1-1-1960
Mrs. Mary Schweller
Mrs.
Mary Schweller, 35, died at 4:35 a.m. Friday at Lima St. Rita’s Hospital. She
suffered from pneumonia after giving birth to a daughter Thursday.
Mrs.
Schweller was born at Delphos July 22, 1924, a daughter of John and Mary Klima.
She
was married June 14, 1947 to Charles J. Schweller, who survives along with
three sons, Ronal, Dennis and Paul and daughters Phyllis and Mary Helen, all at
home; four brothers, George Klima of Delphos, Sylvester Klima of Howell
Michigan; five sisters, Miss Martha Klima of Cincinnati, Mrs. Walter (Edna)
Gray of Lakewood, Mrs. Oscar (Gertrude) Hempfling of Landeck, Mrs. Victor
(Margaret) Kill of Wapakoneta, Mrs. Cletus (Armella) Brinkman of Ft. Jennings.
Mrs.
Schweller was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Ottoville.
Requiem
high mass will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz as celebrant.
Burial
will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends
may call at Kolkmeyer Funeral Home, Delphos after 2 p.m. today.
1-4-1960
Eickholt Rites At Ottoville
Area Farmer Found Dead In
Woods
Funeral
services were held Thursday morning at 9:30 in the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Ottoville for Andy Eickholt, 76, of southwest of Ottoville. A
well known farmer of that community, Mr. Eickholt’s body was found a half mile
southeast of his home Monday morning.
Mr.
Eickholt had been ill for three years and was under treatment for senility. He
stepped out of his home at 10 p.m. Sunday and when he did not return in due
time, Mrs. Eickholt called the Van Wert County sheriff’s department when she
failed to locate him. An all-night search ended when his body was located in
the woods. His death attributed to exposure.
Mr.
Eickholt was born on April 11, 1883, the son of Mathias and Bernadine Eickholt.
He resided all of his life on the farm where he was born. On February 15, 1911,
he was married to Gertrude Miller at Ottoville.
Surviving
with his wife are two sons, Kenneth at home and Ralph of Cleveland; a daughter,
Margaret at home; one grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Caroline Hessian, of route
3, Delphos.
The
Tr. Rev. Msgr. F. J. Frommherz officiated at the services and burial was made
in the Ottoville parish cemetery.
1-14-1960
Ralph Turnwald, Ottoville,
Dies
Death Followed Lengthy Illness
Ralph G.
Turnwald, 51, resident of Ottoville, died at 3:50 Thursday afternoon of last
week in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima. His death followed a lengthy illness, and he
had been a hospital patient for five days.
Mr. Turnwald was
born at Ottoville on October 20, 1908, and had resided all his life in that
community. He was married to Margaret Raymond on August 16, 1933.
Surviving
are his wife; three sons, Jerome of Ottoville, and Orville and Gary at home; a
daughter, Mrs. John Nussbaum, of Ottoville; four grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Edmund Schimmoeller and Mrs. Arnold Fischer, both of Ottoville, and two
brothers, Lawrence and Leonard both of Ottoville.
Mr.
Turnwald was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville,
and the Holy Name Society of the parish.
Funeral
rites were held in the Ottoville church Monday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. F. J. Frommherz, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the parish
cemetery.
1-23-1960
Elvin F. Vincke
Elvin F.
Vincke, 50-year-old Lima engineer, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack
while ice fishing at Indian Lake.
Mr. Vincke, of
955 N. Elizabeth, state highway department employee since 1946, died in St.
Rita's Hospital at about 11:30 a.m., shortly after he was returned from the
lake by a fishing companion, Eugene V. Seifert of 600 Tremont Ave.
The two men
had left Lima at about 9:30
a.m. Mr. Vincke became ill upon arrival at Long Island, Indian Lake, and was
rushed to the Lima hospital by Seifert, but died a few minutes after he was
admitted.
Mr. Vincke
was in apparent good health and had been at his highway department job Friday.
He was born
Aug. 27, 1909 at Ottoville, and had lived in Lima since 1920. He attended St.
Gerard's School and earned a civil engineering degree at Ohio Northern
University in 1932.
Mr. Vincke
never married. He is survived by his father, Joseph Vincke, with whom he made
his home; a sister, Rose Marie, at home, and two brothers, Lester of 694 N.
West and Cletus J. of Hampton, Va.
Requiem high
mass will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St Gerard's Catholic Church, with
Rev. Vincent Kelly is celebrant.
Burial will be
in Gethsemani Cemetery.
Mr. Vincke was
a member of the Knights of Columbus. St. Gerard's Catholic Church, the Holy
Name Society of the church, Lima Chapter 7160 of Professional Engineers,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
He served
overseas in World War II as a captain in the 392nd Engineer Corps.
The Knights of
Columbus and the Holy Name Society of St. Gerard's will recite the rosary at 8
p.m. Monday.
Friends may
call at Cantwell-Sweet Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
1-28-1960
Bert Hardin
2-23-1960
Christopher C. Kortokrax
Christopher C.
Kortokrax, 75, of 1818 Warwick Ave., Hammond, Indiana, died early today at St.
Catherine Hospital, East Chicago.
Services will be
Thursday at 2 p.m. in Emmanual United Church of Christ, 700 Sibley St.,
Hammond, with the Rev. Paul G. Schaeffer officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood
Cemetery, Hammond. Whiting Lodge 613 F. and A. M. will conduct services at 9:30
p. m. Whiting.
Surviving are his
widow, Mathilda; three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude McEntee, Lemon Grove, Calif.,
Mrs. Adelaide Green, San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Betty Frank, Highland; four
sons, Kenneth, Delphos, Ohio; Charles, Cedar Lake; Robert, Hammond, and
Everett, Whiting; two brothers. Gust, Traverse City, Mich., and Leo, Ottoville,
Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Holmes, Ostego, Mich., Mrs. Estelle Bomp and
Miss Bemadine Kortokrax, Chicago; 21 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A resident of the
Whiting-Robertsdale area 40 years, he was a past state counselor of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics and a member of Whiting Lodge 613 F. and
A.M. He was an annuitant of Standard Oil Co.
2-25-1960
Henry Rayman
3-16-1960
Michael Kehres
Michael
Kehres, 86, of 735 E. Second, Delphos, died Monday at 4 p.m. after a four-week
illness.
He was born
Oct. 3, 1873, in Ottoville. He was married May 7, 1901, to Anna Bendele in
Ottoville. She is still living. Other survivors are two sons, Ewald Kehres of
Delphos and Victor Kehres of Ottoville; and a daughter, Mrs. Hilary (Coletta)
Bigelow of Ottoville; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Alice O'Brien of Findlay; Mrs. Elizabeth Hanburger of Celina; and Miss
Regina Kehres of North Baltimore, Ohio. There are nine sisters deceased.
He belonged to
the St. John's Catholic Church in Delphos. He was a retired farmer.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. in the St. John's Catholic Church at
Delphos with Msgr. Carl F. Reineck, the pastor, officiating.
Burial will be
in St. John's Cemetery in Delphos.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home
in Delphos after 2 p.m. on Wednesday
3-19-1960
Josephine Bonifas
Mrs. Josephine
Bonifas, 85, died at St. Rita's Hospital at 10:20 am. Saturday, after a
five-day serious illness.
She had been
making her home with a son, Louis N. Bonifas at 318 N. Jameson, Lima.
She was born
at Ottoville April 15, 1874, and married there on June 14, 1892, to Charles P.
Bonifas, who died March 8, 1940.
Survivors
include five sons and a daughter, Louis N. of Lima; Peter C. of Monroe, Mich.;
Pat N. of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Leroy H. of Huntington, Ind.; Arthur J. of Delphos;
the daughter is Mrs. Theresia Stemen of Fort Wayne, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Studer of Delphos; and Mrs.
Philomina Fischer of Lima.
She was a
member of the Delphos Women's Benefit Association and St. John's Catholic
Church at Delphos.
There will be
a requiem high mass at St. John's at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Msgr. Carl F. Reineck
as celebrant.
Burial will be
in St John's Cemetery at Delphos.
The body is at
the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home at Delphos, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
3-30-1960
Sarah Kramer
Sarah
E. Kramer, 95, formerly of Delphos, who resided in the Castle Convalescent Home
in Van Wert, died Wednesday at 10:35 a.m. at the home.
She
was born May 18, 1864, at Massilon to Remegius and Barbara (Clementz) Kramer.
She was marred to John Mathias Kramer, who died Feb. 11, 1956.
Surviving
are two step-sons, Arthur Kramer of North Baltimore and Ambrose Kramer of
Seattle Wash.; four step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
She
was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church at Delphos where a high requiem mass
will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. with Msgr. Carl F. Reineck, pastor, the
celebrant. Burial will be made in St. Mary’s cemetery at Ottoville.
Friends
may call at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home at Delphos until time for service.
5-15-1960
Bigelow Rites At Ottoville
Aged Resident Had Been Ill A
Year
Mrs.
Josephine M. Bigelow, 84, resident of Ottoville and widow of William A.
Bigelow, died at 5:30 Saturday morning in Van Wert Hospital after an illness of
a year.
She
was born at Ottoville on September 2, 1875. In 1900 she was married to Mr.
Bigelow who died on May 12, 1953.
Mrs.
Bigelow is survived by five sons, Joseph of New Braunsfels, Texas; William A.
of Toledo; Hillary J. and Walter J. of Ottoville, and Ralph F. Bigelow, of Hood
River Oregon; four daughters, Mrs. Edward Horstman, Ft. Jennings; Mrs. Arley
Kiefer, Swanton; and Mrs. Howard Spencer, of Ottoville; 39 grandchildren; 37
great-grandchildren, and a brother John Sanders, of Ottoville. Two daughters
preceded her in death.
Mrs.
Bigelow was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Alter
Rosary Society of the parish, and the Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary.
Funeral
services were held in the Ottoville church, Tuesday morning at 9:30. The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
5-27-1960
Ottoville Man Killed Instantly
In Car-Truck Accident West Of Lima
Arthur H. Dickman Rites Held
Monday
Arthur
H. Dickman, 32, Ottoville, was killed in a car-truck collision on route 30-S
just west of Lima about 6:30 a.m. last Friday.
Dickman’s
car was pinned between the heavy tractor-trailer outfit and a utility pole and
it took workmen more than an hour to free is body from the wreckage.
Carson Williams, 35, Springfield, driver of the truck,
who was not hurt, told investigating officials that he saw the westbound
Dickman car coming towards him when suddenly the car swerved to the right and
then left right into the path of the truck. Williams swerved his truck to the
right in an attempt to avoid the collision, but was unable to do so, he said.
Both
the car and the truck went into a ditch and the car was pinned between the
truck and the pole, with the front wheel of the truck resting in the back seat
of the car.
Allen
County Coroner Dr. R. H. Biery returned a verdict of accidental death due to a
crushed chest and fractured skull.
Mr.
Dickman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dickman, Ottoville, and was a
member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville. A lifelong resident
of Ottoville, he served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force during World War
II. He was born at Ottoville on January 6, 1928, and never married.
Surviving
are his parents, two sisters, Patricia Ann and Viola; brothers, Paul, of Lima;
Elmer, of Delphos; Virgil and Robert, both of Middlepoint.
Last
rites were at 11 a.m., on Monday in the Ottoville church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz officiated and burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery. Graveside rites
were conducted by the Ottoville V.F.W. Post.
7-3-1960
Lenore W. Brinkman
Mrs. Lenore W.
Brinkman, 60, 404 W. Fourth, Delphos, died Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. in St Rita's
Hospital, shortly after she was admitted. She suffered a heart attack at her
home.
She was born Dec.
15, 1899 in Ottoville, the daughter of August and Wilhelmina Hasenkamp
Rellinger. She was married May 1, 1929 at Ottoville to Joseph J. Brinkman, who
survives with two sons and three daughters, Jerry of Dayton; Robert of the U.
S. Air Force, Grand Forks, N. D.; Mrs. Donald (Joann) Klausing of Delphos; Mrs.
Leonard (Ruth) Klima of Ottoville and Mrs. Gene (Margie) Price, Van Wert and 14
grandchildren.
She was a member
of the St John's Catholic Church in Delphos and the Altar Rosary Society.
Requiem high mass
will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the St. John's Church in Delphos. Msgr.
Carl Reineck will officiate and burial will be in the St John's Cemetery.
The body will
remain at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Horns where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
7-6-1960
Mrs. John King, Ottoville,
Dies
Funeral Was Held Saturday
Morning
Mrs.
Mildred E. King, 47, resident of Ottoville, died at 8:45 Wednesday evening of
last week in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Toledo. Her death followed a serious
illness of a week.
A
native and lifelong resident of Ottoville, Mrs. King was born on February 12,
1913, the daughter of William and Nora Otte. She was married at Ottoville on
September 21, 1937, to John King.
Surviving
with the husband are three children, Michael, Jerry and Virginia, all at home;
her father William Otte, of Ottoville; and three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Eickholt,
of Delphos; Mrs. Nick Fisher of Cincinnati; and Mrs. Eugene Odenweller, of
Ottoville.
Mrs.
King was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville,
where funeral services were held Saturday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
F. J Frommherz officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
7-29-1960
Death Followed Long Illness
Mrs. Theresa Bedink Interred
Monday
Mrs.
Theresa M. Bedink, 87, resident of Ottoville, died in St. Rita’s Hospital,
Lima, at 1:30 last Friday afternoon, following an extended illness. She had
been an invalid for the past 47 years.
Mrs.
Bedink was born at Glandorf on February 2, 1873, a daughter of Bernard and
Bernadine Ricker. In 1899 she was married to Nicholas Bedink who passed away in
1952.
She
is survived by three children, Carl, of Detroit; and Mrs. Lawrence Brinkman and
Joseph Bedink, of Ottoville; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Charles Ricker and William Ricker, both of Ft. Jennings. Two
children, Cornelius and Mrs. Louis Weber, preceded her in death.
Funeral
services were held Monday morning at 9:30 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church. Rev. Herman Fortman, assistant pastor, officiated. Burial was made in
the parish cemetery.
9-28-1960
Ottoville Farmer Killed
Instantly In Traffic Crash
Funeral Will Be Held Saturday
In Ottoville Church
Louis
W. Ricker, 73, of northwest of Ottoville, was killed instantly about 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday when the farm tractor and wagon he was driving was struck in the rear
by an empty automobile haul-away outfit.
The accident occurred on route 224 one-half mile west of
Ottoville.
Gary
P. Reynolds, 26, of Continental, was the driver of the truck. He told highway
patrolmen from Van Wert and Deputy Sheriff Gerald Conine that a shaving kit
slid off the seat onto the floor of his truck. He was attempting to pick up the
kit and it became entangled in something, he said.
Before
he realized it, he was almost on top of the wagon. He hit his brakes and the
wagon at almost the same time, according to the officers.
The
wagon loaded with soybeans was pushed onto the tractor. It crushed Mr. Ricker’s
chest, neck and skull. Both vehicles were eastbound and extensive damage was
done to both.
Dr.
A. P. Daniel, Putnam County Coroner, also made an investigation at the scene.
He has not yet ruled on the death, pending further investigation.
The
death was the seventh traffic fatality in Putnam County in 1960. With three
months still remaining, this year already has registered more traffic deaths
than any since 1955.
Funeral
services for Mr. Ricker will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville. Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz will
officiate and burial will be in St. Mary’s cemetery at Ottoville. His body is
at the Kolkmeyer Funeral Home in Delphos.
Mr.
Ricker was a lifelong resident of near Ottoville. He was born November 4, 1886,
to Herman and Elizabeth Ricker. On August 30, 1911 he married Emma Brinkman and
she survives.
Also
surviving are sons, John of rural Cloverdale; Rudolf of rural Ft. Jennings; and
daughters, Mrs. Cletus Horstman of Ottoville; and Mrs. Leo Horstman, of rural
Ft. Jennings; a brother, William also of near Ft. Jennings; 13 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Mr.
Ricker was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church.
10-16-1960
Frank Huber Rites Held At
Ottoville
Death Occurred Sunday Morning
Frank
B. Huber, 82, Ottoville, died at 8:30 Sunday morning in St. Rita’s Hospital,
Lima after a long illness. He was removed from a Leipsic rest home to the
hospital last weekend.
A
native of Ottoville, he was a son of Matt and Anna Huber. For several years
past he had resided with a nephew, Andrew G. Huber at Ottoville. Several other
nieces and nephews survive.
Mr.
Huber was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where funeral
services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30. Burial was made in the parish
cemetery.
10-19-1960
George J. Schulien
George J.
Schulien, 84, of Lafayette, Ind., died Wednesday morning in the Indiana Knights
of Pythias Home Hospital after an illness of two years.
He was born
Oct. 28, 1885 in Ottoville, a son of Nicholas and Maria Schulien. He married
Agnes Doepker in 1923 and she died in 1930.
Surviving is a
nephew, Harold Scherjer of Huntington, Ind.
He was a
member of Ottawa Eagles Lodge.
Services will
be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, with
Rev. Florian Hartke officiating.
Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
Friends may
call at Fischer-McCrate Funeral Home, Ottawa, after 4 p.m. Friday.
Eagles Lodge
services will beheld at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
10-27-1960
Tires Held For Mrs. Trenkamp
Lifelong Resident Of Ottoville
Area
Mrs.
Anna Trenkamp, 77, Ottoville resident, died in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima,
Thursday night at 10:15. She had been in ill health for a year.
Mrs.
Trenkamp was born at Ottoville on April 27, 1883, and was the widow of August
Trenkamp, who died in 1946.
She
is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Francis Landwehr, Cloverdale; Sister Mary
Aniceta, C. PP. S., of Phoenix Arizona; Miss Edna Trenkamp and Mrs. Irene
Dugan, Lima; and Mrs. Marcella Fischer, Detroit, Mich.; seven sons, Ambrose, of
Toledo; Walter, of New Bavaria; Henry, John and August of Ottoville; Arnold of
Kalida and James of Lima; 38 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. Joseph Schmersal, west of Glandorf; a half-sister, Mrs. Lena O’Donnell,
Tiffin, and a half-brother, William Ruen, of Tiffin.
Mrs.
Trenkamp was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville,
the Alter-Rosary Society, the Catholic Ladies of Columbia and the VFW
Auxiliary.
Funeral
services were held in the Ottoville church Monday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. J. F. Frommherz, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the church
cemetery.
10-28-1960
Anna Hoersten Interred Monday
Ottoville Native Died At
Delphos
Funeral
services were held Monday morning at 9 o’clock in the St. John’s Catholic
Church, Delphos, for Mrs. Anna M. Hoersten, 75, a former resident of Ottoville,
who died Friday afternoon at 2:20 in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima.
Mrs.
Hoersten was born at Ottoville on January 2, 1885, the daughter of Henry and
Mary Beining Sr. She was married to Ben Hilvers who died in 1906. In 1908 she
was married to Joseph G. Hoersten. He preceded her in death in 1941.
Mrs.
Hoersten is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Albert Herman, Mrs. Ralph Wegesin
and Mrs. Herbert Gerdeman, all of the Delphos community; Mrs. Elmer Schneider
and Mrs. Hubert Hemker, of Ottoville; and Mrs. Herman Luersman, of Ft.
Jennings; six sons, Felix, Hugo, Clarence and Anthony Hoersten, all of
Ottoville; Lawrence, of Ottawa, and Vincent, of Delphos; two stepsons, Joseph
Hoersten, Ottoville and Edward Hoersten of Ft. Jennings; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Joseph Ellerbrock, of Ft. Jennings; 67 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Deitering and Mrs. Rose Koester, of Ottoville;
and Mrs. Elizabeth Moegenbord, Shepherd, Mich.; and two brothers, Theodore and
Oliver Beining , both of Ottoville.
The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Carl F. Reineck officiated at the funeral services. Burial was
made in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Ottoville.
11-13-1960
Farmer Victim Of Heart Attack
John Trenkamp Died Sunday
John
A. Trenkamp, 40, farmer of near Ottoville, who resided on route 2, Ft.
Jennings, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon at 2:25 as the result of a heart
attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima.
Mr.
Trenkamp was walking from a field with his wife and son after extinguishing a
grass fire on his farm, when he collapsed. His death occurred only 16 days
after the passing of his mother, Mrs. Anna Trenkamp, who died on October 27th.
He
was born at Ottoville on June 24, 1920, the son of August and Anna Trenkamp and
he resided in the Ottoville community all his life. He was married to Margaret
Boehmer on May 8, 1946.
Mr.
Trenkamp is survived by his wife; a son Thomas, at home; five sisters, Mrs.
Francis Landwehr, Cloverdale; Sister Mary Aniceta, Phoenix, Arizona; Mrs. Irene
Dugan and Miss Edna Trenkamp, Lima; and Mrs. Marcella Fisher, Detroit,
Michigan; and six brothers, James, of Lima; Ambrose, of Toledo; Walter, of New
Bavaria; Henry and August, of Ottoville; and Arnold of Kalida.
A
veteran of World War II, Mr. Trenkamp was a member of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Ottoville.
Funeral
services were held in the Ottoville parish church Wednesday morning at 9:30.
The Rt. Rev. F. J. Frommherz, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the
parish cemetery.
11-13-1960
August A.
Kortokrax
Taken by Death
August A.
Kortokrax, 70, of 1112 Clinch street, died Sunday morning at Traverse City
Osteopathic hospital after a one-week illness.
Mr. Kortokrax
was born March 28, 1890 at Ottoville, O., moved to the Hannah area in 1918, and
operated a farm there until 1939. He also worked at F&M Packing Co. and at
various other jobs until retiring in 1955.
A Mexican
campaign veteran, he was a member of the Traverse City VFW and Cooties, and of
St. Francis church.
He is survived
by his widow, Julia; three sons, Eugene H. of Otsego, and John A. and Robert A.
of Traverse City; three daughters. Mrs. John Miller of Wauregan, Conn., Mrs.
Roy Murphy of Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Patrick C. Robinson of Traverse City R.
3; and 21 grandchildren.
Also surviving
are one brother, Leo of Ottoville, O., three sisters, Mrs. Mary Holmes of
Otsego, and Miss Bernadine Kortokrax and Mrs. Ralph Bomp of Chicago; and
several nieces, nephews, and cousins. One brother and two sisters preceded him
in death.
The funeral
mass will be sung at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis church, Rev. Fr. Joseph
B. Kohler celebrant. The place of burial will be announced on Tuesday.
The rosary
will be recited at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Martinson funeral home in Traverse
City, where the body reposes.
11-24-1960
Death Takes Retired Farmer
Frank Schumaker Services At
Ottoville
Frank
Schumaker, 77, a retired farmer who resided with his nephew, Joseph Landin,
east of Ottoville, died at 1:30 Thursday afternoon of last week in St. Rita’s
Hospital, Lima, following an illness of several weeks.
Mr.
Schumaker was born at Ottoville on September 4, 1883, the son of John and
Margaret Schumaker. He was never married. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lena
Cramer of Marion, and nephews and nieces.
The
deceased was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville
and the Holy Name Society of the parish.
Funeral services were held in the Ottoville parish church
Monday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated. Burial
was made in the parish cemetery.
11-29-1960
Ignatius Meyer
Ignatius
Meyer, 74, of 916 S. Elizabeth, died at 3:45 a.m. today at St. Rita’s Hospital
after a two month illness.
Born
August 17, 1886 at Glandorf, he was a son of Joseph and Bernadine (Webken)
Meyer.
Survivors
include a sister, Miss Mary Meyer of Delphos, and two brothers, August Meyer of
Delphos and Herman of Ecorse, Michigan.
He
was a member of the Sacred Heart League, St. John’s Catholic Church, and was a
retired employee of Baldwin Lima Hamilton.
Requiem
High Mass will be celebrated Friday at 9 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church,
Delphos. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends
may call at Kolkmeyer Funeral Home, Delphos, after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
12-5-1960
Al Hohlbein, Ottoville, Dies
Death Followed Six-Month
Illness
Albert
F. Hohlbein, 57, welder and scrap metal dealer at Ottoville, died at nine
o’clock Monday evening in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima, following an illness of
six years.
He
was born at Ottoville on November 8, 1903, the son of John and Mary Hohlbein.
In May 1927 he was married to Lucinda Becker.
Surviving
with his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Liebrecht and Mrs. Eugene Wittler,
both of Ottoville; two grandchildren; two brothers, Andy and Frank Hohlbein,
both of Ottoville, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Pohl and Mrs. Clarence
Schimmoeller, both of Delphos.
Mr.
Hohlbein was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville,
and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Delphos.
Funeral
services will be held in the Ottoville church Friday morning at 9:30. Burial
will be made in the parish cemetery.
12-14-1960
Edward J. Grubenhoff
Edward J.
Grubenhoff, 62, former carpenter and mason, died at 12:30 a.m. today in Memorial
Hospital after a short illness.
Born July 17, 1898 in Ottoville, he was a son of
Frank and Mary (Sherrick) Grubenhoff. On Nov. 25, 1926, he married Ruth
Diefenderfer and she survives along with one daughter. Mrs. Glen (Lavonne)
Schroeder of Columbus; four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Albert Ruen of
Ottoville.
Funeral
arrangements are incomplete at Harris Funeral Home, Columbus Grove where
friends may call after Thursday noon.
12-22-1960
Resident Of Ottoville Dies
Stella Wannemacher Services
Monday
Miss
Stella Wannemacher, 67, lifelong resident of Ottoville, died at her home at
10:30 Thursday evening. She had been in failing health for six years.
Miss
Wannemacher was born at Ottoville on March 8, 1893, the daughter of George and
Elizabeth Wannemacher. Surviving is a sister Mrs. Otto Friemoth, of Toledo, and
a brother, Leander Wannemacher, of Ottoville.
Miss
Wannemacher was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at
Ottoville, and was a charter member of the Ottoville Catholic Ladies of
Columbia.
Funeral
services were held in the Ottoville church Monday morning at 9:30. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. F. J. Frommherz, pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the parish
cemetery.
12-27-1960
George J. Vincke, Ottoville,
Dies
Retried Cobbler Of That Village
George
J. “Pat” Vincke, 68, died suddenly at his home in Ottoville Tuesday morning at
four o’clock. He had been ailing in recent years, however, his death came
unexpectedly as the result of a heart attack.
Mr.
Vincke was born at Ottoville on February 17, 1892, the son of Ferdinand and
Mary Vincke and had resided at Ottoville all of his life. He was married to
Dorothy Van Oss on January 25, 1922.
Surviving
with his widow are two daughters, Mrs. Walter Schmitt, Ottoville; and Mrs.
Thomas Reinmeyer, Jeffersonville, Indiana; two sons, John J. and Hilarius F.
Vincke, both of Dayton; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Giesken, of
Lima; and Sister Mary Gertrude, P.H. J. C., of Chicago, Ill.; and two brothers,
Joseph and Ferd Vincke, both of Lima.
A
retired shoe repairman, Mr. Vincke was a veteran of World War I, having served
in the U. S. Navy. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church, the Holy Name Society of the parish, and the Ottoville Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Funeral
services will be held in the Ottoville church Friday morning at 9:30. Burial
will be made in the parish cemetery. The body will be at the Kolkmeyer funeral
home in Delphos until time for services.
Former Resident of Ottoville
Interred
Widow Of Joseph Utrup Summoned
Funeral
services was held in St. John’s Catholic Church, Delphos, at 9 o’clock Friday
morning for Mrs. Josephine Utrup, 81, who died Tuesday of last week in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Marcella Mueller, in Delphos. She had been ill for the
past two months.
Mrs.
Utrup was born in Germany, December 27, 1878. She was married in Ottoville on
May 1, 1901, to Joseph Utrup. He died on July 3, 1957. In addition to her
daughter, she leaves five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Carl Reineck officiated at the services. Burial was made in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Lenore Brinkman Services
At Delphos
Heart Attack Fatal To
Ottoville Native
Funeral
services were held in St. John’s Saturday forenoon for Mrs. Lenore W. Brinkman,
60, resident of that city, who died at 11:45 Wednesday night shortly after
being admitted to St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima. Her death, which came
unexpectedly, was the result of a heart attack.
Mrs.
Brinkman was born at Ottoville on December 15, 1899, the daughter of August and
Wilhelmina Rellinger. She was married in Ottoville to Joseph J. Brinkman on May
1, 1928.
Surviving
with her husband are five children, Jerry of Dayton; Robert, with the U. S. Air
Force at Grand Forks N.D.; Mrs. Donald Klausing, of Delphos; Mrs. Leonard
Klima, of Ottoville; and Mrs. Glen Price, of Van Wert; and 14 grandchildren.
Burial
was made in St. John’s cemetery at Delphos.
Ottoville Native Died In Michigan
Was The Former Amelia Eickholt
Mrs. Amelia
Kiefer, 83, a resident of Chesaning, Mich., died at the St. Francis Home in
that city last week. She had been a resident of the home for three years.
Mrs. Kiefer was
the former Amelia Eickholt and was born at Ottoville on July 6, 1876. She was
married to John Kiefer at Ottoville in 1904. Prior to her marriage she taught
in the country schools in the Ottoville and Delphos communities. The family
moved to Chesaning 50 years ago. Mr. Kiefer died in 1953.
Two sons, Vern,
of Tucson, Arizona, and Gerald Kiefer, of Chesaning, and six grandchildren
survive.
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