M.
Kathryn Acker, 100, died Sunday at the United Methodist Memorial
Home,
Warren.
Born in Schuyler County, Illinois,
she worked at Ball Stores in Muncie for 20 years. Her husband, Edward
R., died in 1963.
Surviving are a nephew, Dr. J. Dean
Twining of Muncie; and four nieces, Jean Clark of Lafayette, Calif.,
Joan Morton of Rockford, Ill., Janet McCaughey of Cuba, Ill., and Mary
K. Stoufer of Washington, D.C.
Memorial service at a later date. No
calling. Arrangements by Glancy Funeral Home Butler Chapel, Warren.
Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie. Memorials to the Dr. Dewey C.
and Julia E. Souder Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 326, Warren, IN
46792.
(Contributed by Sara Hemp)
Fort
Wayne Gazette, Sunday January
13, 1884
Hon. Pliny Hoagland
Pliny Hoagland, the fifth son of
Moses and Elizabeth Hoagland, was born near New Philadelphia, Ohio,
July 31, 1810. His father was a farmer, and when Pliny was
fourteen
years of age the family moved to a farm in Holmes county, near
Millersburg, Ohio. He studied and commenced civil engineering and
was
stationed on the Sandy & Beaver canal, now mostly occupied by
railroads, passing through Columbiana, Carrol and Stark counties,
Ohio. From thence he was transferred, in 1838, to the Wabash
&
Erie Canal, a state improvement of Ohio, and stationed at Toledo and
Maumee City. He was married to Merica, second daughter of Dr.
John and
Elizabeth Taylor Evans, at Fort Wayne, September 9, 1844. Mrs.
Hoagland died in 1861. He remained in the service of the State of
Ohio
as an engineer until he fall of 1845, when he moved to Fort Wayne and
started in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, S. Cary
Evans. Quitting this he engaged in produce trade with E. Nichols,
and
afterwards milling with J. L. Williams, and C. Tresselt to present
date, Mr. Williams retiring from the firm in ___.
In 1851 Mr. Hoagland, Judge Samuel
Hanna, and others, organized the Ohio & Indiana railroad company to
build from Crestline to Fort Wayne, connecting with the Pennsylvania
& Ohio railroad at Crestline. In the fall of 1853 the company
were
short of funds, and Mr. Hoagland and Judge Hanna effected a private
loan – on their own responsibility – with which they continued the work
that winter. Mr. Hoagland often spoke of it as the hardest
struggle he
ever experienced. The first passenger coach ran into Fort Wayne,
November 1, 1854. The road from Fort Wayne to Chicago was
continued
and completed in 1859.
In 1856 the charter of the Indiana
State Bank expired and was rechartered under the name of Bank of the
State, a branch organized here by Mr. Hoagland, Mr. Hugh McCulloch; and
others, with Mr. McCulloch as president and Mr. Hoagland as one o the
directors. This bank was converted into the Fort Wayne national
bank
in 1865 with the late C. D. Bond as vice-president, which office he
held at the time of his death. During the fall of 1856 Mr.
Hoagland
was elected by the Democrats to the legislature; afterwards in the fall
of 1862 to the senate for four years, but after serving one session
resigned.
In 1859 he was elected cemetery
trustee, holding the office at the time of his death.
In 1866 he was elected director of
the G. R. & I. railroad company, the road being completed from
Grand Rapids to Fort Wayne in 187_.
In 1871 he became director of the
Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne road, which was completed in 1873.
In 1868 Mr. Hoagland was appointed
school trustee, which office he held with O. P. Morgan, Dr. John Irwin
and A. P. Edgerton, Dr. Irwin’s successor till 1880.
He had been confined to his
apartments since Saturday, and Thursday about 2 p.m., while still in
bed, after partaking of refreshments, he called his daughter hastily to
him, and in a short time passed away, surrounded by his two daughters
and intimate friends.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
The
Fort Wayne News Fort Wayne,
Indiana March 4, 1898
MANY PERSONS CALLED
James
Evans Hoagland Dies in Philadelphia After a Day’s Illness
Relatives in this city have received
the news of the death of James Evans Hoagland, a former resident of
this city, at his home in Philadelphia, the immediate cause of his
death being congestion of the brain. Mr. Hoagland held a
responsible
position with the Pennsylvania company and was highly esteemed by his
associates. Mr. Hoagland’s death was very sudden.
James Hoagland was the oldest son of
Pliny and Merica Hoagland. He was born in Fort Wayne, Dec. 1,
1845.
He lived her until 1882, when he went to Philadelphia. In 1885 he
was
married to Mrs. Honora T. Baird, of that city.
The surviving relatives are his wife,
a brother, Mr. John R. Hoagland of Chicago, and three sisters, Mrs. S.
R. Backus, of Toledo, Mrs. w. H. Fleming, and Miss Merica Hoagland, of
this city.
The funeral will be held Monday at
Philadelphia.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
Newspaper
clipping [name of Fort Wayne newspaper and date unknown her date of
death was
Mrs.
S. R. Backus,
of Toledo, who was a daughter of the late Hon. Pliny Hoagland, of this
city, died early Friday morning in New York, where she, with her
daughter, Miss Emma, had gone to spend the winter. News of her
death
came in a telegram to her sister, Mrs. Emma U. Fleming, of West Berry
street. Mrs. Fleming was not aware of her sister’s illness, and
news
of her demise was a most painful and sudden shock.
Mrs. Backus was Miss Elizabeth
Hoagland, and prior to her marriage to Mr. Backus, whose death occurred
some years ago, she lived in Fort Wayne. Sine her marriage, Mrs.
Backus has resided in Toledo, where her husband died, and where the
remains of the wife will be laid to rest. She leaves one
daughter.
Mrs. Emma U. Fleming, of this city, and Miss Merica Hoagland, of
Indianapolis, are sisters.
(Contributed by Marji Turner)
OBITS
Fort Wayne News.
4/04/1918
John
Ross.
Scottish Rite Cathedreal, 2:30 p.m.
Friday. The Rev. Arthur J. Folsom will officiate. The body will be sent
by Undertaker W.H. W. Peitier to West Lebanon, IN. where interment will
take place. The following 3rd degree Masons will serve as pall-bearers,
Charles A. Wilding, Edward b. Miller, F. E. Strouder, Willie
Hattersley, David E. Smith, Alfred Reinsenbach.
Mrs.
Minnie E. Wilkinson.
Brief services at home, 1212 Harmar
(? Smeared) Street, 2:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. J.P, Porter.
At 4:30 o’clock the body will be shipped to Ray, where general funeral
services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Interment at
California Cemetery, Branch County.
Mrs.
Elenora Prange.
Klaehn & Melching Chapel, 2 p.m.
Saturday, The Rev. Wm. Moll Concordia cemetery
Mrs.
Georgiana Crissey.
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgiana
Crissey were held at the home at 3 o’clock this afternoon, the Rev.
Arthur J Folsom officiating. The body was at 4:30 o’clock shipped to
Jackson Mich. Were internment will take place.
Jesse
Landis
Jesse J. Landis. The body of
Jesse J. Landis arrived in the city this morning from St. Cloud, Fla.,
and was removed to the Scheumann undertaking parlors. Tomorrow
afternoon the body will be taken to the home 1700 South Harrison
Street, where funeral services will be conducted at 1 o’clock Monday
afternoon, followed by services at the First Baptist Church at 1:15
o’clock. The Rev. John R. Gunn will officiate. The woman’s Relief corps
and Veterans of the G.A.R. will hold services at the church. Following
the services here the funeral will proceed to Huntington, where funeral
services will be conducted at the Zion Baptist Church. Huntington
friends will be permitted to view the remains at the church. Internment
will take place in the church cemetery. The deacons of the First
Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers.
Jesse J. Landis age 76 years a resident of Fort Wayne for twenty one
years, and who operated a a saw repair shop on Highland Street for many
years, is dead at St. cloud Fla., according to word received her by
local friends. Mr. and Mrs. Landis had been residing in the south since
a year ago last October because of his failing health.
Born in Montgomery County, Ohio on december 25, 1841. Mr. Landis opened
a saw repair establishment at Huntington in 1883, and came to Fort
Wayne in 1897. The desendant was a devoted member and ordained deacon
of the First Baptist church.
Surviving besided the widow are two sons, Oscar and M.W. Landis
both of fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. J.G. Sweeney, also of this city,
and one sister Mrs. Charles Keefer of Huntington; and two brothers,
Amen Landis, Fort Wayne, and Ephraim Landis, Huntington.
The body will be brought to Fort Wayne for burial and upon arrival here
will be taken in charge by Undertaker, F.H. Scheumann.
The decendent was a member of Lawton-Wayne post No. 271, G.A.R.
V-----
Funeral.
The funeral services will be
conducted at the home at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. At 2:30 Saturday
afternoon, the body will be shipped over the Nickel Plate to Oakwood,
Ohio, where internment will take place
NOTE(can’t make out his name)
Frieburger
Funeral
The funeral service will be conducted
Saturday morning @ 8:30 o’clock at the home of the brother Joseph
Frieburger, 1814 Clinton Street, and at 9 o’clock at St. Peters
Catholic Church, followed by internment in the Catholic cemetery.
The
Fort Wayne News and
Sentinel
1918/04/01
NEW
HAVEN PIONEER IS
DEAD
Henry
Hawkins Succumbs to Infirmities Of Age
Aged Civil War Veteran Had Resided In
Allen County Nearly Three Quarters Of A Century
Henry G. Dawkins(this is what was
written notice heading says Hawkins), aged 80 years, a native of
England, though a resident of Allen Countty for nearly three quarters
of a century, and a veteran of the Civil War, died at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bert Doyle, at New
Haven, death being due to other infirmities of age,
Born in East Kent, England, March 10, 1838, Mr. Dawkins came to America
when a mere child and after residing one winter in New jersey, the
family came to Allen County where the descendant had resided
continuously ever since. He was married to Mrs. Katie Moss, Feb. 15,
1868 (could be 1858) pne son, William H. Dawkins, of Indianapolis,
being born to this union.
The wife died Oct. 15, 1877, and Mr. Dawkins again married two years
later to Mrs. Sarah A. Furthmiller. One child Mrs. Bert Doyle, with
whom the descendant had been making his home, was born to this union,
The wife died sixteen years ago.
Mr. Dawkins enlisted in company R. Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry
in 1861, and was honorable discharged two years later because of ill
health. The descendant was the last of a large family, which was
distinctive because of its longevity. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and
was also affiliated with the Off Fellows Lodge.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Haven. The Masons and Good
Fellows will have charge of the services. Interment will take place in
the I.O.O.F. Cemtery at New Haven.
Martin
William Martin, an inmate of the Indiana School for the Feeble-Minded
Youth, died at that institution yesterday at the age of 20 years. The
body wass sent by Undertaker W.M. W. Peltier to Elkhart, where funeral
services and interment will take place.
Rhinehart
Elizabeth May Rhinehart aged ?? years, died Saturday at the Indiana
School for the Feeble-Minded Youth, of which she was an inmate.
Interment took place at the Institution's cemetery yesterday.
Reiff
Robert Richard Reiff, aged 6 months, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Worley
M. Reiff, 1022 Rovkbill Street died at (:30 o'clock last night at the
family home. The parents and two brothers, glenn and Gene Reiff,
survive. The father is manager of the Wayne and Calhoun Street Store of
the meyer Bros. Drug Company.
Sanders
Herbert Sanders, aged 39 years, colored, residing at 1402 Harris
Street. died at 1 oclock yesterday morning at the home. the widow and
two children survive.
The
Fort Wayne News and
Sentinel
1918/04/05
Bultemeyer
William Bultemeyer, aged ?? (could be
39) years, an employee of the General Electric Company and former
resident of Frienhelm, Ind. who had lived in Fort Wayne for the oast
year, died at 11:30 o'clock this forenoon at the home, 1706 Koch
Street. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of but a few
days.
Mr. Butlemeyer was married a year ago and shortly afterward moved to
this city. He was a member of the Trinity German Lutheran Church.
Surviving relatives include the widow, the parents, four brothers and
four sister.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at
the home and at 11:00 at the Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. George
W. doege officiating. Following the services the body will be removed
to the home of the parents at Fiedheim, where services will be held at
1 o'clock Monday afternoon, followed by services at the Friedhelm
Lutheran church at 1:30 o'clock. burial will take place in the church
cemetery
The young man will be buried on the first anniversary of his wedding as
he was married April 8, 1917
Savio
Austin J. Savio, aged three years son
of John J. Savio, a member of the Rainbow Division, now in France on
the western fighting front, died at 3:15 o'clock this morning at the
home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Devine, 743 Knitters
Avenus. Death was due to diptheria and followed an illness of
only two days. The mother died two years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of the grand parents at 4
o'clock this afternoon, followed by interment in the Catholic Cemetery.
Knoll
Mr. Margaret Knoll, wife of Harry
Knoll, of Los Angeles, Cal. and a former resident of fort Wayne, is
dead at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Reithoner,
according to word received here by the grandmother, Mrs. Catherine
Mills, of Organ Avenus, this city.
Mrs. Knoll was formerly Miss Margaret Reithoner, and before her
marriage had resided in Fort Wayne for many years. Surviving besides
the husband and parents are two children Donald and Velma Knoll.
Ormsby
Henry Ormsby, aged 68 years, formerly
of fort Wayne, but recently employed at the Henry Rodenback Farm, near
Monmouth, died at the Adams County Infirmary after an extended illness.
Death was due to heart trouble and a dropsical affection. The wife died
nine months ago. Nine children, one of whom is Miss Carrie Ormsby, of
this city, survive, funeral services were held at the county farm
Thursday afternoon.
Eicher
Peter Eicher, a farmer residing near
Rockford Ohio, died yesterday at the Lutheran Hosptial at the age of 65
years, death being due to embalism. The body was removed to the Peltier
Morgue to be prepared for burial, and was last night shipped to
Rockford, where funeral services and burial will take place.
Funeral
Announcments
The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel 1918-04-01
Miss
Mary Freiburger
1314 South Clinton Street, 7:30 a.m. St. Peter's Catholic Church, 9
a.m. Saturday, Catholic Cemetery, Motor Funeral
Stocan Noteff
Schone & Ankenbruck Chapel 2 p.m. Saturday. Lindenwood Cemetery,
Motor Funeral
Ollie J. Havert
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 10 a.m. Saturday, Catholic
Cemetery
Mrs. Delilah Krueger
2404 Lillie Street, 1 p.m. Saturday The Rev. Mr. Blair, Lakeview
Cemetery, Kendallville, Motor Funeral
Mrs. Henrietta Trader
At the home of daughter, Mrs. George Addon, 231 Masterson Avenue, 1:15
p.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1:45 p.m. Sunday. the Rev. J.W.
Miller. Concordia Cemetery.
Elnore Prange
Klaehn & Melching Chapel 2 p.m. Saturday the Rev. William Moll
Concord's Cemetery
Christian F. Zollinger
1020 St. Joe Blvd. 2 p.m. Sunday. the Rev. W.C. Beck,am I.O.O.F
Cemetery at New Haven, Motor Funeral
Members of the Mail Carriers' Association and other Post Office
Employees will attend in a body.
Jesse J. Landis
1803 South Harrison Street 1 p.m. first Baptist Church 1:15 p.m.
Monday, the Rev. J.R. Gunn, S.W. Stirk circle. Ladies of the G.A.R. and
veterans od the G.A.R. will hold services at the church. After the
services here the Funeral party will proceed to Huntington, where
services will be held at the Zion Baptist Church, followed by interment
in the church cemetery.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - May 11, 1970
Deceased Name: W.W.
Rogers, 83, Dies Founder
Grocery Chain
Chairman of
the board of Rogers Markers, W.W. Rogers, 83, of Townhouse Retirement
Home, died at 3:55 p.m. Sunday in Lutheran Hospital. He had been a
patient there one month. Founder of the grocery chain in 1944, he had
previously worked for the
Kroger Co., and Hoosier Stores here. He was a member of
Plymouth Congregational Church, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of
Commerce. Services will be 1:30
p.m. Tuesday in Chalfant-Perry-Klaehn Funeral Home, with Rev. Lawrence
Fairchild officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Surviving are three sons,
Harry W., Charles E. and John A., and a sister, Mrs. Harriet White, all
of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Honorary
pallbearers will
be Paul F. Yergens, Ermin P. Ruf, Willard Shambaugh and Frank S.
Bowers. Active pallbearers will be Walter L. Scott, David M. Rhoades,
Robert O. Lambert, C.J. Romary, William H. Rogers and John W. Rogers.
Preferred memorials are to Plymouth Congregational Church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - November 16, 1970
Deceased Name: Ralph
Gladieux Dies Founder of Refinery
Ralph E. Gladieux, 4133 New Haven Ave., founder
of the Gladieux Refinery Inc. and Service Station, died at 9:55 a.m.
today in Parkview Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gladieux, a lifelong resident
of Allen County, was a member of the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the American Petroleum
Institute of Washington D.C., the National Petroleum Refiners
Association, United Commercial Travelers and Automotive Maintenance
association. He also was an associate member of the Frater Order of
Police. Surviving are his wife,
Dolores B.; a sone, James M., Mrs. Maxine Sordelet and Mrs. Jan
Fletcher, Fort Wayne; six brothers, Justin, Louis and Ernest, Fort
Wayne; Clyde, New Haven, and Virgil and Nelson, Toledo, O.; two
sisters, Mrs. Floyd Parnin, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Harry Thorpe, Angola
and 21 grandchildren. Arrangements will by by
the D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home. Preferred memorials are gifts
to the Allen County Heart Fund of the Visiting Nurses Service.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - June 22, 1982
Deceased Name: Zollner dies at age 81
Prominent Fort Wayne industrialist and sports team owner Fred Zollner, 81, died Monday
afternoon in St. Francis Hospital, North Miami, Fla. He had lived for
30 years in nearby Golden Beach, Fla.
Zollner was board chairman and chief executive officer of Fort
Wayne-based Zollner Corp., where his career spanned 56 years. The
business, founded by his father, Theodore, was moved to Fort Wayne in
1931 and eventually became the supplier of 70 percent of the world's
heavy duty aluminum pistons for internal combustion engines. Zollner
maintained company offices in both Fort Wayne and Golden Beach.
Zollner also was the owner of the professional basketball Pistons
during their years in Fort Wayne and after their 1957 move to Detroit.
Those teams won three world championships while in Fort Wayne. He sold
the team in 1974.
Zollner also sponsored an amateur softball team that won three
consecutive world championships, and he supported other sports programs
in the community.
A sister, Janet Zollner Fisher of Fort Wayne, survives. She is senior
vice-president of Zollner Corp. A trust established by Zollner provides
for continuing operations of the Fort Wayne firm under its present
management.
Arrangements for services are pending at Klaehn's Chalfant-Perry Chapel.
The active, diverse career of Zollner included two terms as mayor of
Golden Beach.
Zollner was honored in 1947 as Fort Wayne's ''Man of the Year'' for his
role in ''bringing Fort Wayne to the attention of the nation.'' He was
cited for his development of the Zollner Corp. and for his sponsorship
of world champion sports teams.
The Zollner business was organized in 1912 in Duluth, Minn., and
Zollner joined it as chief engineer and vice-president in 1926, just a
year before receiving his mechanical engineering degree from the
University of Minnesota.
When his father died in 1952, Zollner became president of the
corporation. In 1967, Zollner became board chairman and chief executive
officer of Zollner Corp. and of Zollner Canada Ltd., Leamington,
Ontario.
Zollner told an interviewer in the mid-'50s the piston business ''isn't
glamourous ... it's a complicated art.''
He invented and improved piston designs, structurally and
metallurgically, in aluminum alloy for both gasoline and diesel
engines. He pioneered and developed bi-metallic (aluminum alloy and
ferrous material) pistons to control expansion and resist wear. And he
also did extensive research on turbine engines for land and marine
applications.
A board member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.,
Zollner also was a 30-year director of Lincoln National Bank, a trustee
of Tri-State College and was active in several other organizations.
Officers who will continue the Zollner Corp. operations include
Marjorie E. Bowstrom, board vice-chairman; P.L. Bowser, president;
Janet Zollner Fisher, senior vice-president; Blayne Osborne, executive
vice-president; Ronald Burgette, vice president of engineering, and
Paul O. Schirmeyer, treasurer.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - January 7, 1985
Deceased Name: Franklin National founder is dead
Tuesday services have been scheduled for Franklin National Life
Insurance Co. founder Louie Palumbo, 60, who died at home
Friday.
Allen County Coroner Phillip O'Shaughnessy said today Palumbo died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Palumbo founded Franklin in 1961. He resigned as president and chairman
of the board in January 1983 after Franklin encountered severe
financial problems. The company now is under liquidation by the Indiana
Department of Insurance.
Franklin still owns real estate at 2100 Goshen Road, including the
Olympia Athletic Club, said Mike FitzGibbons, chief examiner of the
state insurance department. FitzGibbons said Franklin's policies
recently were transferred to United Founders Life Insurance Co. of
Oklahoma City in exchange for a portion of Franklin's assets.
The company had its best sales year in 1982, when sales totaled about
$8.5 million. But those hefty sales caused difficulties because new
policies are expensive to service.
Under Indiana law, companies must maintain a surplus - the amount by
which assets exceed liabilities. But Franklin sold so many policies
that its surplus was not large enough under Indiana law.
At the time, Palumbo said that the problems occurred because he thought
real estate could be counted as an asset under Indiana law. But the
state ruled that real estate could not be counted, which caused the
surplus shortfall.
Franklin was placed in liquidation in September.
Palumbo was a veteran of World War II and a member of St. Vincent
Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 451 Father Brandon
chapter, Anthony Wayne Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and the Fort
Wayne Serra Club.
Surviving are his wife, Jean M.; four daughters, Linda Reynolds, Laura
McArdle, Tamara Miller and Kim Palumbo, all of Fort Wayne; a son, Jerry
L. of Fort Wayne; a brother, Vito D. of Leo; and two sisters, Grace
Gardt of Fort Wayne and Rose Marie McKimson of Troy, Mich.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Vincent Catholic Church. Calling is
from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in D.O. McComb & Sons Maplewood
Park Funeral Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road, with a rosary recited there at
8 p.m. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery, Auburn.
Preferred memorials are gifts to the church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - October 24, 1985
Deceased Name: Charlie Bilskie:
Beloved candy stand figure dies
People who approached the snack stand in the federal building Wednesday
expected Charlie Bilskie's usual bright greeting. Instead, they found a
message taped to the metal pull-down door:
"We regret to inform you, our friend Charlie Bilskie passed away."
The federal building's most familiar face will no longer smile from the
lobby booth where Charlie sold candy, cigarettes and newspapers and
gave away greetings and good conversation. The 74-year-old blind vendor
died early Wednesday at his Clara Avenue home.
Only Tuesday, Charlie told a federal court employee that his 34th
anniversary was coming up. He set up shop Nov. 15, 1951 when he got the
job as part of the state's effort to find work for the blind.
When he started, business was brisk. But Charlie stayed even after the
U.S. Postal Service moved to its new building on Clinton Street in 1980
and visitors to the Harrison Street building dwindled.
"I feel like this is my home. It should, after all these years," he
said in 1981, as he celebrated his 30th anniversary at the building
with a cake given by friends.
Charlie had a lot of friends. They remember his cheerful disposition
and the way he knew a person just by the sound of his voice or click of
her heels.
U.S. District Judge William Lee said he will remember Charlie for "his
unfailing good humor. He always seemed to have a very good outlook."
"He was a beautiful person," said former federal judge Jesse Eschbach,
who served in Fort Wayne for about 20 years before his appointment to
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. "He always had a smile and
a word. He made you feel a little bit better."
Marguerite Long, who visited Charlie's stand during the years she
worked in the U.S. attorney's office, said Charlie "could tell how you
felt by your voice. He could tell when you weren't feeling real good."
Long now is retired.
Mary Meurer, who retired from Lincoln National Corp. in 1973, said, "I
could walk into that federal building and say, 'Good morning Bilskie.'
And he'd say are you, Mary?"'
Charlie loved music. He listened to classical music on the radio at
work. He loved to attend concerts by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and
he was proud of his 50 years with the St. Jude Catholic Church choir.
Ed Throm, former director of the St. Jude's choir and now a music
minister for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, said Charlie almost
never missed choir practice.
"He sang tenor. He was blind, but he would listen as the other people
practiced their parts," Throm said. "In his later years, he had
problems just getting his breath." But when he was younger, he was
considered the premier soloist for weddings at St. Jude's.
"He had a beautiful voice," Meurer recalled.
Mary Quackenbush, a retired Lincoln employee, met Charlie more than 20
years ago. Her teen-age sons would spend time with him after school,
sometimes helping to fill racks of candy, as they waited for her to
finish work at Lincoln. "He sang at both my boys' weddings,"
Quackenbush said.
He loved flowers, inviting customers to take a closer look at tulips he
brought to work.
He also loved to chat.
"He just loved to talk," Quackenbush said. "You'd tell him your
problems and he'd help if he could. He'd tell you his stories and we'd
tell him ours."
In 1966, Charlie told a reporter, "There's no better place to study
psychology than that lobby."
Pat Krider, office manager for the U.S. attorney's office, said it is
likely many federal building friends will attend a memorial service for
Charlie at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mungovan & Sons Memorial Chapel,
2114 S. Calhoun St. He is survived by two sisters.
"The general feeling is that a good friend is gone. He was a real
friend to everybody," said Krider, who typed the note that was taped to
Charlie's booth.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - March 11, 1986
Deceased Name: Perfection Biscuit leader dies
H. Leslie Popp, a longtime
business and civic leader in Fort Wayne, died at his home Monday. He
was 87.
Popp, who began his career with Perfection Biscuit Co. in 1927, rose to
become the firm's chairman of the board. He also founded the city's
first television station, WKJG-TV.
The University of Michigan graduate was on the board of directors of
Rogers Markets, an honorary director of Lincoln National Bank &
Trust Co. and was a director of the Methodist Hospital at Lewis and
Calhoun streets, which later was rebuilt as Parkview Memorial Hospital
on Randallia Drive.
He served on the building committee for the present facility.
He was past president of the Fort Wayne Rotary Club and belonged to its
Paul Harris Fellow group. He was a member of the Quest Club, Home Lodge
342 F & AM, Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine. He also was past
president of the American Biscuit and Cracker Association.
He was a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church and served on many
of its boards.
He was a member of the church council for more than 20 years.
He also was a member of the Fort Wayne Country Club, Taxpayers Research
and YMCA.
He is survived by his wife, Lucile Franke Popp; two sons, John F. Popp
and H. Leslie Popp Jr., both of Fort Wayne; a brother, Ralph E. Popp of
Fort Wayne; and three grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Trinity English Lutheran Church
with private graveside services following in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Calling is 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Klaehn's Wayne Street
Chapel, 420 W. Wayne St.
Preferred memorials are gifts to Trinity English Lutheran Church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - March 19, 1986
Deceased Name: Cecil Stradley,
was Dana Corp. vice president
Cecil W. Stradley, 50, died Monday in Parkview Memorial Hospital.
The Decatur, Ill., native had lived in Fort Wayne the past three years.
He was a member of Saint Joseph United Methodist Church.
Mr. Stradley graduated from the University of Illinois in 1959. He
worked in sales and engineering positions with Dana until 1971 when he
was appointed plant manager in Tipton, Ind. In 1977, he was appointed
to the post of manufacturing director of the Dana facility in Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
He returned to the United States in 1980 and was named director of
corporate planning at the company's headquarters in Toledo, Ohio. In
1983, he became vice president and general manager of Dana Corp. Spicer
Clutch Division in Auburn. He was elevated to the post of vice
president and division general manager of the Toledo-based Spicer
Universal Joint Division in 1986.
He was a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and American
Management Association. He also was a 1985 graduate of Harvard
University in advanced management studies. He previously studied
management techniques at Hillsdale College in Michigan and Northwestern
University.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn C.; a son, Mark A. Stradley, at home;
and a brother, the Rev. Floyd R. Stradley of Champaign, Ill.
Services are 1 p.m. Friday in Saint Joseph United Methodist Church,
with burial in Highland Park Cemetery. Calling will be from 3 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in D.O. McComb & Sons Maplewood Park Funeral
Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road, and also from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the
church.
Preferred memorials are gifts to Saint Joseph United Methodist Church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - April 9, 1986
Deceased Name: Samuel Leto, 22
years with city police
Samuel J. Leto, a former deputy chief in the Fort Wayne Police
Department and candidate for Allen County sheriff, died Tuesday in
Parkview Memorial Hospital.
Leto, 49, was a popular police officer during his 22-year career and
was considered a "hardworking Democrat," by those who backed his
unsuccessful challenge to Republican Sheriff Daniel Figel in 1982.
Like most other Democrats running for office in Allen County that year,
Leto lost by a substantial margin.
"He was a hard, campaigner and a good party man," said Charles H.
Belch, who is now Democratic chairman in the 4th Congressional District.
Leto was born in Fort Wayne and joined the Police Department in 1961
and retired in 1983.
He also served as Avilla town marshal from July 1983 to June 1984.
Leo subsequently opened a shop and restaurant on the Landing. His shop
became a popular gathering spot for off-duty police officers.
Illness forced Leto to sell the shop a short time later.
He was formerly employed at International Harvester Co., the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Montgomery Ward Co., Independent Newspaper in
San Diego, Calif., and Ryan Aircraft Co. in San Diego.
He was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
He was selected to appear in the National Register of Outstanding Law
Enforcement Officers in 1980, was president of the Fraternal Order of
Police in 1969 and was on the Police Athletic League board of directors.
Surviving are a son, Samuel J. Leto III of Fort Wayne; a daughter,
Maria L. Leto of Fort Wayne; his mother, Mary Leto of Fort Wayne; three
brothers, Nick Leto of San Diego, and Domanic Leto and Frank Leto, both
of Fort Wayne; and a sister, Katie Hesley of Fort Wayne.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday in Tom Mungovan Funeral Home, 2221 S.
Calhoun St., and at 10:30 a.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception. Calling is from, 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home, where the rosary will be recited
at 6:45 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are gifts to the American Cancer Society.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - April 19, 1986
Deceased Name: McMillen ran Central Soya, sat on boards
Dale W. McMillen Jr., 72, died Friday in Lutheran Hospital.
He served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of
Central Soya Co. until 1975 and retired in 1979. Born in Van Wert,
Ohio, he had lived most of his life in Fort Wayne. He had served as a
director of Fort Wayne National Bank, Culver Education Foundation and
Princeton Theological Seminary.
He was an elder of First Presbyterian Church, a 32nd degree Mason, a
past president of the Fort Wayne Foundation and a member of Quest Club,
Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Fort Wayne Country Club.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth; a daughter, Athalie Long of
Edwardsville, Ill.; two sons, Dale W. III of Fort Worth, Texas, and
John F. of Fort Wayne; a sister, Mary Jane Crowe of Juno Beach, Fla.;
and eight grandchildren.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday in First Presbyterian Church. Calling is
7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel, 420 W. Wayne St.
Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Preferred memorials are gifts to First Presbyterian Church or the
donor's favorite charity.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - June 4, 1986
Deceased Name: Former Perfection Biscuit president, 57, dies
H. Leslie Popp Jr., 57, a
business leader and native of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday. A former
treasurer, vice president and president of Perfection Biscuit Co., he
retired in 1980 after 27 years but remained on the company's board of
directors.
Popp, an Air Force lieutenant in the Office of Strategic Services, was
a Korean War veteran and member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A University of Michigan graduate, Popp was a member of the
university's victorious football team in the 1950 Rose Bowl. He was a
graduate of Culver Military Academy and a member of Trinity English
Lutheran Church.
He was also a board member of the Allen-Wells Chapter of the American
Red Cross and the Better Business Bureau of Fort Wayne and was a member
of several other organizations.
He is survived by his wife, Carol; a daughter, Catherine L. Popp of
Carlisle, Pa.; his mother, Lucile Franke Popp of Fort Wayne; and a
brother John F. Popp, also of Fort Wayne.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday in Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405
E. Wayne St. Private graveside services will be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Calling is 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. in Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel,
420 W. Wayne St. Preferred memorials are gifts to the Fort Wayne
University of Michigan Almuni Club and Trinity English Lutheran Church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - October 18, 1986
Deceased Name: Haywood M. Davis,
auto dealer
Haywood M. Davis, owner of the former Davis Auto Co. for more than 50
years, died Friday in Parkview Memorial Hospital.
Davis, 84, was the only owner of Davis Pontiac, 312 E. Main St., until
he sold the business to Jim Bostwick June 3, 1985.
Davis said when he sold the dealership, "We've had a lot of good
fortune, and whatever success I've enjoyed has been because we've tried
to treat people the way we wanted to be treated."
When Davis opened the showroom in 1934, it was in the middle of the
Great Depression. "Sure, it was risky," Davis said. "But you've got to
be willing to take a chance.
About the only time Davis sold fewer cars than during the Great
Depression was during World War II, when new car production stopped so
automakers could produce tanks instead of sedans.
Davis took another chance in 1981, when he paid $25,000 for a franchise
to sell DeLorean sports cars. But the DeLorean company went bankrupt in
1983, after Davis had sold just 10 of the stainless steel cars.
Born in Warrenton, Ind., he had served as an Army captain in World War
II. He was a director of Summit Bank and Parkview Memorial Hospital and
a past president of Auto Dealers Association of Indiana, Fort Wayne
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, Quest Club, Junto Club,
Fort Wayne Country Club, Fort Wayne Auto Dealers Association and Fort
Wayne Foundation. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and Elks
Lodge. He had received several business and community service awards.
His wife, Ruth, died in 1982.
Surviving is a son, James E. of Fort Wayne and Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Services are 10 a.m. Monday in Trinity Episcopal Church. Calling is 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Klaehn's Chalfant-Perry Chapel, 2423
Fairfield Ave., and one hour before servides in the church. Burial will
be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - March 26, 1987
Deceased Name: Helene Foellinger:
Former publisher Foellinger dies
Helene Foellinger, former publisher of The News-Sentinel and president
of Fort Wayne Newspapers Inc. and one of Fort Wayne's leading patrons
of arts, entertainment and education, died of cancer at 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital. She was 76.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Trinity English
Lutheran Church, with burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. There are no
calling hours. Arrangements are by Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel.
Preferred memorials are gifts to a charity of the donor's choice.
In her 45-year newspaper career, Foellinger increased circulation of
The News-Sentinel by more than 30 percent, forged a joint operating
agreement that ensured the survival of the rival Journal-Gazette and
built a new headquarters for both newspapers.
Foellinger was expecting a gradual apprenticeship in newspaper
management when her publisher father, Oscar, died Oct. 8, 1936, and she
was appointed to succeed him.
At 25, she was the youngest publisher in the nation and one of the few
women to lead a newspaper.
A large chunk of the multimillion-dollar fortune she amassed in
newspaper publishing was channeled into dozens of civic and charitable
projects through the Foellinger Foundation.
Her legacy includes the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory,
1100 S. Calhoun St., the Foellinger Outdoor Theater at Franke Park and
major gifts to most of the city's arts organizations and the journalism
programs at Indiana and Ball State universities.
The Foellinger Foundation will continue to provide money to Fort Wayne
and Allen County organizations, Walter Helmke, a member of the board,
said today.
The foundation provided money to any organization Foellinger thought
would benefit the community, Helmke said.
"There will be no changes in the way the foundation operates," Helmke
said. "She has set goals for us, and we hope to do the same things and
continue to follow her path for many years."
Foellinger received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Tri-State
University, Angola, in 1964 and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
Indiana University in 1977.
Foellinger was born Dec. 12, 1910, the first of two daughters of Oscar
G. and Esther Anna (Deuter) Foelligner.
Oscar Foellinger was a bookkeeper at the Journal-Gazette before World
War I. In 1920, two years after The News merged with The Sentinel, he
became president and general manager of that combined operation.
Young Helene grew up playing in the old News-Sentinel building at Barr
and Washington streets (the present home of the United Way) and
expected to work in the business. She attended South Wayne School,
Miner Junior High and South Side High School.
Oscar Foellinger ruled out fashionable Eastern women's colleges for his
daughter, fearing she would be corrupted by drinking and cigarette
smoking.
As a result, Helene Foellinger attended the University of Illinois
where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and earned a math degree in
1932.
Of her father's worries, Foellinger, in a September 1985 interview,
puckishly remarked that she never smoked but heartily approved of
cocktails before dinner.
Spirited, occasionally tart-tongued commentary as well as a fondness
for Cadillac convertibles were colorful exceptions to an otherwise
reserved public persona.
In business, Foellinger operated with an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Always friendly, particularly to employees, she was notoriously
hard-nosed in financial matters.
"Yes," she once told a reporter, "I was interested in the bottom line.
I had to be, because if I hadn't been, we wouldn't have been in
business."
Foellinger's premature promotion to publisher demonstrated to her just
how fragile life, let alone finances, could be. Foellinger who had just
launched the newspaper's women's pages and was counting on further
grooming, said youthful cockiness and good help allowed her to succeed.
"Looking back on it, people, I guess, thought I was out of my mind. As
I look back now," she said in 1985, "maybe I was. You know, when you're
young, you sometimes think you can do anything if you have the right
people working for you. I was very, very fortunate to have an extremely
loyal group of people."
Late in life, Foellinger spoke with satisfaction of earning the respect
of older male colleagues in the publishing fraternity and the local
business community.
Although a trailblazer for her gender, Foellinger did not identify with
the women's liberation movement. "I happen not to be a feminist " she
said, "and I get a little upset with some of these feminists - where
there's too much push. I think you have to earn your spurs and be
accepted."
But she admitted that "it's still pretty much true that it's a man's
world."
During her first five years as Publisher, News-Sentinel circulation
increased from 56,700 to 67,800.
In 1950, Foellinger reached a joint operating agreement with the
then-ailing Journal-Gazette.
She formed Fort Wayne Newspapers Inc. to provide advertising and
printing services to both newspapers.
Eight years later, she built the newspapers' present quarters at 600 W.
Main St.
Foellinger, or Miss F., as she was sometimes called, devoted herself
mainly to The News-Sentinel's business operations, choosing to wield
little day-to-day influence in editorial matters.
She prided herself on fostering a warm work environment for her
employees.
"We were sort of like a family," she said.
It was her only family; Foellinger never married and leaves no
immediate survivors.
Her younger sister and only sibling, Loretta Teeple, was killed in a
plane crash in 1950.
Her mother died in 1969.
In 1985, Foellinger explained, "I married my job. I was perfectly
willing to sacrifice a great deal, which I'm sure I did."
Foellinger quickly steered the 1985 interview toward the
accomplishments that had given her pleasure: running a profitable
newspaper, philanthropic activity, and, on a more personal level,
horseback riding.
But she wistfully noted that the absence of heirs prompted the sale of
The News-Sentinel and her controlling interest in Fort Wayne Newspapers
Inc. to Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc. in 1980 for about $37 million.
"If I had just had a child who would be interested in the business
...," she said. "I did the very best thing I could at the time. I sold
it to the group I thought was the very best group."
Foellinger remained with The News-Sentinel as a consultant through
October 1981, capping 45 years in the newspaper business."
In retirement, she continued as the doyenne of local arts but chafed at
loss of control of her newspaper.
She did not hesitate to criticize changes of which she disapproved in
The News-Sentinel.
For the past six years, Foellinger spent the bulk of her time at her
tree-shaded Old Mill Road home, venturing out mainly for meetings of
Civic groups and the Foellinger Foundation.
Established in 1958, the foundation has assets of $16 million and has
disbursed at least $10 million.
The retired publisher's support for the arts was recognized with the
Governor's Arts Patron Award, bestowed in a Statehouse ceremony Feb. 10
in Indianapolis.
It was her last major public appearance.
Foellinger said she enjoyed philanthropy because it provided "the
opportunity to see what your money is doing rather than waiting until
after you're dead and you can't see what it's done. Think of the fun
you've missed.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - April 20, 1987
Deceased Name: Businessman Centlivre dies
Herman G. Centfivre, 84, died
Saturday in St. Joseph Medical Center.
The Fort Wayne native was former secretary-treasurer and advertising
director for Centlivre Brewing Corp. He Centlivre was the grandson of
Charles L. Centlivre, who founded the brewery at Spy Run Avenue and
North Clinton Street in 1962.
He also was president and director of Centlivre Realty Corp. and a
director of O'Dowd Realty Corp.
He was a graduate of Central Catholic High School and a 1925 graduate
of the University of Notre Dame. He joined the family business in 1933
after serving in the national advertising department of Campbell-Ewald
Co. in New York; Buffalo, N.Y.; Pittsburgh, and Detroit.
He was a charter member of the Fort Wayne SERRA Club, an organization
of Catholic men. He served on the Fort Wayne Tennis Commission for four
years and was a member of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce
and the Fort Wayne Advertising Club.
Centlivre's wife, May O'Dowd Centlivre, died in 1963.
Surviving are three daughters, Suzanne C. Farmer of St. Joseph, Mich.,
Catherine C. Hitchcock of Sterling Heights, Mich., and Julie Kundert of
Evanston, M; a son, Charles F., of Grosse Ile, Mich.; a sister, Bernice
C. Popp of Fort Wayne; and 23 grandchildren.
Services are 9:30 am. Tuesday in Mungovan & Sons Memorial Chapel,
2114 S. Calhoun St., and at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception, with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Calling is 2 to 5 and 7
to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home, where the rosary will be recited
at 7:30 p.m.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne,
IN) - December 22, 1987
Deceased Name: Ex-reporter Floyd Logan
dies
Floyd ''Slats'' Logan, 83, of Indianapolis, died yesterday in Community
Hospital East.
The Cass County native worked as a reporter, book critic and theater
critic at The News-Sentinel for 25 years. After he left Fort Wayne, he
was in the public relations department of Kingan Meat Corp., which
later became HyGrade Meats.
Logan was a correspondent for papers in Indianapolis, Louisville and
Cincinnati during his newspaper career.
During World War II, he served in the Air Force in the Pacific Theater,
and later on special assignment as a bomb disposal expert.
He was honored in Fort Wayne as a driving force in the development of
the Fine Arts Foundation. Later, in Indianapolis, he was president of
the Press Club, was honored in 1973 as Civic Man of the Year by the
Downtown Indianapolis Kiwanis and was a director of the James Whitcomb
Riley Memorial Association, which raises funds for Riley Children's
Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Betty, and two sisters, Margaret Amos of
Logansport and Susie Schwarzkops of Fort Wayne.
Graveside services are at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in St. John's Lutheran
Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne, IN. Oct.31, 1898.
Dr. J.H. Kappel, coroner of
Allen County, died this morning after a lingering illness, the result
of sunstroke 2 years ago. He was 29 years old and leaves a wife, to
whom he was married only 1 year.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 15 -
W. H. Dills - one of the
leading Democratic politicans of Northern Indiana, died at his home at
Auburn, Ind., of heart disease this morning.
(The St. Louis Republic, January 16, 1891, page 2)
Van Wert Times Nov 4, 1972
Marie Wallace, 57, of
Cleveland, a former resident of Middle St., died
Thursday in Metropolitan General Hospital following a two-day illness.
Born Aug. 20, 1915, in Van Wert, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mullen. Survivors include a sister, Velma Mullen of Middle St.,
and two brothers, John Mullen of Defiance and Art Mullen of Ft. Wayne.
The body will be removed to the Klaehn Funeral Home, W. Wayne St., Fort
Wayne today, where funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday
by the Rev. Tom Steinsman. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
( contributed by Linda Dietz)
Name of Deceased: Edna
"Becky" Zent
County Name: Allen
State: IN
Newspaper: The Journal Gazette
Obit: Edna "Becky" Zent, 107,
died Sunday (13 Feb 2000) at Kingston
Care Center. She was born in Fort Wayne. Surviving are three
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 15
great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first
husband, C. C. Miller, in 1925; her second husband, Emerson Zent, in
1980; and a son, David C. Miller, in 1996. Services at 11 a.m. Thursday
at D. O. McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfiled
Ave. Calling from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial
Park. Memorials to Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice.
(
Submitters Name: Ida Maack Recu
)
Name of Deceased: Maxine D Blake
Zent
County Name: Allen State: IN
Newspaper: The News-Sentinel
Obit:
MAXINE D. ZENT, 78, of
Fort Wayne, died Monday, March 12, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort
Wayne. Born Aug. 2, 1928, in Fort Wayne, she was a member of St.
Michael Lutheran Church. She worked as a wirer at Royal Lace for over
15 years and was a homemaker. Surviving are her sons, Steve Zent and
Bill Zent, both of Fort Wayne, and Gary Zent of Auburn; daughters, Don
Deena Bowersock of Fort Wayne, Sue Swartz of Kimmell and Peggy Doherty
of Austin, Texas; brother, Doyle Blake of Fort Wayne; sister, Charlotte
Wiselman of Fort Wayne; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and
two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Eldon Zent, in 2002. Funeral service is 12:30 p.m. Friday at
Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home For Funerals, 6810 old Trail Road, Fort
Wayne. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne. Memorials
to Alzheimer's Association.
( Submitters Name: Ida Maack Recu )
Obit:
ANNETTE C. REINCKE, 86, died Friday,
May 5, 2006, at Lutheran Home. Born April 20, 1920, in Des Plaines,
Ill.; she was the eldest daughter of Paul F. and Alwina Amling. She
graduated from Valparaiso University and moved to Fort Wayne in 1949.
She married Richard F. Reincke on Feb. 16, 1946 and he preceded her in
death in 1978. She was employed as a bookkeeper for Interim Investment
Inc., until her death. She was their trusted and respected employee for
over 40 years.
She was a member and active volunteer at Concordia Lutheran Church. She
regularly volunteered for the Lutheran Home Auxiliary. She had been a
member of the Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary for many years and active
earlier in life in the League of Women Voters. Survived by her sons,
Tom (Mary Ann) and Terry (Sarah); five grandchildren, Thom (Angela)
Reincke of Apex, N.C., Brian (Tracy) Reincke of Fort Wayne, Scott
(Brandy) Reincke of Warsaw, Ind., Joe Reincke and Emma Reincke, both of
Fort Wayne; and six great-grandchildren.
Service is 10 a.m. Monday at Concordia Lutheran Church, 4245 Lake
Avenue, with calling from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran Home,
Concord Village Chapel, 6701 S. Anthony Blvd. Burial in Concordia
Cemetery Gardens. Memorials to Lutheran Home, 6701 S. Anthony Blvd.,
Fort Wayne, Ind., 46816 or Concordia Lutheran Church, 4245 Lake Avenue,
Fort Wayne, Ind., 46815. Arrangements by D.O. McComb & Sons
Maplewood Park Funeral Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road.
Newspaper: News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
Submitters Name: Ida Maack Recu
Fort Wayne News Sentinel May 06, 1918
CAPTAIN ADAM HULL IS DEAD
Prominent Indiana Civil War Officer Called by Death
Captain Adam Hull, aged 76 years, one of Indiana's best known veteran
officers of the civil war, and a resident of Allen County for over half
a century, is dead at his home at Cedarville.
Captaibn Hull was born in Allen County Jan. 15, 1842 and had resided in
Indiana the greater portion of his life. At the outbreak of the civil
war, he enlisted as a private at Camp Allen, and after serving three
years in the ranks, was promoted to rank of Captain and placed in
command of Company C. Fourty-fourth Indiana volunteer Infantry.
This regiment played a distinguished part in many battles, notably at
Stone river, Tenn., and at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. During the
latter part of the war, Captain Hull was assigned to Garrison duty at
Chattanooga.
Captain Hull was married to Miss Mary Jane Gray, June 23, 1868. Nine
children, one of whom proceded him in death, were born to this union.
Those, surviving are Florence and Willard Hull at home; Mrs. Andrew
Harkey, Collingwood; Mrs. George Johnson, Conrad, N.H.; Adam Birdwell
Hull, Sturgis, Mich.; Mrs. Laura Vanzile, also of Sturgis; Judson Hull,
of Leo and Mrs. Edward Brice, of fort Wayne. Twenty-four grandchildren
. three great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clcok Tuesday morning at the
Cedarville Church. followed by interment in the Leo Cemetery.
Allen County
Indianapolis Sentinel 1875-04-02
On Sunday night the children of
Caleb
and Lewis Ferris, while playing on the ice on the pond at Parlor
Coal Mine, near Jackson broke through, and two sons of Caleb Ferris
were drowned. The rest of the children were rescued almost dead, but
have since recovered.
Fort Wayne Sentinel 1918-11-04
Tielker
Mrs. Catherine Tielker, aged
50, widow of the late Christian Tielker, died at the residence of her
mother, 11 43 Packard Avenue, last night after a ten months; illness
with cancer. Th deceased had been employed at the Lutheran Hospital for
the past eight years. She is survived by the mother, one son Paul, and
one grandson, Paul Owen. No funeral arrangements have been made yet.
Mooney
Mary J. Mooney, one-day-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mooney, who died at the residence of
the parents, 2332 Gay Street, yesterday afternoon, was buried this
afternoon, interment made in Lindenwood cemetery.
Goodwin
Word has been received in the city of the death of
Edward Goodwin, who was struck and
killed by automobile in Chicago Saturday night. the deceased was well
known in Fort Wayne, having been employed here some time ago when he
made his home here. Mrs. Goodwin is a niece of M.E. Driscoll, of 247
Douglas Avenue, funeral service will be held in Chicago.
Damanos
Theodore Damanos, a Greek,
employed in the shoe shining parlor operated by himself and other
Greeks of the city, at 123 East Berry, was found dead in a chair in his
establishment this morning by some of his fellow workmen. the body was
taken to the undertaking parlors of Schone & Ankenbruck, where a
postmortem was held by coroner Rothschold. No funeral arrangements have
been announced.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort
Wayne News Sentinel
Mrs. Carrie Gerwig, aged 31
years, wife of Henry Gerwig, of Woodburn died shortly before midnight
Saturday night at the Lutheran Hospital death being due to neuritis,
with which the decedent had been afflicted for some time. She had been
a patient of the hospital for three days.
The husband and one small son survive. The body was removed to the
Peltier undertaking establishmnet to be prepared for burial and was
last evening shipped to Woodburn, where the funeral services and
interment will take place.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Diphtheria, the first case to be reported here for a number of weeks,
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon proved fatal to
Miss Vesta May Beaty, five year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. charles Beaty, 3718 Holton Avenue. the
parents, two brothers, Clarence and Herbert Beaty, and one sister, Miss
Josephine beaty survive.
Private funeral services wer conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
at the family home. Interment took place in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
After serving as a pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran church at Terre Haute
for more than forty years, the
Rev.
Henry G. Katt died yesterday at his home at Terre Haute at the
age of sixty-seven years, death following an extended illness. The Rev.
Mr. Katt was well known in Fort Wayne as he attended Concordia College
for six years and subsequently frequently visited in this city.
After graduating from the local Lutheran Theological Institution, the
Rev. Mr. Katt attended concordia theological Seminary at St. Louis, Mo.
He had charge of pastorate at Louisville, Ky. Inglefield and Wanatah,
Ind. prior to assuming his pastoral duties at Terre Haute.
Surviving are the widow and four children, August c. Katt, of Fort
Wayne, the Rev. Arthur Katt, Mrs. Alma G. Mondy and Miss Norma Katt,
all of Terre Haute.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Bessis Schingledecker, Infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Schingledecker, 2105 Roy Street died
this morning at Hope Methodist Hospital. A twin sister died last
Thursday
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
home. followed by burial in Lindenwood Cemetery
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
An attack of apoplexy, following an extended period of ill health,
resulted in the death of
Mrs. Belinda
C. Braden, 3007 South Wayne Avenue, at the Lutheran Hospital at
5:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. the decedent was born in Adams county,
June 1, 1876, but had resided in fort Wayne for the past several years.
Those who survive include the husband, three children, Omar P., Barry
D. and Melissie J. Braden, all residing at home; also two brothers G.G,
Darwin, of fort Wayne and W.R. Darwin, decatur, and three sisters Mrs.
Miles Phillais, of Oregon, Mrs. Jack Church, of Michigan, and Mrs.
Thomas Dent, of this city.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
The
Rev. L.D. Wert of
Lafayette, Ohio, died Saturday at the Lutheran Hospital, death was due
to goitre, for the relief of which the decedent had under gone an
operation two weeks ago. the decedent was 41 years old and is survived
by the wife and two children.
The body was removed to the Chalfart & Egley undertaking
establishment, to be prepared for burial and was late Saturday shipped
to Lafayette, Ohio, where funeral services and Interment will take
place.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Mrs. James Gillie, formerly a
resident to Allen County, is dead at her home at Storey City, Iowa,
according to word received here by local relatives. Death was due to
pneumonia and followed a comparatively short illness.
The husband, who is the son of James Gillie Sr., residing six miles
west of Fort Wayne, and four children survive.
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Mrs. Christine Boes dies at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. William Niemeyer, 1014 Lafayette Street,
8.30 a.m. Funeral will be at St. Mary's Catholic Church 9 am
Tuesday Burial Catholic Cemetery
Date: 1918-07-29; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Mrs. Belinda O. Braden of 3607
South Wayne Avenue died here at 1:30 p.m. her funeral will be at the
West Creighton Avenue Church of Christ 3 p.m. Tuesday. the Rev.
M.L. Buckley, burial will be at Lindenwood Cemetery
FORT WAYNE. lnd. Dec 4.
John G. Lehr, the tax ferret
who attempted suicide Thursday, is not
seriously injured. He was arrested yesterday of a charge of passing a
$400 forged note on The Hamilton National Bank. The note was signed by
Ambrose
Ashton. a prosperous farmer of Maumee township, who died soon after the
note was cashed aim never knew of it. The heirs contested the
signature.and claim they can prove that Lehr copied it from Mr.
Ashton's tax return sheet, which was stoned by Ashton's son, and
therefore the signature is not that of the old gentleman. Lehr claimed
he was innocent, but last night, after failing: to procure bond,
he
attempted suicide by shooting. The bullet struck his forehead about an
inch above the eye, but glanced and lodged under the skin. He was
disarmed before he could shoot a second time and is now in the hospital
ward of the cell.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec 3
John G. Lehr, who was arrested
today on a charge of forgery shot himself in the sheriffs office
tonight. Charles McCuIIoch,
president of the Hamilton National Bank, which institution cashed a-
four-hundred-dollar note for LtChr.some time aso. caused his arrest.
The case against Lehr was continued and bail was fixed at $800.
He
failed to secure any bondsmen, and was left in charge of Deputy Sheriff
Eick in the sheriff's office. At 11 o'clock to-night he was allowed to
step into a closet, and a moment later a shot was heard Eick rushed to
Lehr and found blood flowing from his forehead, and he was attempting
to pull the trigger again. He is now in the jail hospital, and may
live. Lehr is known all over Indiana as the tax ferret, and has
uncovered thousands of dollars of sequestered taxes.
Source: Indiana State Journal December 9, 1896
Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Oh
Died - In Allen Co, Ind., June 28. Mr.
Jacob Sailor, aged 28 years.He leaves a wife and family to mourn
his loss. He was a member of Co. G - 14th Regiment O.V. M. While in the
army, a true and brave soldier; when at home a good husband and father.
A Friend.
Bourbon News Mirror, August 17,
1944, page 1
There is a photo of the wrecked car and under it is "AUTO IN WHICH
LESTER ZENT LOST HIS LIFE" (Courtesy of So. Bend Tribune)
Last Friday, at the noon hour, death came to
Lester Zent in the car of Charles
Eschelman, in which the two were leaving for lunch at the Dodge factory
in Mishawaka. A fast New York Central train struck the car, hurling it
many yards away. Mr. Eschelman who lives in Bremen, sustained a broken
collar bone and numerous severe bruises and some cuts but his recovery
is not doubted. The accident seems to have been the result of the gate
tender's failure to properly observe the tracks before he had raised
the gate to allow a switch engine to pass. Mr. Eschelman and Mr. Zent
were waiting for the gate to be raised, which meant a clear track. It
was raised and as they got directly on the multiple tracks a fast train
struck them. Mr. Zent sustained a broken neck. The gatetender, who had
been on the job only three days, was from Elkhart. The body of Mr. Zent
was taken to a local undertaker's establishment from which place it was
returned home by the Beigh Service, of this place, and the funeral was
held Monday afternoon at the Zent home on North East Main St.,
conducted by Rev. George Snider, of the Methodist church, of which the
deceased was a member. The burial took place in Etna Green. Mr. Zent
was a man of many friends and his untimely death caused a pall of
sorrow to engulf them and the community. During the service at the home
Rev. Snider read the following obituary.
Samuel Lester, son of Claude and Eldora Zent, was born in South Bend,
Nov. 23, 1914, and departed this life Aug. 11, 1944. He was 29 years, 8
months and 18 days of age. When a small boy he moved with his family to
Etna Green and there spent his entire life, with the exception of the
last few years which he spent in Bourbon. On Sept. 30th, 1939, he
pledged his love with that of Evelyn Sparks. The wedding vows were
received by Rev. Fred Champion at the Methodist parsonage in Bourbon.
His mother and one sister have preceded him to the great Beyond. He
leaves to mourn his going away his wife, Evelyn; his father, Claude
Zent, of Etna Green; two brothers: Alva Zent, North Liberty, and Floyd
Zent with the United States Navy; also an aunt, uncles, nieces, nephews
and a large circle of relatives and a host of friends who will miss his
pleasant smile.
LARRY E. ZENT, 73, died
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, at Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. Born in Fort
Wayne, he was Founder and CEO of Gregory, Zent & Swanson Investment
Manage ment and previously a Senior Partner of William Blair & Co.
Investment Bankers, Chicago. He was a 1952 graduate of North Side High
School; attended Purdue University; graduated from the University of
Missouri where he received his Bachelor's Degree; and was a member of
Honorary Navy Society "Scabbard & Blade" and the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity. He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and was a member of
Trinity English Lutheran Church. Survivors include his wife of 51
years, Diane H. Zent of Fort Wayne; daughter, Allison Zent Blankemeyer
of Cincinnati, Ohio; sons, Charles Harrison Zent of Chicago, Ill. and
Kenneth Kilpatrick Zent of Charlotte, N.C.; grandchildren, Caroline
Zent, Alexandra Applegate, Anthony, and Sophia Zent; sister, Kay
(James) Zent Huff of Vero Beach, Fla.; and his beloved King Charles
spaniels, Kate and Chloe. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Kenneth and May Zent. Memorial service is 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Trinity
English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St., with calling one hour prior.
Pastor Kathleen Haller officiating. Arrangements by D.O. McComb &
Sons Covington Knolls Funeral Home, 8325 Covington Road. In lieu of
flowers, memorials to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead
Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46814 or Allen County S.P.C.A., 4914 Hannah St.,
Fort Wayne, IN 46806.
Published in the Fort Wayne Newspapers on 2/14/2008. (submitted by Ida
Maack Recu)
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Indiana) July 14, 1943
JESSE J. ZENT DIES AT HOME
Was Harvester Company Representative
Jesse J. Zent, 81, died at 1:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his home
at 1040 Rivermet avenue, following a seven-month illness. A retired
branch manager for the International Harvester company for 45 years, he
served as the company's first representative in South America and later
traveled in Europe. Mr. Zent was a member of the Masonic lodge at
Auburn and of the Scottish Rite here. His wife, Mrs. Christine Zent,
died in March, 1939. Survivors include a daughter, Miss Mary Zent,
Instructor at Central high school; two sons, Gerald of this city and
Moody Zent of Indianapolis; one grandchild; a sister, Mrs. George
Capps, and a brother, Rollie Zent, both of Vandalia, Ill. The body was
removed to Klaehn & Sons' funeral home and will be taken home at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Dr. George William Allison
officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Auburn. (submitted
by Ida Maack Recu)
News Banner (Indiana)
Eldon M. Zent, 75
Funeral services and graveside military rites will be held Saturday for
Eldon M. Zent, 75, of Fort Wayne, who died Monday, Dec. 23 Born in
Allen County, he retired from in 1982 as a machinist from Navistar
International Corp. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his
wife, Maxine D.; three sons, Steve, Bill and Gary, all of Fort Wayne;
three daughters, Donna Bowersock of Fort Wayne, Sue Swartz of Kimmell
and Peggy Doherty of Austin, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren. Other survivors are three brothers, Walter and
Lloyd, both of Fort Wayne, and Jim of Arizona; six sisters, Margie
Dennie, Betty Mills, Ruth Ballinger and Juanita Gillenwater, all of
Fort Wayne, and Rosie Dawson and Donna Mae Dawson, both of Ossian; four
half-brothers, Larry Zent and Allen Zent, both of Fort Wayne, and Chris
Zent and Dale Zent, both of New Haven; five half-sisters, Sandy Stuff,
Robin Zent, Sandy Zent, Althea Hedges and Beverly Lawson, all of Fort
Wayne; and his step-mother, Betty Zent of New Haven. Services will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Funeral Home, 6810 Old
Trail Rd., Fort Wayne, where calling hours are today from 2 to 4 and 6
to 8 p.m. Memorials to NASCAR. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Obituary for
Emerson P Zent
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Indiana) March 3, 1980
Former Fort Wayne resident Emerson Zent, 83, of Port Richey, Fla., died
at 6 p.m. Saturday in Community Hospital, New Port Richey, Fla. Mr.
Zent, a native of Roanoke, had lived in Fort Wayne most of his life. He
was a disabled World War I Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Edna
B.; a son, David C. Miller of Leesburg; and a sister, Ethel Z. Lahmon
of Fort Wayne. Graveside Masonic services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday
in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p.m. Wednesday at D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mrs. Mary Maria (Fountain)
Holmes March 10, 1881
At Fort Wayne, Ind., March 4, of congestion of the liver, Mary Maria,
65, wife of Joshua Holmes and sister of Mr. William Fountain of
Whitefield.
(Contributed by Nancy Piper)
Larimore
Harriet Miller Larimore, aged
58 years died Friday afternoon at 3: 30 o,clock at the home of her
mother Mrs. Julia Larimore, 727 Oakdale Drive, of Brights disease,
dropsy and a complication of diseases, after an illness of two months.
The deceased, the widow of Howard Larimore, was a life long resident of
Fort Wayne. She is survived by the mother, one brother, John M Miller,
of Cincinnati and four sisters, Mrs., O.S. Smith of Chicago, and Miss
Flora K Miller, Georgia Miller and Mrs Grace Rogers, all of this city
Christian Science services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
at the home, 727 Oakdale Drive Interment in Lindenwood cemetery
Date: 1920-08-21; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Burton.
Frank Burton, aged 36 years,
died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night at the home 1816 Monroe street. He
had been in ill health the last year and has been seriously ill for the
last week The deceased was employed at the Noll drug store, and had
lived in this city for twelve years having come here from Garrett where
he was born. The deceased is survived by the widow, and the father,
Henry Burton, of this city
Date: 1920-08-21; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Newell
Mary Ann, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Novell, died Friday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock at the
family home of exhaustion. Funeral services were held this morning at
their home. Interment in the Catholic cemetery.
Date: 1920-08-21; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Johnson
Miles H. Johnson, aged 66
years, a well-known Allen county resident, residing four and one-half
miles northeast of the city, died at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the
family home, death being due to pneumonia, following an illness of but
a. few days Mr. Johnson wan born at Hope Berry County, Mich Oct 12,
1851 but had resided In this county a number of years. surviving
relatives Include the widow and the following six children. James
A Johnson, New Haven; Mrs. F V Pierce., Dennison, Tex. , Mrs.
Edward Caswell, Fort Wayne, Orval O, Allen F and Miss Alice Johnson Two
brothers. L H Johnson, of this city, and M. B. Johnson, Kalamazoo,
Mich., one sister, Mrs K. Cross, County Pleasant Mich, and six
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursdav afternoon at the
family home, followed by Interment in the I O O F cemetery at New
Haven. Motor funeral
Date: 1918-03-18; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Daugherty, Alvin W.
Obituary-Alvin W. Daugherty was born in Adams
County, Indiana, August 21, 1839, and died near Hoagland, Indiana,
April 27, 1911, aged 71 years, 8 months and 6 days.
He enlisted as a solider in the civil war in the
spring of 1863 and served his country faithfully until the end of the
war. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Shookman, November 3, 1867. To
this union were born four children, one son and three daughters, one
daughter dying in childhood. Mr. Daugherty united with the Concord
Lutheran church in 1882 and later transferred his membership to the
Antioch Lutheran church of Hoagland. he had lived a consistent
christian life ever since and was a marvelous example of patience in
all his sufferings. He was loved and esteemed by all who knew him. he
suffered with asthma for thirty-five years, which with dropsy was the
immediate cause of his death.
The funeral services were conducted by his pastor,
Rev. A.K. Mumma, in the Antioch Lutheran church of Hoagland, April
30th, and he was laid to rest in the Antioch cemetery. Our loss is his
gain, for his sufferings are over, and his desire to depart and be with
Christ has been realized. (The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne
Indiana May 5, 1911. Submitted by S. Williams)
Hake, Child
Hoagland-The little child of Lee Hake was buried at
the Antioch cemetery Saturday afternoon. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel,
Fort Wayne Indiana. June 23, 1915. Submitted by Shauna Williams)
McCague, Robert J.
Robert J. McCague died at his home near Tocsin, Ind,
on Monday morning, April 29. The funeral services were at Antioch
cemetery, near Hoagland, on Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Charles Tinkham. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana May 1,
1895. Submitted by S. Williams)
Neireiter, Solomon
Death Has Claimed Solomon Neireiter
Was a Well Known Marion Township Farmer
Solomon Neireiter, a well known Marion township
farmer, died at 5 o'clock Monday morning at St. Joe Hospital at the age
of about 44 years, and his death was due to appendicitis. Mr. Neireiter
was taken seriously ill on Thursday, but his malady had reached so
critical a stage that the vermiform appendix had burst before the
operation by which it was hoped to save his life, could be performed.
The deceased was born in Marion township and has
spent his entire life in Allen county. He was united in marriage less
than two years ago to Miss Flora Jobs, of Jackson township, Huntington
county, who survives with an infant son. There are three brothers and a
sister-George, Danie and Henry Neireiter and Mrs. Conrad Fry, and
step-brothers and sisters as follows: Peter Gressley, John A. Gressley,
Edmund A. Gressley, Mary A. Riley and Mrs. Jacob Tschannon.
The remains were removed to the Klaehn & Melchin
undertaking rooms and later taken to the late residence, near Hoagland,
where funeral services are to be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Interment at Antioch Cemetery. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne
Indiana. January 11, 1905 Submitted by S. Williams)
Shookman, Mrs. Geo.
Hoagland-Mrs. Geo. Shookman died at her home here
Sunday evening. Fuenral services were held Wednesday at 1 o'clock at
the home. Interment in the Antioch Cemetery. (The Fort Wayne News and
Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana. Feb 26, 1919. Submitted by S. Williams)
Shookman, John
Shookman-John Shookman, aged 74 years, a retired
stationary engineer, died Saturday night at his residence, 536 Purman
street. The deceased was a life-long resident of Fort Wayne and also a
veteran of the civil war. He was a member of Company F, Eighty-eight
Indiana infantry. The widow is the only surviving relative.
Funeral services, Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock at
the residence and interment at Antioch cemetery, Hoagland. Auto
funeral. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana November
8, 1916 Submitted by S. Williams)
Small, Robert
Obituary-Robert Small, one of the oldest settlers of
Marion township, died at Hoagland, Ind., on the 30th day of June, 1897.
He was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, June 25, 1819. At four years of age
he, with his parents, emigrated to Cleveland. In 1838 they came to
Allen county, Ind. October 2, 1841, he married Almira Whitcomb, to whom
were born twelve children, of whom seven survive-Mrs. J.W. Brown, of
Bluffton; Mrs. M.D. Founer, of Williamsport; J.E. Small, of Fort Wayne;
F.W. Small, of Alvin, Ill.; Mrs. C.F. Lipes, M.F. Small, D.L. Small, of
Hoagland. He lived in Marion township, this county, since 1838, with
the exception of the last two years, which were spent in Hoagland. They
celebrated their golden wedding October 2, 1891. Interment was made in
the Antioch cemetery, Rev. George Cocking, pastor of the M.E. church,
officiating. (July 6, 1897 The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana
Submitted by S. Williams)
Ulrey, Ethlyn
Ulrey-Ethlyn Ulrey, aged one month, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rollo Ulrey, died Sunday noon at the home of her parents in
Marion township. The parents, one brother, Donald, and two sisters, Ora
and Evlyn, survive.
Funeral services Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at
the home, with burial in Antioch cemetery. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel,
Fort Wayne Indiana. August 13, 1917. Submitted by S. Williams)
Ayers, Perry
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock occurred the
funeral services of Mr. Perry Ayers from the Methodist Episcopal church
of this place. The Rev. C.B. Daugherty officiated, assisted by the Poe
choir. After the services the interment took place in the Bethel
cemetery. Mr. Ayers was born in Litchfield county, Ohio, in 1859, but
came to this state with his parents when yet a boy. They settled on a
farm in Adams county. In 1877 the deceased was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Fonner. They settled on a farm in Adams county and later
removed to Tennessee, where they lived for several years. Returning to
Indiana in 1898 he purchased a farm in Wells county near here, where
his death occurred last Saturday, February 23. Mr. Ayers was a devoted
church member during his life and at the time of his death was a
faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this place. He was
well respected and most highly esteemed by all who knew him, and the
loss to the community will be keenly felt and realized. Sincere
sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives. (The Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana March 3, 1907. Submitted by S. Williams)
Black, Joseph
Funeral services for Joseph C. Black will be held
Friday afternoon from the residence of the son in Milan township at
1:30 o'clock. Interment at the Bowers cemetery. (December 23, 1915 Fort
Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams)
Evard, Julius
Evard-Julius Evard, seventy-nine years of age and a
resident of Milan township for sixty-five years, died on Thursday
afternoon at his homestead after a short illness from pneumonia. The
deceased was one of the most respected and best known farmers of Milan
township, where he settled with his parents at the age of fourteen
years. Mr. Evard was born in Berne, Switzerland, August 4, 1836. In
1863 he was united in marriage to Emily Geaque, and six children, all
surviving , were born to the couple During his entire life he was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was very highly esteemed
by everyone. The bereaved wife survives and the children are as
follows: David Evard, of Aboite township, Clem, of Jefferson township;
Mrs. William Black, Mrs. Delbert Brooks and Oscar Evard, of St. Joe
township, and Charles, residing at the homestead. James Evard of St.
Joe township, is a brother.
Funeral services are set for Saturday morning at 10
o'clock from Bowers chapel and the remains will be laid to rest in the
Bowers cemetery. (Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana April 10, 1908
Submitted by Shauna Williams)
Hall, Franklin
Hall-Franklin Rinaldo Hall, aged 63 years, for the
past eight months foreman of one of the city street repair gangs, and a
life long resident of Allen county, died late Saturday at his home,
1001 Third street, death being due to a cancerous affection following a
long illness.
Mr. Hall was born in Milan township, Allen county,
November 13, 1854. Surviving besides the widow are one son, Ward Hall,
detective sergeant on the Fort Wayne polie force, and in charge of the
identification bureau; also a grandchild and the following brothers and
sisters: Mark, William and George Hall, Mrs. John Walbolt and Mrs.
Jesse Grice, widow of the former mayor of Fort Wayne.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 1
o'clock at the home and at 2:30 o'clock at the Bowers' chapel,
following by burial in Bowers' cemetery. The Rev. Manford Wright
officiated. (The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Feb.
4, 1918 Submitted by S. Williams)
Harding, Alice
Funeral Announcements-Funeral services for Mrs.
Alice Harding will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
residence in Milan township and at two o'clock from Taylor chapel.
Interment will be at Bowers cemetery. (The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,
Fort Wayne Indiana. November 6, 1911. Submitted by S. Williams)
Herrick, Ruth
The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Herrick, held at Taylor
chapel on Wednesday, was well attended. Rev. Bunner the pastor preached
the sermon and Rev. C.U. Wade, presiding elder read the memoir and
aded(sic) helpful thoughts in the closing service. The remains were
interred at Bowers cemetery. (June 14, 1905 Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel,
Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams)
Lutze, Eliza
Mrs. Eliza Lutze, wife of David Lutze, one of the
oldest residents of St. Joseph township, died at the family home
Tuesday evening, following a brief illness.
Mrs. Lutze was 85 years of age and is survived by
the aged husband and six children, besides thirteen grandchildren,
fourteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the residence; interment at Bowers' cemetery. (September 28, 1910 The
Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams)
Miller, Francis
Miller-The funeral of Francis Miller, son of Amherst
Miller, Sr., was held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Taylor
chapel, conducted by the Rev. E.A. Bunner.
The deceased was born in Erie county, Ohio, April
14, 1836, and died March 11th at the age of 70 years. On account of an
accident which happened when he was 3 years old, he was never capable
of taking care of himself. For the last eighteen years he had made his
home with his sister, Mrs. C. Stone, and his brother, Amherst Miller
Jr.. He was never married. He leaves a father, aged 92 years, three
sisters, Mrs. Almira Merritt, and Mrs. C. Stone, both of Milan
township, and Mrs. Sarah J. Shimp, of Sioux City, Ia. There are three
brothers, Andrew, Anson and Amherst, Jr., all of Milan township. The
remains were interred in Bowers' cemetery. (Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne
Indiana March 15, 1907. Submitted by S. Williams)
Owens, John
Funeral services for John Owens will be held Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Mayhew chapel. Interment at Bowers'
cemetery. (Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana January 21, 1911.
Submitted by S. Williams)
Perkins, Lafayette
Perkins-Lafayette Perkins, aged 80 years, died at
his home at New Haven after an illness of several weeks duration. The
deceased was well known in this vicinity and is a veteran of the Civil
war. Surviving him are the widow and five children.
Funeral services will be held at the residence this
afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 o'clock at the M.E. church, the Rev.
Mr. Powell officiating. interment in Bower's cemtery.
The Woman's Relief corps will hold flag services at
the residence at 2 o'clock. Members will kindly meet at the interurban
station in order to leave on the 1:05 car. (August 26, 1919 The Fort
Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana. Submitted by S. Williams)
Sprague, LeRoy
Funeral services for LeRoy Sprague will be held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence, 1405 McCulloch street.
Burial at Bowers cemetery. (The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne
Indiana November 8, 1915. Submitted by S. Williams)
Rice, Harvey
Rice-Harvey Rice, a prominent farmer of Allen
county, residing near Huntertown, died at his home Thursday afternoon
at the age of seventy-seven years. He leaves the widow, a son and a
daughter.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10
o'clock at the residence. Interment at Fairview cemetery at Huntertown.
(July 19, 1912 Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S.
Williams)
Johnson, Laura
Mrs. Laura Johnson, wife of William Johnson, died at
midnight Friday night at her home in Eel River township, nine miles
northwest of this city, from a complication of diseases. Mrs. Johnson
was about 27 years of age, and was a daughter of John Anderson, a well
known resident of Eeel(sic) River township. She was a consistent
Christian and a most estimable lady. She leaves a husband and one child
but a few days old. Her parents and one brother also survive. The
funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Huntertown
cemetery church, conducted by Rev. W.E. Murray. (July 8, 1899 Fort
Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by Shauna Williams)
McComb, Infant
McComb-The infant daughter of J.E. McComb, formerly
of Cedar township, Allen county died on Monday at the home of the
parents in Big Rapids, Mich. The remains have been sent here and
funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Huntertown Cemetery, where interment will take place. The Rev. Mr.
Homody of Leo, will officiate. (September 23, 1908 The Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams)
McQuiston, Eliza
Dies in Ninety First Year
Mrs. Eliza Rodger M'Quiston Is Summoned
Had Resided in Allen County Seventy Years-Was Native
of Virginia and Was Married in Ohio in 1836 to John McQuiston
Mrs. Eliza Rogers McQuiston, widow of John McQuiston
and for seventy years a resident of Allen county passed away Saturday
evening at 5 o'clock at the family residence, corner of Second and
Wells streets, at the advanced age of ninety years. For the past three
years she had been afflicted with paralysis, during wwhich time she was
unable to walk and had been confined to her roller chair in house. She
suffered greatly at times, but bore her affliction with fortitude.
Mrs. McQuiston was born in Virginia where she passed
her early childhood. She moved with her parents to Ohio while she was
only a few years old and remained there until she attained the age of
womanhood. While still in Ohio she was married, November 17, 1836, to
James McQuiston with whom she came to Allen county in 1837. She passed
the ninetieth mile stone of life here last September. She was the
mother of a large family of children, of whom one daughter and five
sons survive,-Miss Jane McQuiston, William H. Wilson, Allen P and
Benjamin McQuiston. There are also ten grandchildren.
Mrs. McQuiston was a member of the First
Presbyterian church. "
The funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at
9:30 o'clock. The remains will be interred in the Huntertown cemetery
besides those of the husband.
McQuiston, Jane
M'Quiston-Miss Jane McQuiston died at 1:40 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at her residence, 1724 Hench street, at the age of 78
years, following an illness of one week due to la grippe. She was born
in Allen county and had resided here her entire life. Surviving she
leaves four brothers, Wilson, of California; Edward, of St. Joe, Mo.,
and Allen P and Benjamin, of Fort Wayne.
Funeral services Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at
the residence and interment will follow at the Huntertown cemetery.
(Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Feb 9, 1916. Submitted
by Shauna Williams)
Smith, Jacob
Smith-Funeral services for Jacob Smith will be held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home in Huntertown and at 10:30
o'clock at the cemetery church; interment in Huntertown Cemetery. (Fort
Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana July 16, 1917 Submitted by S.
Williams)
Wamsley, Christoper
Christoper Wamsley, for many years a prominent
citizen of this county, died yesterday at his home at Huntertown at the
age of 72 years. Mr. Wamsley has been a member of Fort Wayne lodge
No.14, I.O.O.F., for more than forty years, and that order will have
charge of the funeral services, which will occur Thursday morning at
9:30. Interment at the Huntertown cemetery. (May 10, 1899 Fort Wayne
Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams
Kelsey, Johanna
Deaths-Kelsey-The death of Mrs. Joanna H.
Halsey-Kelsey occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.H. Piatt,
1144 Division street, last evening at 9:30 o'clock, she being 84 years
10 months and 13 days old. Joanna H. Halsey was born at Hamilton, O.,
May 5, 1822. She was united in marriage to Henry S. Kelsey Nov. 29,
1843. To this union was born five sons and five daughters, of whom two
sons and four daughters survive-Clare E. Piatt, of Fort Wayne; Alfred
N. Kelsey, of Douglass, Ari.; Mary F. Kline, of Huntington; Elma H.
Guthrie, of Huntington; Alice A. Haiber, of Pomona, Cal., and Frank W.
Kelsey, of Fort Wayne. Also one brother in Kansas, besides sixteen
grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mrs. Kelsey, with her
husband, came to Lafayette township, Allen county, some sixty years ago
and settled in the old Indian reservation, where she helped to
transform the tree blazed forest into the fertile fields of today. She
is the last one of the old neighbors who lived in that community when
they moved there. Aunty Kelsey, as she was familiarly called, accepted
Christ as her Savior over fifty years ago and united with the primitive
Baptist church at the Eight Mile church and was a member of that
denomination to the time of her death. Her husband departed this life
Sept 7, 1892. She came to Fort Wayne eleven years ago and has made her
home with her daughter Clara ever since. The physical body that had
been so strong and robust gave way about five yers ago and she has not
been able to walk alone since and has been perfectly helpless for the
past year. During all this time she was ever resigned to her lot and
very patient, never a word of complaint escaping her lips. Thus another
one of the old settlers, an earnest Christian, a kind neighbor and a
loving friend has gone to her reward.
Arrangements have not yet been completed for the
funeral services.
Short services will be held Thursday morning from
the residence and the remains will be shipped at 11:15 to Roanoke.
Final services will be held at the Beech Grove church at 1:30, and the
body will be interred in the Kelsey cemetery near Roanoke. (March 19,
1907 Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by Shauna
Williams) Funeral
Announcements-Brief funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Johanna
H. Kelsey will be held this morning from the residence, 1144 Division
street, and later the body will be shipped to Roanoke, Ind, for the
final service and interment at the Kelsey cemetery. (March 21, 1907 The
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana Submitted by S. Williams
Klopfenstein, Anna
Klopfenstein-Mrs. Anna Klopfenstein, aged 75 years,
widow of the late Joseph Klopfenstein, and one of Allen county's best
known pioneer women, is dead at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lavina
Gerig, at Woodburn, following an illness of several days. The husband
died twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Klopfenstein had resided in Allen
county the greater portion of her life and had acquired a large circle
of friends during her long residence in this community.
Five daughters, seven sons, one brother and one
sister survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at
8:30 o'clock at the home of the daughter, and at 10:30 o'clock at the
Missionary church at Grabill. Interment will take place in the Yaggy
Cemetery.
(The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana Feb 15, 1919.
Submitted by S. Williams
Friedline, John
The death of John Friedline, of Monroe township,
Allen county, occurred March 13, 1897, at the age of eight-five years.
He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1812. On January 8,
1832, he was married to Margaret Kendie, to which union there was born
nine children, five daughters and four sons. Four daughters and two
sons survived him. In 1843 he emigrated to Carroll county, Ohio. In
1838 he rode horse back from Carroll county, Ohio, to Fort Wayne Ind.,
and entered a tract of land. In 1840 he emigrated to Monroe township,
Allen county, Ind. He lived up to the time of his death near the place
where he first settled fifty seven years ago. During his life he filled
for years the office of justice of the peace, postmaster at East
Liberty and one of the three township trustees, until the law was
changed from three trustees to one. He has been a faithful member of
the U.B. Church for more than fifty years, he being a charter member of
the U.B. class at East Liberty, which was never disbanded or ceased to
be alive for more than half a century. The funeral was held in the U.B.
church at East Liberty, March 15, conducted by his pastor, Rev. Abbott.
The interment was in the Brown cemetery, for the reason that his aged
companion, two children and all his old neighbors and friends are
buried there. (Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne March 17, 1897
Submitted by S. Williams)
Saturday last, occurred the death
of Mr. John
Friedline, a pioneer resident of Monroe township, as he entered this
county in 1838. The funeral was held Monday at the East Liberty church,
conducted by Rev. Abbot. The deceased was aged 84 yrs, 11 months, and 2
days. The interment was made in the Brown cemetery. He was a faithful
Christian and in his death the community has lost a firm citizen and
the family a devoted friend. March 16, 1897 (The Fort Wayne Gazette,
Fort Wayne Indiana March 18, 1897 Submitted by S. Williams
Kesterson, Yvonne "Bonnie" 1916 - 14
Oct 2000 Greenlawn Mem Cem -- Allen IN married to Wayne N.
Kesterson
Kesterson, Wayne N. 07 Nov 1910 - 26 Sep 2000 Greenlawn Mem/Allen
IN Married to Yvonne son of Wm. & Hilma (Walters) Kesterson
Wayne Kesterson, 89, died
Tuesday (9-26-2000 at Courtland Manor Health & Rehabilitation in
Fort Wayne, Indiana. Born in Fort Wayne, he was a brick mason with
Local #2 Bricklayers Union for 16 years and retired in 1972. He was a
member of Masonic Lodge 689 F & AM, D.A.V. and a World War II Army
veteran. He was a recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Surviving is his wife, Bonnie V. and he was preceded in death by one
sister, three brothers and parents. No services or calling.
Arrangements by D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home,
1140 Lake Ave. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park Contributed by
Christine Walters
Yvonne ''Bonnie'' Kesterson,
84, died Saturday (10-14-2000) at Courtland Manor Health &
Rehabilitation in Fort Wayne. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include several cousins. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Wayne on September 26, 2000. Graveside service 10 am Wednesday
in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 6600 Covington Rd. Arrangements by
D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave.
Memorials to Salvation Army. Contributed by Christine Walters
Robert W. Harmon
ROBERT W. HARMON, 32, died Friday at home. Born in
Fort Wayne, he worked at Kelly Box & Packaging Corp. Surviving are
his wife, Jacqueline ; a son, Robert W. "Little Bobby" Jr. of Fort
Wayne; a daughter, Janice K. "JuJuBee " Harmon of Fort Wayne; his
mother, Janice D. Harmon of Fort Wayne; a brother, Kenny Jr. of Fort
Wayne; two sisters, Christina M. Troyer and Cindy Sue Lee, both of Fort
Wayne; and a stepbrother, Frank E. Kahn Jr. of Fort Wayne. Services at
1 p.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home,
1140 Lake Ave., with calling an hour before services. Burial in
Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials to the children.
Journal Gazette, The Fort Wayne, Indiana July 19, 1997 Edition: Final
Page: 3C
Contributed by Erica Beatty
Mrs. Anna Friedman,
aged 83 years, and a resident of Fort Wayne for the greater part of her
life, died at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at the family home, 613 West
Main street, death being due to complication of diseases, following an
illness which the decedent had been affilcted for the past six years.
She had, however, been bedfast for only the past several days
Mrs. Friedman was born in Russia in 1835„ and came to Fort Wayne
many years ago The decedent was a member off the
congregation B'Nal Jacob. The following seven children survive.
Harry Friedman, the Misses Jennie and Frances
Friedman, Mrs. M Epstein and Mrs, Abe Levy all of
Fort Wayne, and Mrs. A. B. Marks, of Hammond, and
Mrs. B. S.Lichtenstadt, residing in Chicago.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the family
home, Rabbi Horwits officiatlng The body will, early tomorrow morning,
be shipped to Evansville, where Interment will take place. Friends
kindly are asked to omit flowers.
Date: 1918-06-17; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Virginia P. Rosselot 5 year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frederick Rosselot, 721 Fourth street, died
shortty before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Methodist
hospital. Death was due to tetanus, which was caused by Infection
developing from a splinter which the child ran into one of her toes
about a week ago She had been at the hospital but one day. The parents,
two brothers, Kenneth and Clarence, and
one sister, Miss Lucile, survive.The body was today removed to
the home of the grandmother, Mrs.Theresa Noil, 1412 Barthold
street, where funeral services will be conducted at ?:30 o'clock
Wednesday
Date: 1918-06-17; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
John STROHM, of Fort Wayne,
employed by the Pittsburg line, while painting a car was caught by a
switch engine and crushed to death.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 8 December, 1890
J.C. HESS, of Ft. Wayne,
returning home late at night, found his wife seated in a chair, in a
dying condition. Her death followed before morning.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 8 December, 1890
August REILING, of Fort Wayne,
aged sixty-five, while making repairs in the jail yesterday, fell off
the scaffolding, and struck head-first on the stone floor, fifteen feet
below. His skull was fractured, and he died within two hours.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 11 December, 1890
Philo H. ASHLEY, of Ft. Wayne,
for twenty years a passenger conductor, resigned to engage In the
lumber business, and recently he went to Spencer, where he was taken
ill. His death occurred at the place night before last.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 13 December
1890 Page 6 Columns 5 and 6
William T. PRATT, of Ft. Wayne,
ex-Sheriff of Allen county, and formerly director of the prison north,
died yesterday. He was aged sixty-eight, and he was a pioneer of
northern Indiana.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 13 December
1890 Page 6 Columns 5 and 6
DEAN D. CLARK
78, of Fort Wayne died yesterday in Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana.
The Paulding County, Ohio, native was a member of St. Jude Catholic
Church. Surviving are her husband, Wilfred "Bill"; a daughter, Judi
Reinhart of Springfield, Ohio; a son, Larry A. of Muskegon, Mich.; a
sister, Donna Tempel of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a brother, Lloyd Stoler of
Coldwater, Mich.; and six grandchildren. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday
in the church, with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Calling is 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in Mungovan & Sons Memorial Chapel, 2114 S.
Calhoun St., and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday in the church. A vigil is at
7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home. Memorials: gifts to Cancer
Services of Allen County, the church's Adopt-A- Student fund or Hospice
Home of Northeast Indiana.
Edition: FINAL Page: 8A News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - August
17, 1995
Contributed by Erica Beatty
