1-1-1965
Lawrence J. Bensman
Lawrence J. Bensman, 46, died at approximately 7 p.m.
Friday en route to the office of a local physician, His death resulted from a
heart attack. Mr. Bensman, who resided with his sister, Mrs. Louis (Martha)
Carder at 628 West Wayne St., became ill and was being driven to the doctors
office by his sister. He was dead on arrival.
A native of
Cloverdale, he was born Feb. 3, 1918, a son of Anton G. and Rosalia (Gasser)
Bensman. He never married.
Survivors
include two sisters, Mrs. Carder, with whom he made his home, and Mrs. John
(Ann) Rellinger, Ft. Jennings, and one brother, A. Leonard Bensman, Lima.
Mr. Bensman
was a carpenter by trade. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the
Ottoville Veterans of Foreign Wars, and St. John's Catholic Church.
Services
will be held with a requiem high Mass at 9:00 a.m. Monday at St. John's and
burial will be made in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may
call at Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home after 7 o'clock this evening.
1-14-1965
Felix A. Greulich
Felix Gruelich, 63, Ottoville resident, died in St.
Rita’s Hospital, Lima, a t 8:30 Thursday
evening. He had been a patient at the hospital for five days.
He was born at Ottoville on August 11, 1901, the son of William and Catherine Gruelich. Surviving are
three brothers, Carl, of Ottoville: Roman, of Delphos, and Otto, f Van Wert.
A veteran of World War I, he was a member of, the Ottoville
Post Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Van Wert Eagles Lodge, the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church, and the Holy Name Society.
He served as manager
of the VFW Hall at Ottoville.
Services were held-at 9:30 Monday
morning in the Ottoville Church. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated. Interment
was made in the parish cemetery.
2-2-1965
Anna M. Wannemacher
Mrs. Anna M. Wannemacher, 81, a former Ottoville postmaster, died
Tuesday afternoon at her residence in,
Rocky River.
A native of Glandorf, Mrs. Wannemacher was born on February 11, 1883, a daughter of Henry and Theresa
Jerwers. She was married to Alexander Wannemacher who died in 1939.
Mr. Wannemacher was postmaster at
Ottoville at the time of his
death and following his demise Mrs. Wannemacher was named as his successor. She
served as postmaster there until her retirement several years ago.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Andrew (Dorothy) Nameth, Mrs. Martin (Louise) Patton, and Mrs. Jack (Juliana)
Congalton, all of Cleveland; three grandchildren and two brothers. Edward and
Harry Jerwers, both of Toledo.
Services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the
Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home
in Ottoville after two o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
2-19-1965
Martin M. Bendele
Martin M. Bendele, 80, a retired Ottoville farmer, died at
one o'c1ock Friday morning in Rita's
Hospital, following a serious illness of one day.
He was born at Ottoville on September 19, 1884 the son of Martin
and Helen Bendele. He was married to Lucy
Rekart, May 31, 1911.
Surviving with his wife are four daughters, Miss Salome Bendele, at home: Mrs.
Walter Zerkekl, Mrs. Frank Gudakunst and Mrs. Eugene Gerdeman, all of Ottoville; two sons, Gerald, of Lamoore, Calif. and Richard,
of Ottoville; 19 grandchildren; a brother, Joseph Bendele, of Delphos, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Miller,
of Columbus Grove.
Mr. Bendele was a member of the
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Ottoville, where services were held at
eight o'clock Monday morning. The Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
3-17-1965
Tina Marie Dickman
3-28-1965
Joseph W. Ricker
4-3-1965
John George Sanders
John G. Sanders, 82, resident of near Ottoville,
passed away at his home at one o'clock Saturday afternoon.
He was born near Ottoville on April
12, 1892. On September 9, 1908, he was married to Margaret
Pines. She died in l958.
Surviving are three sons, Gilbert, Edward
and Anthony Sanders, all of Ottoville; two daughters Mrs. Jerome
Grothaus, Ottoville and, Mrs. Bernard
Jaquay, Chicago, Ill.; 22 grandchildren and, seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held in the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, a t 9:30 Tuesday morning. Monsignor J. F. Frommherz officiated. Interment
was made in the parish cemetery.
4-17-1965
Thomas J. Rieger (Infant)
Thomas Joseph Rieger, six-month-old
son of George and Bernice Rieger,
died at 3:30 a.m. Saturday at his home following a two-day illness. He was born last October in Lima.
Surviving, are his parents and six
sisters, Sue Ann, Vivian, Nancy, Connie, Shirley and Jennifer, and a brother,
Timmy, all at home; maternal
grandmother
Mrs. Ida Martin, Ottoville; and
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rieger, Ottoville.
An Angel High Mass was offered at 9 a.m. Monday in the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Ottoville, with Msgr. J.
F. Frommherz as celebrant. Burial
was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
4-22-1965
Joseph S. Landin
Joseph S. Landin, 54, of near
Ottoville, died at 9:30 Thursday morning of last week in St. Rita's Hospital, Lima where had
been a patient for three days. He had been in failing health
for several years.
Mr. Landin was born at McGuffey on October 20, 1910, to Claude
and Mary Landin He was married on November 26, 1936, to Henrietta Nartker, of
Kalida.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, James and Dennis both of Ottoville; a
daughter, Diane at home; three grandchildren; his father Claude Landin, of Akron; three brothers Ernest and Arthur
of Akron and Lloyd, of Ottoville, and a sister Mrs. William Calvelage of Ft. Jennings.
Mr. Landin was a member of the
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville and the Holy Name Society of the parish.
Services were held in the church at nine o'clock Monday morning. Monsignor J. F. Frommherz, officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
4-24-1965
Helen M. Hoersten
Mrs. Helen M. Hoersten, 71,
resident of Delphos, died at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at, St. Rita's Hospital Lima, following an extended illness.
She was born at Kalida on November 28, 1893, a
daughter of Peter and Philomina Schmitz. She married to George Hoersten, who preceded her in death in July 1929.
Surviving are two sons Harry and
Othmar, at home; two step daughters Mrs.
Bernard Lauf, of Ft. Jennings and Mrs. Albert Weiging of Ecorse, Mich.; two
stepsons Rudolph of Landeck, and
Arthur Hoersten of Delphos; 24 grandchildren; four sisters Mrs. Katherine Wurth; Miss Carrie Schmitz and Miss
Mary Schmitz all of Kalida; and Mrs. Margaret Fischer, of Carey, and a brother Cornielius Schmitz, of Kalida.
Mrs. Hoersten was a
member of St. John's Catholic Church Delphos, and the VFW auxiliary.
Services were held in the church at nine o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial was
made in St. Mary's Cemetery at Ottoville.
5-18-1965
Catherine Deitering
Mrs. Catherine Deitering, 87, Ottoville, died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday in a Toledo hospital,
following an illness of four years.
Funeral services will be
held 9 a.m. Friday in the Immaculate Conception Church, at Ottoville. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz will officiate and burial will
be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Deitering was born in Ottoville on February 20, 1878, to Henry and
Mary Beining. She married Henry Deitering in 1897, he died on December 12, 1910.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Clara Koester, and Mrs. Isadore (Florence) Miller, both of
Ottoville; four sons John, Portland Ore.; Albert Wapakoneta; Leo and Rudolph,
both of Ottoville; 16 grandchildren
and 68 great-grandchildren: two sisters,
Mrs. Rose Koester Ottoville; Mrs. Elizabeth Moeggenderg, Shepherd, Mich. and a brother, Theodore Beining
Ottoville.
She was a member of the Immaculate Conception church and the Altar-Rosary
Society.
The body is at the
Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home in Ottoville.
5-19-1965
Jacob J. Thithoff
Jacob J.
Thithoff, 89, died at his home in Delphos at 9:15 Wednesday evening of last
week. He had been seriously ill for the preceding two months.
Mr.
Thithoff was born at Ottoville on September 18, 1876, the son of John and Mary
Thithoff. He was married at Cloverdale to Emma Johns.
Surviving with
his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Agnes Stewart, at home and Mrs. John Miller,
of Grover Hill; five sons, Peter, of Bucyrus, Sylvester at home, Vincent of
Wapakoneta, and Richard and Donald, both of Delphos; 25 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Barbara Otte, of Ottoville, and Mrs.
Laura Miller, of Dayton and one half-brother, John Thines, of Ottoville.
Mr.
Thithoff was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church at Delphos and the Eagles
Lodge of that city.
Services
were held in the church at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. Interment was made in
the parish cemetery
5-29-1965
Roger Joseph Knippen
Child Is Tractor Fatality
Ottoville Boy, 7, Killed Saturday As Tractor Overturned
Roger Knippen, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Knippen,
Ottoville, was killed Saturday when the farm tractor he was riding upset on Road 26-Q
one and one half miles southwest of Ottoville.
The boy was riding with two
brothers on the tractor. They were returning to their home at the time of the
mishap at 4:45 p.m.
The tractor was being driven by
Roger's brother, Richard, 10, and
another brother Eugene, 4, was
also riding on the vehicle. The
county sheriff's department said that the tractor upset as it was making a right turn at an
intersection.
Roger was pinned under the front
end of the tractor. Richard and Eugene received only minor injuries when they
were thrown off. All three were rushed to Lima St. Rita's hospital where Roger
was pronounced dead upon arrival. Richard and Eugene were treated and released.
Members of the Ottoville Volunteer Fire Department were called to the scene and were assisted by neighbors in removing the
tractor from the injured youth.
Roger was born April 30, 1958. He
is survived by his parents; five sisters, Judy, Ruth, Marilyn, Barbara and Carol;
and six brothers, William Jr., Robert, Richard,
Virgil, Ronald and Eugene; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gasser, Ottoville.
The boy was a first grade pupil at
Ottoville school. He was a
member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church there.
Funeral services were held in the
church at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiated and burial was
in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Ottoville
6-28-1965
Elsie C. Weseli
Mrs. Elsie C. Weseli, 63, College Station, Tex., died at 12:30 p.m. Monday. She had been an Ottoville resident until two
years ago.
Mrs. Weseli was born in Hungary
on October 12, 1901, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Gelli. She married Arthur Weseli, who died in 1958.
Surviving are a son Dr. D. F.
Weseli, College Station, Tex., and a sister, Mrs. Rose Siewert, San Diego, Calif. She was a former member of
the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Ottoville.
Funeral services will be held in
the Ottoville church at 9:00 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the
church cemetery. The body is at the Kolkmeyer and Helmkamp Funeral Home in Ottoville.
8-4-1965
John F. Honigford
John F. Honigford, 69, Ottoville,
died at 1:30 Wednesday morning in his home. He had been in failing health in
recent months.
Born
February 6, 1896, he was the son of John and Anna Eberle Honigford. He was
married to Theresa Weber who survives.
Also
surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Orsila) Miller of Delphos and Mrs.
Cyril (Anna Marie) Kahle, route 4, Ottawa; five sons, Urban and Walter of
Delphos, Alfred and Victor of Ottoville and Roger at home; 27 grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Weber of Ottoville and Mrs. Otto (Sabina) Miller
of Columbus Grove; and four brothers, Ben, Clem, Joseph, and Gilbert, all of
Ottoville.
Mr.
Honigford a retired farmer, was a veteran of World War I. He was a member of
the VFW at Ottoville, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville and
the Holy Name Society.
Requiem
High Mass will be at 9:30 Saturday morning in the church with Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Memorial
services will be conducted Saturday morning by the VFW.
8-20-1965
William P. Ruen
William P. Ruen, 61, an Ottoville native, died Friday
morning in Delphos. Death came unexpectedly.
He was born in Ottoville July 23, 1904, the son of Henry and Mary Reifers Ruen. He never married.
Surviving are five sisters, Mrs.
Mary Falke, at whose home he died in Delphos; Mrs. Frank Mesker, Delphos; Mrs.
Fred Brinkman, Lima; Mrs. Harry Wolke, Cleveland, and Mrs. George King, Ottoville; and one brother Albert Ruen, of
Ottoville.
Mr. Ruen, a retired employee of the Ohio Steel Co. at Lima, was member of the Ottoville
Catholic Knights of Ohio.
Services were Monday morning in St. John's Catholic Church in Delphos.
Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery
in Ottoville.
8-29-1965
Martha Lusk
Mrs. Lusk was
killed instantly in a two - car crash four miles east of Leipsic at 7:40 p.m.
Sunday, according to the Putnam County sheriff's department.
Two other persons
were injured at the rural intersection. Treated at the scene were Mrs. Lusk's
husband Robert, 46, who sustained facial cuts, and Elsa Gegovia, 19, Leipsic, a
passenger in the other car. Miss Gegovais sustained minor leg injuries.
The sheriffs
office said Mrs. Lusk, southbound on County Road 3. apparently failed to
observe a stop sign at County Road F and pulled into the intersection.
Her car was hit
broadside by an auto driven by Juanita Gonzales, 30, Rt. 1, Leispic, westbound
on Road F. Both vehicles were demolished.
Martha Lusk was
born in Ottoville on January 28, 1916, the daughter of George W. and Matilda
Freiburger Altenburger. She was employed RCA Corp., Findlay.
Mrs. Lusk was a member of St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, Bluffton, the Alter Rosary Society and the Catholic
Ladies of Columbus, Columbus Grove.
In addition to her
husband, Mrs. Lusk is survived by three brothers, Ralph of Lester Ave., Lima;
Ray of Detroit and Walter of Ottoville; and four sisters, Mrs. Otto (Lucille)
Newmier, Lima, Mrs. Jack (Dorothy) Tek, Lincoln Park, Mich., Mrs. Bud (Ruby)
Hooker, Columbus Grove, and Mrs. Robert (Vera) Tenwalde, Ottawa.
Requiem High Mass
will be sung at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Columbus Grove, with
Rev. John T. Hiltz celebrant. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
Harjca Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. tonight.
Burial will be in
St. Anthony’s Cemetery, Columbus Grove.
9-10-1965
Joseph Bohn
Joseph Bohn, 58, 1643 Breese Rd.
died at 8 p.m. Friday following a
heart attack at the Norris Mote, Norris Dam, Tenn.
Mr. Bohn and his wife
the former Irma Wieging were vacationing.
An employee of St. Rita's Hospital Mr. Bohn was born on October 10, 1906
to Joseph and Mary Gergen Bohn.
Surviving besides his wife
are a daughter, Mrs.
Robert Honigford, Columbus Grove two
sons Paul at home and Alfred,
of Venice, Calif.; two sisters Mrs. Mary Gasser and Mrs. Bernard Honigford,
both of Ottoville, a brother Sylvester Bohn, Toledo; and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Bohn was a member
of St. Charles Catholic Church
and its Holy Name Society.
A Requiem High Mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Ottoville by Msgr. J. F. Frommherz. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may call at the Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home Ottoville, after 2 p.m. today. The Rosary
will be recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Monday.
10-4-1965
Mary Dorothy Heckman
Miss Mary D. Heckman, 38, died at 10:35 Monday morning at the
home of her parents in Ottoville.
She was born on August 1, 1927, in Ottoville, the daughter of
Louis W. and Sophia C. Heckman, and had resided at Ottoville all of her life.
She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Surviving with the parents are four sisters, Mary Catherine, at home;
Mrs. Thomas (Agnes) Archdeacon, of Ottoville:
Mrs. Bernard (Gertrude) Shay, of Dayton, and Mrs. David (Margaret) Heiss, of Lima, and a brother, Paul of
Dayton.
Services were held at 9:30 Thursday morning in the Ottoville
parish church. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
10-9-1965
Rose Lee Schneeg
Rose L. Schneeg, 65, route 1,
Middlepoint, died at 4 p.m. Saturday
in Lima St. Rita’s hospital.
Mrs. Schneeg was born in Virginia on March 7, 1900, to William and Mattie Smith.
She married Ben Schneeg and he is deceased.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
William (Norma) Ladd, route 1, Ft. Jennings; eight, grandchildren;
two brothers, J. M. Smith and Roy
Smith and a sister Mrs. Irene
Bates, all of North Carolina.
She was employed as a domestic in the Ottoville area.
Funeral services were in the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Ottoville at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Msgr. J. F. Frommherz sang the requiem high mass and burial was in St. Mary's
Cemetery Ottoville.
10-13-1965
Gregory J. Schneider
Gregory J. Schneider, 60, route 2, Ft. Jennings, died in Ottawa Valley
Hospital Lima, Wednesday of last week. He had been ill five days.
Mr. Schneider was born in
Ottoville on August 30, 1905, the
son of John and Louisa Schneider. He was married August 15, 1935, to Amanda E. Bear, and she
survives.
Also surviving are three sons,
Donald Lima; Dean, with the U. S.
Navy at Lenore, Calif.; and Gary with the U.
S. Marine Corps, at Camp Lejeuene, N.
C.; two sisters, Mrs. Elias
(Helen) Kruse, Elida; and Mrs. Robert
(Leone) Keiffer, Lima; two brothers, Leo,
Ft. Wayne and Elmer, Ottoville and five grandchildren.
Mr. Schneider was employed at
Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
at Ottawa. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception, Catholic Church at Ottoville.
Services were in the church at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
officiating. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
10-15-1965
Lucy B. Bendele
Mrs. Lucy B. Bendele, 77, died in
her residence at 5 p.m. Friday of an apparent heart attack.
Mrs. Bendele was born March 12,
1888, in Ottoville to John and Catherine Wannemacher Rekart.
Her husband, Martin M. Bendele died
February 19.
Mrs. Bendele was a member of
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, and the Alter Rosary Society.
Surviving are four daughters, Miss
Salome Bendele at home, Mrs. Walter (Marie) Zerkel, Mrs. Fank (Cathryn)
Gudakunst, Mrs. Eugene (Martha) Gerdeman, all of Ottoville, two sons, Richard
Bendele of Ottoville, and Gerald Bendele of Lemoore, Calif.; and 19
grandchildren.
Requiem High Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday in
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville, Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ottoville.
Friends may
call after 7 p.m. Sunday at Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp Funeral Home, Delphos.
Parish
rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
10-15-1965
Joyce Winhover
Joyce Winhover, infant daughter of
Sgt. Paul and Mary Winhover, died at birth on October 15 in Kalsruhe, Germany.
Besides the parents, the infant is survived by two brothers, John Paul
and James Frank, and one sister, Jane Marie, all at home, and the maternal
grandfather, Frank Mesker, of Delphos.
The body was sent to Ottoville where graveside rite's
were held at 9:30 a. m Monday morning. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J.
F. Frommherz officiate.
10-16-1965
Barbara Maurer
10-24-1965
Walter N. Zerkel
Walter N. Zerkel, 50, Ottoville
died at 9 a.m. Sunday of a heart attack en route from a Kalida doctor's office
to a Lima hospital.
Mr. Zerkel was a veteran of World War II. He was born July 25, 1915,
in Buckland, the son of Leslie and Sylvia Zerkel. On October 16, 1946,
he married Mary Bendele and she survives.
Also surviving are three sons,
Michael, Timothy and James, and a daughter, Kathleen, all at home; two brothers, Alden, Portland, Ind. and
Irvin, Warren, Mich.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Holtzapple, Mrs. Emerson Sunderland, and Mrs. Carol Tangeman, all
of Buckland.
Mr. Zerkel was a member of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church at Ottoville and the Jack P. Smith VFW Post there.
Funeral
services were held in the church at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz officiating. Burial was in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
11-8-1965
Bernadine L. Kortokrax
Bernadine L. Kortokrax, 68,
formerly of Ottoville, died in
her home in Chicago Monday
following an illness of one year.
She was born in Ottoville on October 31, l897, a daughter of Otto and Caroline Kortokrax.
Funeral services were held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church, Ottoville, at 9:30 a.m. this morning, Msgr. J. F. Frommherz sang the requiem high mass and burial was in
St. Mary's Cemetery.
Miss Kortokrax is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Holmes, Otsego, Mich., and Mrs. Estelle Bomp, Chicago; and one brother, Leo Kortokrax, Ottoville.
Fred J. Bendele, 48, of
New Haven, Ind., died Tuesday of last week at Park View Hospital Ft. Wayne,
after an illness of five months.
He was born at Ottoville on March 2, 1917, a son of the late Andrew and Matilda Bendele. He was
employed at the Old Crown Brewing Company in Ft. Wayne for the past 20 years.
He was married to Betty Vorhees in
1945. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Phyllis and Carol, and a son Richard all at
home; four brothers, Edward.
Norbert, Hubert and Elmer, all of
Ottoville, and three sisters, Mrs. Richard (Marcella) Ankenbruck, of Ft. Wayne;
Mrs. Paul (Mildred) Nuttle, of
New Haven and Mrs. Albert (Alma)
Warnament, of Kalida.
Services were held in the Catholic
Church at New Haven at 10 o'clock
Friday morning. Burial was made in that city.
11-15-1965
Dorothy E. Vincke
Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Vincke, 80, Ottoville, died at 4 p.m.
Monday in St. Rita's hospital, Lima, where she had been admitted the day
before. She had been in failing health several months.
Funeral services were at 9:30 a.m. today in the Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
sang the requiem high mass and burial was in
St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Vincke was born in Ottoville on February 14, 1885, she was
the daughter of Henry and Catherine Van Oss. She married George Vincke on January 25, 1922, and he died in 1960.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Walter (Mary Catherine) Schmitt, Ottoville; and Mrs. Thomas (Theresa) Reinemeyer, Columbus; two sons, John and
Hilarius, both of Dayton: a foster daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Dorothy) Hovest,
Ottawa; 13 grandchildren, and a
brother Joseph Van Oss, Delphos.
She was a member of the Immaculate
Conception church and its Altar-Rosary Society.
12-5-1965
Gilbert J. Brandehoff
Gilbert J.
Brandehoff, 68, Delphos, a native of Ottoville, died at 10:41 p.m. Sunday in Del
Ward Nursing Home in Delphos. He had been in failing health for 10 months.
Mr.
Brandehoff was born in Ottoville on April 1, 1897, the son of John and
Elizabeth Brandehoff. He married Pauline Wurst on February 6, 1918, and she
survives.
A retired
businessman, he was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Delphos, the
Sacred Heart League and the VFW Dad’s Club.
Surviving
with his wife are two sons, Romus and Thomas both of Delphos; two sisters, Mrs.
Al (Nora) Schuline, Ft. Wayne, and Mrs. Ed (Sabina) Weber, Chesaning, Michigan;
three brothers, William of Delphos; John, Laotto, Indiana; and Lawrence,
Wapakoneta, and 10 grandchildren.
Requiem
High Mass was offered at 9 a.m. today, Thursday, in St. John’s Church by the
Rev. Joseph Schill. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
12-11-1965
Adolph S. Miller
Adolph S. Miller, 66, a co-owner of Miller Clay Works, Ottoville died in
his home at 6:10 Saturday
morning. His death followed a six-month illness.
Mr. Miller was born at Ottoville On
August 27, 1899, a son of George
and Mary Miller. On April 20, 1926, he
was married to Regina Weichart at Ft. Jennings.
Surviving with his wife are four
sons, Ray and Robert, both of Ottoville; John, of Centerville, and Gerald, of
Fairborn: two daughters, Mrs. John Yaufman, of Ottawa, and Mrs. Ray Kaufman, of
Ottoville: 24 grandchildren; two brothers, George, of Ottoville and
Anthony, of Piqua, and a sister, Mrs. Arnold Librecht, of Ottoville.
A former village councilman at Ottoville, Mr. Miller
was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Holy Name
Society of the parish, and the Catholic Knights of Ohio.
Services were held in the
Immaculate Conception Church at 9:30 Tuesday
morning. The Rev. Msgr. J. F. Frommherz
officiated. Burial was made in the
parish cemetery.
12-13-1965
Ottoville Young Man Fatally Hurt In Traffic Mishap
Gerald Kramer Rites Held Wednesday
Putnam
County recorded its 11th traffic fatality of 1965 on Monday morning in which
Gerald Kramer, 20, route 2, Ft. Jennings, was killed in a crash, which occurred
on route 189 one-half mile northeast of Ft. Jennings.
The mishap
occurred at about 12:30 a.m. when the Kramer car apparently skidded out of
control, crashed sideways into a utility pole and then went 240 feet into a
field.
The youth
was dead on arrival at Lima St. Rita's hospital. His death was attributed to
multiple fractures.
Two
passengers in the car, Robert Knippen, 19, and Ronald Niemeyer, 19, rote 2, Ft.
Jennings, both received minor injuries. They were treated at the hospital and
released. The driver's side of the car was crushed upon impact with the pole.
Deputy
Sheriff, Eugene Fischbach, who investigated, said that the youths had been
taken to the hospital when he arrived at the scene. He was informed by the
hospital that no one was seriously injured in the mishap and it was not until
about 8:30 a.m. that the Sheriff's office learned that there had been a
fatality.
The Kramer
youth was the son of Bernard and Barbara Kramer. He was born in Lima December
1, 1945.
Surviving
are his parents, a brother, Michael; sisters, Marlene, Judith, LaDonna and
Ruth, all at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gasser, Ottoville and
August Kramer, Delphos.
He was a
member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ottoville and its Holy
Name Society. He was employed at the General Motors plant in Defiance
Services
were held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. F.
Frommherz officiated and burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery at Ottoville.
12-30-1965
Charles E. Perrin
Charles E. Perrin,
81, of Rt. 2, Spencerville, died at 4:20 p.m. Thursday at St. Rita's Hospital,
Lima, after an illness of five years.
Born July 31,
1884, in Ottoville, he was the son of Louis and Josephine Eickholt Perrin. He
married Anna M. Plescher in 1907 who died Aug. 3, 1959.
Mr. Perrin was a
member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Landeck, and a retired employee of the
Allen County Highway Department.
Surviving are five sons; Lester, of Flint,
Mich., Henry, 4031 Elida Rd, Lima, Louis of Delphos, Leo of Spencerville, and
Ralph of 329 Calumet, Lima; four daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Catherine) Miller,
Spencerville, Mrs. Ralph (Josephine) Shaw, 915 E. Kibby, Lima, Mrs. Martha
Shrider, Santa Monica, Calif., and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Grothaus, 753 Ewing,
Lima; a brother William Perrin of Washington; 41 grandchildren and 24
great-grandchildren.
Requiem High Mass
will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John’s Catholic Church. Rev. Joseph
I. Schill celebrant, with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp
Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
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