Delphos; a brother, Leander,
Ottoville; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Friemoth, Toledo, and Miss Stella
Wannemacher, Ottoville. The body was removed from the Kolkmeyer funeral home in
Delphos to the residence of his son Harold Monday.
11-1-1952
William F. Vincke
William Vincke, 68,
died at 5 a. m. Saturday in his home in Ottoville after an illness of three
months.
He was born July
21, 1881, in Ottoville and was married to Catherine Wannemacher. She died in
1942. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church in Ottoville.
Surviving are three
brothers Joseph and Ferd of Lima and George of Ottoville; two sisters Sister Mary
Gertrude, Franciscan convent, Chicago, and Mrs. Anna Giesken, Lima.
The body will
remain in the Kolkmeyer funeral home pending completion of arrangements.
11-6-1952
Lucille Gulker
Mrs. Lucille
Gulker, 53, of 112 ½ S. Elizabeth-st,
died in St. Rita's hospital at 4:20 a. m. Thursday after an illness of four
months.
Born in Ottoville,
Mrs. Gulker had been a resident of Lima for several years.
She operated the Vogue Beauty parlor. She was a member of St, John's Catholic
church and the Ladies Auxiliary of William Paul Gallagher Post, American
Legion.
Surviving is a son,
Virgil, at home: four sisters, Mrs. Dan Byrne, Ottoville; Mrs. Andy Deitering,
Chesaning,, Mich.; Mrs. Edward Weber, Mio, Mich., and Mrs. Al Schulien; Ft.
Wayne, Ind.; five brothers. Frank, William, and Gilbert, all of Delphos; John
Brandehoff, Leona, Ind., and Lavern, living near Wapakoneta.
Arrangements are
incomplete.
The body is at the
Hogenkamp funeral home.
11-13-1952
Clement Metz
Clement
Metz, 79, retired Ottoville produce dealer, died at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima
at 9:15 Thursday night of last week. A heart ailment was the cause of his death
and followed a serious illness of one day.
Mr. Metz
was born on November 21, 1872, in Germany, a son of Gustav and Anna Metz. He
came to the United States when 11 years old.
He was
married to Catherine Krebs in Cleveland on September 12, 1893. She preceded him
in death on October 1, 1937.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Cline and Mrs. Helen Williams, of Revenna,
and Mrs. Kathryn Gordon and Mrs. Marie Odenweller, Ottoville; two sons, Leonard
of Decatur, Ind., and John Metz of Lima; 22 grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Young, of Cleveland. Six
children preceded him in death.
Last Rites
were held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Monday
morning at 9:30. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
12-3-1952
Anthony F. Clementz
A. F. (Andy)
Clementz, 64, farmer of three miles north of here, died at 1:35 p. m.
Wednesday, in Lima St. Rita's hospital after he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage
at 10 a. m. in the Wannemacher Implement Co. store here.
Born here June 15,
1888, he married Bernadine Perrin who died Aug. 12. He was a member of
Immaculate Conception Catholic church, the Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Delphos.
Two daughters, Mrs.
Valeria Seifker, Delphos, and Mrs. Josephine Bockrath, Cloverdale; four sons,
Louis, of Kalida, Eugene and Frank, here, and Joseph, of Delphos; 29
grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Konst, of Lima, survive.
Requiem high mass
will be held at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic church
with the Rev. J. F. Frommherz officiating. Burial will be made in the
church cemetery. The body was removed from the
Kolkmeyer funeral home, Delphos, to the residence.
12-12-1952
John Fischbach
Funeral rites for
John Fischbach, 92, pioneer Ottoville farmer who died at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Louis Hoersten, Rockford, will be held here at 9:30
a. m. Friday. The Rev. J. F. Frommherz will officiate. Burial will be made in
St. Mary's cemetery south of Ottoville.
Mr. Fischbach died
following a two-week illness. He had made his home with his daughter since
1949. His wife, the former Mary Nichols, died June 4, 1947.
Surviving besides
the daughter are two sons, Peter, of Ottoville, and Henry, of Delphos; 20
grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
At the time of his
death he was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic church here and the St.
Joseph's society of the church.
The body will
remain at the Kolkmeyer funeral home in Delphos until services in the church
Friday.
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