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| 851 | son of William Gideon Fenstermaker and Anna Elizabeth Root | Fenstermaker, Ora Gideon (I225)
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| 852 | son of William Guy Tooman and Mary Elizabeth Heffley | Tooman, Earl William (I327)
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| 853 | son of William Henry Shellenbarger and Rosa Wagner | Shellenbarger, Lewis Carroll (I268)
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| 854 | son of William Sullivan and Alice Abbott | Sullivan, Corbin William (I227)
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| 855 | Source History of Putnam County, Ohio H.H. Hardesty & Co., Chicago and Toledo 1880. Alfred Morris, our subject, was born in Allen county, Ohio, October 1, 1862, He lived upon the home farm until he had attained the age of sixteen years, and received a good education in the schools of Columbus Grove, Before he had reached his majority his father engaged in contracting and building macadamized roads, making our subject his foreman and superintendent, in which position he developed an excellent business capacity and a general knowledge of affairs. Afterward, our subject entered a machine shop at Lima as an apprentice, but after six months it became apparent that his health would not permit of such occupation. He now engaged in the saw-mill business at Randolph, Mo., for one year, then in the ice business at Columbus Grove for one year. After this he purchased a farm and lived thereon for four years, and after this engaged in the saw-mill business at Rimer, Ohio, for a similar length of time. In 1892 he came to Continental, where he has since done an extensive business. His plant is valued at $3,300, and besides, he owns various pieces of village property. Connected with his business is the Nickle Plate stock yard, which he controls and operates, and he also deals extensively in coal. He has made the major portion of his possessions himself by energetic and honorable business methods. In politics he is a republican, and has held the office of city clerk, and is a member of the school board. He has officiated as superintendent of the Sabbath-school, is at present a teacher, and has aided most liberally in the erection of the United Brethren church at Continental, of which society he and his wife are members, as also they are of the Good Templars' lodge. He was united in marriage, January 1, 1884, to Miss Maggie A. Billheimer, who was born in Putnam county, she being the daughter of Joseph and Loraine (Beardsley) Billheimer, who were early pioneers of the county and who lived to become leading agriculturists of the section. Mr. Billheimer was a strong republican, and both were prominent members of the United Brethren church. Four children have been born to our subject and his wife, they being, in order of birth, Joseph, Clarence A., Glaydus, and Homer. They form a happy circle and take great comfort in their home. | Morris, Alfred (I371)
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| 856 | St Vincent Mercy Med Center | Hiltner, Doris Marjorie (I73)
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| 857 | Steven "Steve"Schafer, age 65, of Mt. Cory went to be with Jesus at 6:15am on Monday, Sept.18, 2017, at the Mennonite Home in Bluffton. At 6:37am this daily devotional popped up on Dianne's phone: James 1:12 - Blessed is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive (the victor's) crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him. This had been a sad illness for Steve to bear, but God has been with him to the end. Steve loved Farming. He was in the "Top 10 Producers Club" of Tomatoes for over 20 years for Campbell's Soup. He was the largest producer of Red Beets & Parsley for V-8 Juice for many years. With the help of his father-in-law (Gordon Dukes) Steve built his own Parsley Harvester (there were none in existence at that time). For over 35 years the Schafer Farm produced potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, red beets, parsley, strawberries, melons and asst. truck patch vegetables for area groceries and canneries. One of Steve's favorite times was when Kroger asked him if he had any BIG pumpkins? They needed 10. He surprised them with 10 pumpkins that had to be loaded with a forklift. Each over 5' in diameter combined weight over a ton. Kroger was in shock... but the display brought people from miles to see the BIG pumpkins so they were happy to get them. Steve easily adapted to new challenges as agriculture in Northwest Ohio changed. Steve started a business called Schafer Drivelines. He repaired broken drive shafts. His business was immediately busy. Steve and Dianne worked in the farm fields together. At the end of each harvest Steve would surprise Dianne with another tool for her woodworking shop. Everything needed to build small furniture items and crafts. Steve, Schane, Andy along with neighbors combined crafts to do area street fairs. As the vegetable farming in NW Ohio was dwindling - God was providing a new occupation for Steve - today known as The Granary Gifts and Furniture. Steve was a pioneer in the promotion of Amish Furniture in the late 1980s thru current day. Young men would watch for his small handicapped school bus that he drove around Holmes County. They would flag him down and want to build furniture for him. Steve spent over 30 years every Wednesday visiting his friends picking up furniture. Steve was glad when The Granary could serve the community by raising $20,000 for Hancock County Flood Victims, Support WTLW Christian Ministry, Woman's Resource Center HC, Hope House, City Mission and many families, schools, and organizations with a need. Steve's life has been surrounded in work but he still was able to fit in watching his sons, Schane and Andy over the years in sports, following Schafer Brothers Sheep to area fairs, and Findlay Area YFC Children of the Light activities. However his greatest joy were his four grandchildren, Willie, Addi, AJ, and Aleah. It was thought that Steve only worked at The Granary on Saturdays so he could tell people about his grandchildren. Steve, son of Eldon W. and Mary Louise (Bair) Schafer Clayton was born February 2, 1952. Mary and her husband, James survive and live in Findlay. On June 19, 1971, he married Dianne S. Dukes and she survives. Other survivors are his sons: Schane E. of Carey and Andy (Amy) of Columbus Grove; grandchildren: William "Willie", Addison, AJ, and Aleah; brother-in-law: Chris Dukes of Dubai and sister-in-law: Julie (Mark) Flores of Naperville, Illinois. Steve graduated in 1970 from Cory Rawson High School and always remembers being part of the 1968 State Championship Football Team. He was a past member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera and Powell Memorial in Findlay. He was currently a member of Good Shepherd UMC in Benton Ridge where he served as a trustee and various servant teams. He had been a Union Township Trustee for many years. Visitation will be held from 1-4 and 6-8pm on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the COLDREN-CRATES FUNERAL HOME in Findlay. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Monday at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church Benton Ridge. Pastors Kimberly Reese and Richard Hiltabran will officiate. Interment will follow at Clymer Cemetery in Union Township. Memorials may be given to CG Connect, a new youth house designed to hold leadership, youth and family ministries in the Columbus Grove Community. Online condolences are welcomed at www.coldrencrates.com | Schafer, Steve Eldon (I308)
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| 858 | Suddenly Called Mrs. Florence Houston Dies of Heart Disease After Being Frightened Wednesday morning James Houston and wife, left home, one mile west of Clinton, in a buggy to visit the latter’s daughter north of Clinton. After they had gone but a short distance the horse began to rear and frightened Mrs. Houston, when she got out of the buggy. She told her husband she left sick, and again got into the buggy and they returned home when she was so much worse a doctor wa sent for, but she was dead before his arrival. She had been troubled with heart disease, and the fright was sufficient to cause death. The deceased’ maiden name was Florence Weaver, and she was a sister of Solomon Weaver. She was born March 6, 1844, and was 51 years old. Five children are left without the tender care of a mother. Funeral services were held at the Christian church at 3 o’clock yesterday, conducted by Rev. L.R. Pickerill. Burial was in the Weaver cemetery west of Clinton. The Clinton Register, Clinton, Illinois. Friday, 15 November 1895. | Weaver, Florence Elizabeth (I455)
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| 859 | Susan Alexander's will was written February 25, 1876. She names her children: Isaac Alexander, George Alexander, Margaret Tomlinson, Cynthia Cheney, John R. Alexander. She also names her grandchildren who are children of her daughter Julia A. Allhands (deceased), Patience Bagley and Susan Swank. She gives her son Richard W. Alexander land and appoints him the executor of her will. | Hempleman, Susan (I398)
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| 860 | Teenager Loses Life in Accident Defiance County recorded its ninth traffic fatality of the year Wednesday evening, when a local teenager died of injuries sustained in a one-car crash on the Evansport Road, one-half mile south of Scott Road. The victim was: Beverly Jean Hancock, 16, rt.1, Bryan, who was taken by the rescue squad to Defiance Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. According to Dr. Francis M. Lenhart, Defiance County Coroner, death was attributed to a fractured skull and ribs, accompanied by abdominal hemorrhaging. Defiance County Sherriff’s Department reports she was driving a 1963 convertible north on Evansport Road at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday and, or some undetermined reason, lost control of the auto. It apparently first went off the right side of the road then back across on the other side and struck a Toledo Edison power pole, splitting it. A deputy at the scene said the vehicle wrapped around the pole and “… spun like a top” before it came to rest. The Hancock girl was pinned in the car for approximately 30 minutes, and the steering wheel had to cut off before she could be taken out. Assisting the sheriff’s office at the scene were rescue units from Defiance and Evansport plus the state patrol. The road was said to be dry at the time and an investigation continues. The car was registered to Lowell Blanton, rt.1, Bryan, Beverly’s stepfather, and she was believed to have been returning home from a trip to a greenhouse near Tiffin Elementary School. The Evansport Cemetery is located on both side of the road where the accident occurred. She was born Sept. 11, 1953 in Defiance and previously attended Ayersville and Tinora schools. Beverly was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and would have been a senior this fall at Stryker High School. Survivors include her father, Kenneth Hancock, rt.1; her mother, Mrs. Lowell (Glenola Schafer) Blanton, rt.1, Bryan; three sisters, Mrs. Ronald (Peggy) Davis, Green Acres Mobil Home Court; Mary and Patsy Hancock, at home; a brother, Dale Louis Hancock, at home; her grandfather, Dale Hancock, rt.1, and her grandmother, Mrs. Perry Mansfield, Leipsic. Friends may ball after 7 p.m. today in Mast and Mock Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with Rev. David R. Koenig officiating. Burial will be in Brunersburg Cemetery. | Hancock, Beverly Jean (I321)
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| 861 | The Courier, Findlay, Hancock Co., Ohio, Monday, March 3, 2009 Margery Violet Marquart BLUFFTON - Margery Violet Marquart, 89, of Bluffton, OH, died at 4:15 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2009 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Arlington, OH. Margery was born on February 23, 1920 in Continental, OH, to Lewis and Martha (Schafer) Shellenbarger. She married Solomon Marquart on August 29, 1940 and he died on August 1, 1980. Surviving are a son Dennis (Nancy) Marquart, Forest, OH; two grandsons, Jason Marquart, Lima, OH; and Daniel Marquart, Forest, OH; a granddaughter, Bethany Marquart, Forest, OH; and two brothers, Virgil Shellenbarger, Ada, OH; and William (Claudia) Shellenbarger, Perrysburg, OH. Preceding her in death are three brothers, Wilbur, Rolland and Philip Shellenbarger. Margery had been a nurse at Bluffton Community Hospital where she worked for 27 years, retiring in 1989. Margery graduated from Crawfis College, Leipsic in 1938 and graduated from Bluffton Community School of Nursing in 1939. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera; active in Ladies' Aid Group; Parent Teacher League; and the Sunday School Program. Margery loved birds, gardening and nature. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and godmother. A funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, with Rev. Alois Schmitzer III and Pastor Jeffrey Bolwerk officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Jenera. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Good Samaritan Nursing Home or Bluffton Hospital. | Shellenbarger, Margery Violet (I339)
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| 862 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Notes, Notes (I231)
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| 863 | There are two entries on Find a Grave for Henry Jefferson Sulser. Same birth & death dates but different cemeteries in different states. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64653321/henry-jefferson-sulser He shares a monument there with wife Margaret (Hempleman). His other findagrave entry: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7505527/henry-jefferson-sulser includes an obit about how he lived in Illinois, moved to Missouri years ago on his way to California. The dates agree with him moving after his wife Margaret died in Jan 1873. And there is a Henry Sulser who married a Mary Milano in September 1873 in Cass County, Missouri. The only Henry Sulser we find in the 1880 census is H.J.Sulser (b. in Virginia about 1817) in Cass County, Missouri, married to Mary, with household including stepson Sidney Melin. All matches up with the Henry Sulser who married Margaret Hempleman. Looks like he moved and married a 2nd time and is probably buried in Missouri. | Sulser, Henry Jefferson (I416)
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| 864 | Thomas A. Morris a West Point graduate and assistant engineer on the National Road constructed through Indiana and Illinois: militia commander during the first three months of the Civil War with the rank of brigadier general; superintendent of the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad: president of the Indianapolis Water Company; a founding corporator of the Crown Hill Cemetery. | Morris, Thomas Armstrong (I173)
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| 865 | Thomas J. Wagner Continental – Thomas J. Wagner, 89, of Route 1, Continental died at 12;15 a.m. Sunday at Paradise Oaks Nursing Home, Cloverdale. Born Oct. 27, 1898, in Defiance County, he was the son of John and Christeena Frederick Wagner. On April 13, 1926, he married Viola Schafer, who died Nov. 22, 1984. Mr. Wagner was a retired farmer and member of the North Creek United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Susan Boggs of Leipsic and Mrs. Emma Lloyd of Stryker. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Snyder Funeral Home in Continental, Rev. Marilyn Chivington officiating. Burial will be in the North Mount Zion Cemetery, Continental. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until the time of the services Wednesday at the funeral home. The Lima News, Lima, Ohio. Monday, 6 June 1989, page 4. | Wagner, Thomas Jefferson (I271)
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| 866 | United Methodist Church Record | Family F27
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| 867 | US Civil War Pension Index: Name: Joseph Morris Gender: Male Unit: 1" Lt. Asst. Surg 173 Ohio Inf Filing Date: 20 Jan 1902 Place Filed: Ohio, USA Relation to Head: Soldier Spouse: Diana Morris | Morris, Dr. Joseph (I121)
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| 868 | US Civil War Pension Index: Name: Samuel W Foltz Gender: Male Unit: 118th Ohio Infantry, Company H Filing Date: 6 Aug 1890 Place Filed: Ohio, USA Relation to Head: Soldier Spouse: Margaret S Foltz Roll Number: 157 | Foltz, Samuel W. (I206)
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| 869 | US headstone applications for military veterans. Name: Robert A France Birth Date: 14 May 1922 Service Number: 36547413 Unit: a/s USAGF Co B, Cap of Corp, 164 Engrs Bn Company: 164th Engineers Enlistment Date: 24 Nov 1942 Death Date: 3 Jul 1945 | France, Robert (I284)
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| 870 | US soldier grave registration: Name: Samuel W. Foltz Birth Date: 1839 Birth Place: USA Enlistment Date: 23 Apr 1861 Discharge Date: 12 Sep 1861 Death Date: 8 Jul 1892 Death Place: Palmer Twp. Burial Place: S. R. 113 1/2 MI. S. E. of Leipsic, Ohio, USA Cemetery: Sugar Ridge Rank: Private Branch of Service: Army | Foltz, Samuel W. (I206)
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| 871 | Vaughnsville Mrs. Sarah Clevenger returned from Michigan Wednesday after attending the funeral of her step-daughter, Mrs. Violet Hartman. The Lima Gazette and The Lima Republican, Lima, Ohio. Sunday, 22 February 1920 Vaughnsville No new cases of flu, and it is rumored that the ban will be lifter the first of the week. The Lima Gazette and The Lima Republican, Lima, Ohio. Sunday, 22 February 1920 | Clevenger, Violet Dell (I214)
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| 872 | Vera M. Dusseau, 85, died Thursday at Jefferson Manor. She was the former Vera Hiltner and a Methodist. Survivors: a daughter, Cherie M. Carroll; sons John H. Sr. and Jerry W. Dusseau; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Friday, Arch L. Heady & Son, 7410 Westport Road. The body will be cremated. Memorial gifts: American Lung Association or American Heart Association. The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Friday, 4 December 1998. | Hiltner, Vera Marguerite (I82)
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| 873 | Vincent L. Schafer September 1, 2004 Vincent L. Schafer, 83, of Ft. Myers died September 1, 2004. A U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, Vincent was an impatient fisherman and an avid stock car racer who won many races while residing in Ohio. He was born February 24, 1921. Vincent is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mildred, 8 children, Jack (Peggy) Schafer, Larry (Ruth) Schafer, Patty (Harold ) Brown, Carol (Danny) Kelley, Elaine (Tim) Case, Diana (Dean) Horn, Sandy (Richard) Burns, Kim Williams, 38 grandchildren and 68 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by 2 grandchildren, Stanley Brown, Dawn Schafer, 1 great-grandchild, Matthew Horn, mother Viola, father Louis, brother, Don Schafer and sister Glenola Hancock. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday September 7, 2004 at 1:00 PM from the chapel of Lee Memorial Park Funeral Home, 12777 State Rd.82, Ft. Myers. The family will receive friends Monday 6:00-8:00 PM and Tuesday 11 AM till service time at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Tom Horn, Thomas Horn, Joshua Williams, Cody Parson, Randy Brown, Michael Wood, Charlie Brown and Bill Brecht. All other grandsons will serve as honorary pallbearers. Lee Memorial Park 334-4880 News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Friday, 3 September 2004. | Schafer, Vincent Leverne (I311)
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| 874 | Viola M. (Schafer) Mansfield Mrs. Viola M. (Schafer) Mansfield, 90, formerly of Route 2, Defiance, died at 2:20 a.m. Sunday in Medical College of Ohio Hospital, Toledo, where she had been a patient for the past month. She had been a resident at the Defiance County Home for several years. She was born in Payne on Feb. 24, 1893, the daughter of John and Cora (Kuhl) Garver. In 1912 she married Louis Schafer, who died in 1963. She married Harry Mansfield in 1966, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Mansfield lived in Defiance County since 1941. Surviving are three sons, Vincent Schafer, Fort Myers, Fla., Ronald Schafer, Route 2, and Donald Schafer, Route 8; three daughters, Mrs. J.A.(Donelda) Roggenkemper, 420 W. High St., Mrs. Paul (Alverna) Eis, Route 2, and Mrs. Paul (Lila Mae) Layman, Fort Myers; 35 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Also preceding her in death were a daughter, Glenola Blanton; two granddaughters, Linda Eis and Beverly Hancock; a great-granddaughter, Dawn Schafer; and a brother, Lester. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Faith Tabernacle. The Rev. Herbert Strickland will officiate. Burial will be in Brunersburg Cemetery. Friends may call at Mast and Mock Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, and at the church one hour prior to services. | Garver, Viola Marguerite (I263)
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| 875 | Viola Wagner Continental – Viola Wagner, 83, Route 1, died Thursday in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. She was born July 1, 1901, in Putnam County. Parents were Philip and Martha (Weller) Schafer. In 1926 she married Thomas J. Wagner, who survives. She was a member of North Creek United Methodist Church and its Ladies Aid. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. Martha Shellenbarger, Jenero. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Snyder Funeral Home. Rev. James Fry will officiate. Burial will be in North Mount Zion Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be from 7-9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. | Schafer, Viola (I270)
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| 876 | Virgil O. Shellenbarger, age 96, died on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 9:33 AM at Vancrest of Ada. He was born on December 3, 1921 in Continental, Ohio to the late Lewis and Martha (Shafer) Shellenbarger. On September 20, 1946 Shelly married Ruth E. Rettig and she preceded him in death on January 18, 2009. He was a U.S. Army Veteran who served during WWII from September 25, 1942 to February 17, 1946 in the South Pacific. Shelly and his wife Ruthella were charter members of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kenton. He was also an avid golfer. He is survived by two sons: Eric (Carolyn) Shellenbarger of Lima and Keith Shellenbarger of Columbus; a daughter, Linda Shellenbarger of Ada; six grandchildren: Rebecca (Timothy) Baumgartner, Rachel (Philip) Noonan, Daniel Shellenbarger, Lydia Shellenbarger, Jennifer (Peter) Harnish, and Joseph Shellenbarger; and three great grandchildren: Rose, Abigail, and Sophia; and a brother: William Shellenbarger of Perrysburg. Shelly was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law: Cheryl Shellenbarger; three brothers: Wilbur, Roland, and Phillip Shellenbarger; and a sister: Margery Marquart. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM on Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church at 40 Washington Blvd, Kenton, Ohio 43326 with Pastor Kenneth Engdahl officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada with graveside military rites conducted by the Ada VFW Post #9381 Honor Guard. Friends may call from 2:00 PM to 5:00PM on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada and one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada | Shellenbarger, Virgil O. “Shelly” (I341)
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| 877 | Von Hof Erbert or Hofferbert Family History by Florence Hofferbert Brenneman A letter of Margaret Weaver Morris, (date and recipient unknown) “We started for our new home October 2, 1832, with a yoke of oxens, a team of horses and a cow, which we had no trouble with for she followed the oxens. We had very little trouble from my father’s home to Bellefontaine as the path or road was wide enough for our wagons, but o the mud was deep, or so we thought then. We were told there was a good road cut through the forest to a small place called Lima, northwest of Bellefontaine, but this was not so. There was a path most of the way, but only wide enough for a horse or one man to walk through. We spent many days, and yes weeks, cutting down trees and dragging them out of the way, and then the mud was hub deep. It was bitter cold before we reached Lima. And when we did reach Lima we were a little disappointed, it was nothing but swamp. There were four families and a bachelor living in Lima. We met them all, they came cutting into the forest to meet us. I guess they were as glad to see us as we were to see them. I’ll never forget them. I was so afraid they would be the last white people I would see for a long time as my husband wanted to go north till he found good land. Their names were, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Absalom Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cole, Dr. and Mrs. William Cunningham, Mr. John Brewster and a baby girl, daughter of the Brown’s. Of all that we had to go through I believe the hardest for me was to leave Lima, not because it was beautiful, but because of the people. Maybe I should write something in this letter about Lima, I have already told you about the people, so I’ll tell you about the corn mill that was there. It was a stump of a big trees center burned out and a log attached to the end of a young sapling bent over to act as a pestle. It worked alright but it took a day, from sunrise to sunset to convert a bushel of corn into samp. There was no newspaper, no inlet or outlet either by rail or earth. There was one small creek, where Indians had learned to raise hogs and drove the hogs to the creek to water each day and so the Indians called it Keshko sepe, meaning hog river and the white men called it Hog Creek. That was Lima, Ohio. We tried to find a path cut through to the north but they told us there wasn’t any, that no one but Indians were north of Lima and their paths went in from some other way. There was a family that went west of Lima that same year and settled on something that sounded like sugar creek. But my husband wasn’t going west, he was going north, so we came north. I knew we did not come straight north as some of the trees were too big for us to cut so we went around them. But the road we cut was traveled by many a settler and is still being used as a road. It was winter when we finally reached a ridge of good farming land. We staked off 160 acres of this government land on the ridge and paid $1.25 per acre for it. We built a house 16 ft. square out of poles and my husband chink and daub the house. We built a fire in one end of it, allowing the smoke to go out of the house through the cracks and crevices. The door was also the window, as it grew colder, much below zero, my husband fashioned a door of poles, and made hinges of hides. We lived this way for a year. We then built a log cabin with puncheon floor, and a square hole with paper pasted over it for a window. This was equal to the finest home in these parts. We brought three barrels of flour with us which lasted a year, with corn meal. We had plenty of wild meat, such as deer and turkey, and we gathered wild berries. But I remember one winter, I think it was in 1834 as George was just a baby, we were without bread for four months, as the nearest place we could get grinding done was Cherokee, in Logan county, or Sidney in Shelby county. But we had plenty of pumpkins and squashes and a few potatoes. My husband worked hard clearing the ridge and as soon as we would get a spot cleared we would plant it. The country was beautiful here, but I did get lonesome for other people. My husband, Henry, was born in Kentucky, the son of Joseph and Lavina, and he knew nothing but fighting the Indians or making friends with them and clearing forest. He was a small boy when he came to Ohio with his father but he remembers it so clearly and how he worked with his father to cut a road from the Ohio River to Oldtown and then to their homestead near South Charleston, Ohio. O, the joy I felt when one day Henry was out hunting for meat for our dinner and he was east on the ridge and he thought he saw a piece of white cloth blowing in the wind through the trees. He went very quickly to see what it could be and discovered we had neighbors. After almost four years of loneliness we had neighbors. Their name was Turner and they had taken up a homestead a few miles to the east of us. They were as glad to see us as we were to see them. A few days after this our first little girl was born and we named her Elizabeth.” | Weaver, Margaret (I21)
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| 878 | Von Hof Erbert or Hofferbert Family History has her name as Elinor | Morris, Ellen (I124)
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| 879 | Von Hof Erbert or Hofferbert Family History has his death as 12 Oct 1871. | Hartman, John Godfrey (I180)
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| 880 | W Monroe Cemetery 284 in Monroe Twp., Putnam Co., OH | Frisch, Margaret (I2)
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| 881 | W Monroe Cemetery 287 in Monroe Twp., Putnam Co., OH | Hiltner, John (I3)
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| 882 | Walter and Anna divorced before 1910. In 1900 they are listed in Walter's parents' household. In 1910, Walter is listed as married in his parents' household, but there is no record of Anna. In 1920, Walter is listed as divorced in his widowed step-mother, Amelia Payne's household. | Payne, Walter Scott (I79)
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| 883 | Walter Payne Carey – Walter Payne, 78, of the Wyandot County Home died at 6 a.m. today in Wyandot Memorial Hospital at Upper Sandusky. He suffered from a heart ailment and complications resulting from pneumonia. Until he entered the county home in 1947, he was a resident of Carey. Born May 25, 1875, in Wyandot County, he was the son of Jacob and Arillia Welsh Payne. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Carey. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in the Bristoll Funeral Home in Carey. Rev. John Root will Officiate. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey. The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio. Thursday, 11 March 1954. | Payne, Walter Scott (I79)
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| 884 | Was R.D. Morris Murdered or Did He Kill Himself? Mystery Surrounds Discovery of Body Off Newport Today The finding of the body of Robert D. Morris, 45, contractor, 843 Boston Place, floating at sea three miles off the coast of Newport Beach at 6:30 this morning by three fishermen, solved the mystery of his disappearance from his home here a week ago last Saturday, but has brought to the attention of officers a new mystery – was he killed or did he commit suicide? For the body is not badly bloated, as would be the case if death were due to drowning, and marks on the body indicate that he was likely dead before his body was thrown in the water. Morris left home here last Saturday Morning after having complained of a headache, according to his widow, Mrs. Orpha Morris, who is well known socially here. At 11 o’clock the same morning she received a telephone call from him. He told her that he was going to Covina on business, she said. Early last week Morris’ automobile was found abandoned on the beach at Balboa. Constable Alex B. Chambers was informed of his disappearance by Mrs. Morris, but the local police were not notified. His disappearance was kept secret until last Saturday, when news of it was published in The Progress. Widow Shocked Mrs. Morris had requested the constable to keep the matter secret, as Mr. Morris had left home for short times before and always returned. She was greatly shocked when informed by the Chief of Police this morning of the finding of her husband’s body, and became almost hysterical. Noland Morris, nephew of the man whose body was found, was at once notified and left for Santa Ana, where the inquest will be held at the undertaking parlors of Jones and Tuttle this afternoon at 1:30. Announcement of the finding of Morris’ body was received by Chief of Police Lyter this morning by long distance telephone from J.A. Porter, city marshal of Newport Beach. According to the Newport Beach officer, the body was found three miles off the coast of Newport this morning at 6:30 by three fisherman. Identification was effected by means of papers found in the pockets of the dead man. The body was taken from Newport Beach to Santa Ana. The city official of Newport Beach, who telephoned Chief of Police Lyter seemed to believe that it was possibly a case of suicide, but later word from Santa Ana was to the effect that death might have occurred before the body was thrown into water, judging from the condition of the body. Motive Unknown No Motive for Morris committing suicide was advanced this morning by relatives. He was believed to be in fairly good health and in fair financial standing. On the morning that he left, Mrs. Morris said he complained of a headache, but she said he had dressed hurriedly and had not acted as if ill. Noland Morris, his nephew, said this morning that he could assign no reason for his uncle committing suicide. “He is the last man in the world, I would have thought of doing such a thing,” he said. Morris was a contractor and carpenter here and was not known to have any enemies, who would have motive for killing him. “You do not think that it is anything that I have done that has caused him to do it?” Mrs. Morris asked Chief of Police this morning as she wept. She said there had been no domestic trouble. Mrs. Morris is well known socially here, holding important offices with various local organizations. She is the chairman of the civic and social division of the Women’s Department of the Christian church and child welfare chairman of the Pomona Ebell club. Just last week she was elected a director of the Pomona Welfare League for the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have been residing here for a number of years. They had lived here for some time previous to 1914, when they went East. About three years ago, they returned to Pomona and have for some time past been residing on Boston Place. Beside a widow, Mr. Morris is survived by two sons, Robert and Howard. Robert is 15 and attends Garey Junior High school. Howard is a few years younger and is a student at San Antonio school. Mr. Morris was a native of Ohio. He was about 46 years of age. Addition particulars were received by Chief of Police Lyter shortly before noon from Santa Ana police. The Santa Ana department said that Morris had been identified by papers and cards found in his pockets. He had quite a number of papers in his pockets but no money. His watch was also missing, although the watch chain was found fastened to his clothing. No marks were found on the body the Santa Ana police stated, and it is their belief that Morris committed suicide. Santa Ana officers requested that relative of the deceased attend the inquest at Santa Ana this afternoon. It was learned today that Morris had at one time been away from home for almost two years. But as far as was known here, he and his wife had resumed living together on former terms upon his return. She, however, has always been known here a Mrs. Orpha Morris. The Pomona Progress Bulletin, Pomona, California. Tuesday, 6 March 1923 | Morris, Robert D. (I375)
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| 885 | Watson. -Mary Watson, wife of Ashley Jackson and eldest daughter of William A. and Eliza J. Watson, died at Hector, Putnam County, O., Aug. 20th 1885, aged 27 years, 10 months and 7 days. At a very early age she evinced those traits which ripened into a character remarkable for its beauty and perfection. Of her it may truly be said that those who knew her best loved her most. Her influence was always refining, always elevating. Whether at home or in the school room, where she spent so many hours of her life, she was careful to discharge all her duties with conscientious exactness, almost without regard to her own convenience. As a friend she was steadfast and true, and those who were once privileged to enjoy her friendship always retained it. To her mother, she was not only a loving daughter, but a sympathizing confidant. Her vigilance over the interest of her younger brothers and sister was untiring, and to them in all things, she was a wise and prudent counsellor. How much she will be missed in the home circle cannot be told. The sweet voice that so often cheered with its triumphant notes is forever stilled on earth, but they are glad to believe that she has joined the angel choirs above in singing the songs of the redeemed. But to him, whose home she made a Paradise for over two years, has this blow fallen most heavily. How strange the Providence that should thus have made a home desolate and deprived a lovely little babe of a tender mother's care. But we hope the heartstrings so closely intertwined on earth, and so rudely severed, may be reunited in that "Better Country" where there is no more sorrow, nor any dying, where they may dwell together forever in the light and the glory of God. Like the fragrance of some rare and beautiful flower will the memory of Mary and the lesson taught by her noble life remain. Published in the Democratic Northwest, September 24, 1885. | Watson, Mary Glenn (I310)
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| 886 | Waynesville Resident Died John Henry Rode, Well-to-do Farmer, Expires of Bright’s Disease. Waynesville, June 22 – (Special) - John Henry Rode, a well-to0do and prominent farmer residing with his daughter, Mrs. Tilden Furman, two miles east of here, expired Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock of Bright’s disease, having been ill for over a year. The deceased was born in New Orleans on August 24, 1847, and when quite young came to Illinois with his parents, settling in Fayette county. They occupied a small farm near Vandalia, and here Mr. Rode grew to manhood. On April 15, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Weaver who preceded him in death. They were the parents of six children, five of whom survive, a daughter Emma, dying a few years ago. The surviving children are: Mrs. Amy Shue of Bramer, Mo.; Mrs. Clara Furman of Waynesville, Ira Rode of Sac City, Ia.; Warren Rode of Montana, and John Rode, who lives northeast of this city. All of the children were present during the final illness of their father, with the exception of Mrs. Shue, who was here for several days only a few weeks ago. The farm owned by the deceased at his death was an unimproved deserted field when he took possession years ago. This was improved until now it is one of the modern, up-to-date farms of the community. The farm is located on-half mile west of Clinton fair grounds. Since Mr. Rode’s retirement from the farm, he has made his home with his children. In addition to the above named, he leaves three brothers and a half sister, as follows: Samuel and Emil of Brownstown, Ill., William of Caldwell, Idaho, and Mrs. Charles Poland of Vera, Ill. The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Friday, 27 June 1913, page 3. | Rode, John Henry (I458)
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| 887 | We didn't find John Hiltner as a property owner in the 1876 plat map of Richland Township. https://www.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jones-_Historical_Atlas_of_Defiance_County_1876.pdf | Hiltner, John (I3)
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| 888 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Notes, Notes (I231)
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| 889 | Weaver Services to Be Held Here Today Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. from Reeser’s funeral home, for the late Mrs. Mary E. Weaver, who died in Davenport, Ia., Sunday. Rev. Taylor of the Baptist church will officiate with interment being in the Weaver cemetery west of Clinton. Mrs. Weaver was born in Ohio on December 11, 1845. She moved to Clinton when she was two years old and received her education in the Clinton schools. She was married to Augustus A. Weaver at Clinton in 1861. The couple moved to Scott county, Iowa, thirty years ago and had resided there since. She was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W.J. Kain of Billings, Mont.; Mrs. C.F. Calterlin of Garvin City, Kan., and Mrs. James Hall of Davenport, Iowa; two sons, Robert A. Weaver of Princeton, Iowa, and Harry Weaver of Detroit, Mich.; one brother C.C. Moore of Decatur and nine grandchildren. Mr. Weaver preceded his wife in death in 1907. Clinton Daily Journal and Public, Clinton, Illinois. Wednesday, 30 July 1930, page 1. | Moore, Mary (I468)
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| 890 | WEBB Lenore M. Lenore M. Webb, passed away of an apparent heart attack Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Mercy Hospital of Defiance. She was born February 26, 1928, in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio, to Ray C. and Frances L. (Wells) Hiltner. She married John C. Webb on September25, 1948. Together they raised four children, William (Christine),Thomas (Becky), Sue (Jeffrey) Strausbaugh and Lori (Ronald) Weber, all of Defiance. Lenore was a lifetime bookkeeper, as well as an avid golfer, bowler, Bridge player and world traveler. She was active in St. Paul's United Methodist Church, St. Paul's United Methodist Women's Group, Ruth Circle, Daughters of the American Revolution and Order of Eastern Stars. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Helen Williamson and Jean Hiltner and granddaughter, Erica Strausbaugh. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 2-8 p.m.at Hanenkrath - Clevenger -Schaffer Funeral Home in Defiance. The funeral will be conducted at St. Paul's Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Friday with Rev. Michael Donnally with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in Cromley Cemetery, Defiance. Lenore was happiest when surrounded by family and friends and fondly known as "Granny" by her grand children and great-grand children. Preferred memorials may be directed to St. Paul's United Methodist Church or to a charity of the donor's choice. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=lenore-m-webb&pid=146547750# | Hiltner, Lenore May (I62)
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| 891 | WHITELEY Joseph Whiteley, aged 84 years, died yesterday morning at 12:20 o'clock at his home near Enon, of paralysis. Funeral this afternoon at 12:30 at Fletcher chapel; burial at Fletcher cemetery. Copied from the Springfield Morning Sun, Friday, January 31, 1902. | Whiteley, Joseph (I419)
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| 892 | Wilbur Lee ‘Moon’ Mullin Services for Wilbur Lee “Moon” Mullin, 71, of 2101 E. Broadway, will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Calvary Presbyterian Church. Mr. Mullin died at 1:29 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 1997, in St. Vincent Hospital, Carmel. Born Sept. 20, 1925, in Connersville, he was the son of Clyde Otto and Emily Jerman Mullin. On Nov. 14, 1953, he was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Betty I. Schafer, who survives. Mr. Mullin retired I 1987 after 42 years as a field engineer for National Cash Register Corp. He had worked on business equipment and cash registers in most of the stores, banks and industrial institutions in this area and seven surrounding counties. He was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Logansport Elks Lodge No.66, Logansport American Legion Post No.50, a life member of Elwood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.5782, and a 50-year member of the Muncie Masonic Lodge No.433 F&AM, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis. He also was a past member of the Morning Exchange Club. Mr. Mullin also was an active adult leader of Logansport Boy Scout Troop NO.205 and Kokomo Indian Guides. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS North Carolina. During World War II, he was in the first group that was sent to secure the beach after the atomic bomb was dropped. Surviving with his wife are one daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Michael Ensfield, Logansport; two sons, Dan Mullin, Medford, Ore., and Matt Mullin, Treasure Island, Fla.; three brothers, Donald Mullin, San Marcos, Calif., Charles Lewis Mullin, Laughlin, Nev., and John Mullin Chaney, Rochester; and three grandchildren, Sarah Ensfield and Emma Ensfield, both of Logansport, and Meagan Mullin, Medford, Ore. One brother and one sister preceded in death. Officiating at the services will be the Rev. Doug Mankell. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday in the church. McClokey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army. Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana. Monday, 19 May 1997. | Mullin, Wilbur Lee (I297)
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| 893 | Wilbur ‘Bill’ Shellenbarger (‘Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me ‘ – Dickinson) October 13, 2001 Wilbur ‘Bill’ Shellenbarger, 77, of Fort Myers, died on October 13, 2001, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Bill was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 23, 1923. He married Dorothy Jean Branan on July 17, 1946, and she died on May 18, 1977. He then married Katy Howell on July 29, 2000, and she survives. Also surviving are a son, Mark (Melanie) of Denver, Colorado; three daughters, Jill Toepfer and Sue (Tim) Grant of Toledo, Ohio, and Jodi (Pat) Kitchin of Houston, Texas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bill was an active member of the Forest Country Club, the Fort Myers Kiwanis Club and the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church. Bill, an electrical engineer, retired from the Ohio Bell Telephone Company in 1984 after 36 years of service. He was a U.W. Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of Notre Dame University. A memorial service to celebrate Bill’s life will be held at Cypress Lake United Methodist Church in Fort Myers on Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. The family requests that memorials be made to the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church or the Hospice of Southwest Florida. News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Friday, 9 November 2001. | Shellenbarger, Wilbur Dale (I343)
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| 894 | will probated 16 Sep 1837, Warren County, Ohio | Stiles, Benjamin (I443)
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| 895 | William Albert Hiltner, PhD, DSc (hon) - (1915-1991) Distinguished Astronomer, Professsor, Researcher, Engineer, Author (Astronomical Techniques, Photometric Atlas of Stellar Spectra, et al) BIO: William Albert “Al” Hiltner was born on August 27, 1914 on his parents' farm in North Creek, Ohio, some 45 miles southwest of Toledo. He received his early education in the one room school house that served this farm community. Al acquired his interest in astronomy while still very young, apparently from an amateur astronomer who lived near the family farm. He purchased a small telescope and was disappointed when he found that Vega still looked like a "star" despite the magnification afforded by the telescope. Al graduated from a small high school in a graduating class of 17 in 1932. The following year he entered the University of Toledo where he majored in physics and math. It was in his senior year that he decided to make astronomy his life work. Commenting on that choice many years later Al said, "One makes a decision to do astronomy when one is helpless to prevent it!" He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toledo in 1937 and started graduate studies in astronomy at the University of Michigan. This was not the end of his interest in Toledo, where he frequently spent his weekends until he married Ruth Kreider, a former classmate. He returned again to Toledo 30 years later to accept an honorary DSc. degree from this, his first alma mater. At the University of Michigan Al obtained an MS degree in 1938 and a PhD in astrophysics in 1942. His thesis research was on the spectra of Be stars, with emphasis on determining color temperatures through accurate spectrophotometry. For this research he and Robley Williams constructed the University of Michigan microphotometer. Later they published the Photometric Atlas of Stellar Spectra. As a National Research Council Fellow he continued his association with the University of Michigan and observed and carried out a productive research program at McDonald Observatory. In 1943 he was appointed an Instructor at Yerkes Observatory and he and his family, which now included two daughters, moved to Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin, a village only slightly larger then North Creek, Ohio. During the early days at Yerkes he continued his spectroscopic studies of Be stars and some of the other pathological cases that had been Otto Struve's favorites. During World War II Al was engaged in the production of front surface mirrors, and in military optics design and modeling, an experience which influenced his later interest in astronomical instrumentation. It was following the end of the war that I came to Yerkes Observatory as a graduate student and had the opportunity to work with AI on two projects. Otto Struve had suggested that AI develop a program in photoelectric photometry at Yerkes and I was appointed his assistant. We started with a simple system employing a sensitive galvanometer to record the output of a photomultiplier. It was my task to sit near the 40 inch pier, in the basement, in front of the galvanometer scale. From the observing floor above AI would call out the instructions to read the position of the dancing spot of light on the scale. From this humble beginning AI brought photometry and later polarimetry and electronic imaging at Yerkes into the modern era. In 1945 Hiltner and Chandrasekhar went to Canada to photograph a total eclipse of the sun. This represented a unique collaboration with the theorist Chandrasekhar, for I believe that the paper showing those photographs remains the only observational research paper ever published by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Another interaction between Chandra and AI, however, had a much greater impact on astronomy. Chandrasekhar had predicted that when electron scattering was the dominant contributor to the stellar opacity the limb intensity would show linear polarization reaching 11 % for pure electron scattering. AI set out to measure this polarization in eclipsing binary systems. He found polarization, but it did not change with binary phase. Indeed many early type stars showed polarization in the several percent range. As the data collected, it became clear that the polarization was produced in the interstellar medium. In 1949, in back-to-back papers in Science, Al Hiltner and John Hall announced the discovery of interstellar polarization. Interstellar polarization gave the first evidence for galactic magnetic fields and a powerful diagnostic on the nature of interstellar grains. Over the years AI published over 200 papers in scientific journals. While he continued measurements of polarization, photometry and spectral classification of early type stars he was most interested in binary stars. He made valuable contributions to our understanding of Wolf-Rayet binaries, and after the discovery of x-ray binaries he turned his attention to the study of the optical radiation from these x-ray sources. He enjoyed sharing this research with students and young astronomers and imparting to them the enthusiasm that he himself had for scientific inquiry. As AI progressed through the ranks from Instructor to Professor at the University of Chicago, he took on increased responsibilities as both an instrument innovator and policy maker. Starting in 1959 and continuing until his departure from Yerkes Observatory in 1971, he was the University of Chicago's representative on the Board of Directors of AURA The facilities which now cover the summit of Kitt Peak owe much to the efforts of the early Board members. He played an important role in the development of the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. In 1966 CTIO was without a director and AI served as one of the interim directors until the appointment of Victor Blanco in 1967. He also served as President of AURA from 1968 through 1971. His departure from the Board following his term of office was a result of his departure from Yerkes Observatory after 27 years of productive and diverse activity. Al returned to the place where he had received his training in 1970 to become chairman of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Michigan. His ability to imagine and to make things happen led to a fruitful collaborative agreement between Michigan, Dartmouth and MIT. The MDM consortium started with the move of the Michigan 1.3 meter telescope and later the construction of a 2.4 meter telescope, which was designed by AI and now bears his name. When AI retired from the University of Michigan in 1985 it was not just be a professor emeritus but rather to take on a new challenge. The Carnegie Institution had embarked on a collaborative effort to produce a very large southern hemisphere telescope. In 1986 AI joined the staff of the Carnegie Observatories to become the Project Manager for the Magellan Telescope Project a program to build an 8-meter telescope to be place in Chile. One of the characteristics which his younger colleagues have remarked on was his ability to keep up-to-date, to keep learning. and as such it was not at all remarkable that he had been chosen to head the Magellan Project. This characteristic, however, applied to his personal as well as his professional life. During his years at Yerkes Observatory he enjoyed sailing on Lake Geneva and canoeing with the family in northern Wisconsin in spite of the fact that he had not learned to swim in his youth. He did learn to swim, however, at the age of 64 and took great pride in that accomplishment, which he enjoyed the rest of his life. For the last 10 years of his life AI had been under the care of a cardiologist for a deteriorating heart condition. He had resisted surgery until finally in September of 1991 he decided to risk surgery as a last resort. They were unable to get his heart to beat on its own after removing the support system. He is survived by his wife Ruth, and four children, two sons and two daughters. Al was a great success as a scientist, a teacher, a builder, and a scientific leader, and went out of his way to instill these attributes in the younger astronomers who had the opportunity to work with him. External links: • This BAAS obituary in the ADS, written by: Arthur D. Code (University of Wisconsin). • William A. Hiltner papers, 1942-1991 - http://www.worldcat.org/title/william-a-hiltner-papers-1942-1991/oclc/80618779 | Hiltner, William Albert (I1)
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| 896 | William C. Shellenbarger, 85, formerly of Findlay, passed away at his Perrysburg, Ohio residence on December 22, 2018 with his family at his side. Bill was born in Putnam County on December 21, 1933 to the late Lewis C. and Martha (Schafer) Shellenbarger. He married Claudia L. (Ragland) Shellenbarger on September 13, 1953. She passed away on July 11, 2011. He is survived by his children: William J. (Paula) Shellenbarger of Findlay, Kent C. Shellenbarger of Perrysburg, Tonita J. (David) Karcher of Bloomdale, and Shawn J. (Susan Campbell) Shellenbarger of Findlay; his grandchildren: William E., Shalene J., Cardon I. (Mindy), Aaron M., Austin J. (Lindsay), Brendan R. (Amanda), Caleb S., and Caitlin M.; step-grandchildren, Madalyn M.; and his great-grandchildren: Devin, Jordan, Ayden, Alexandria, Lyla, Jaxson, Evelyn, and Logan. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Melonie; a grandson, Tyler D.; four brothers: Wilbur, Virgil, Rolland, and Phillip; a sister, Marjorie Marquart; father-and mother-in-law, James and Sue Ragland, of whom he would often sing praises to as the best In-laws anyone could ever want; and two brothers-in-law. William was born and raised in a farming family. In his early years, he moved to Jenera, Ohio, where he continued to farm with the family. He graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1952 and was hired by Ohio Bell Telephone Company. He retired from Ohio Bell in 1988, after which, he and Claudia traveled to Hawaii and Europe to visit Kent and Shawn who were in the service at the time. Bill was a member of the Ohio Bell Pioneers Club and served in numerous positions within the organization, taking great pride in the charities that they donated to. He and Claudia's home was open to all. He was a friend and neighbor to all. He was a spiritual man who never would preach, but was always willing to talk about the gospel to anyone who was willing to listen. He was always there to help a neighbor in need. His love for God was followed by his love for Claudia and he expressed that same love in equal portions to all his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed gardening, woodworking, and hunting of all species available. Special thanks to his caring hospice assistant Madison and his buddy nurse Ellen, along with all the other hospice staff, his special friend and personal physician, Dr. Murthy Gokula, and nurse Laurie, and his caring friends John and Mary. You all brought our father and his family great comfort during this time. A funeral service will be held on Friday, December 28, 2018 at 11:00am at COLDREN-CRATES FUNERAL HOME with Reverend Mary A. Bushong officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2018 from 2:00-4:00pm and 6:00-8:00pm. Memorial donations may be made to Northwest Ohio Hospice or the American Cancer Society. | Shellenbarger, William Clair (I349)
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| 897 | William came from Germany at the age of 14. note on back of xeroxed family photo Their land was heavily timbered, so "they cleared and drained the land and made a very productive farm of it. William Schafer held an elected township or county office almost from the date of his residence in that part of the county. The village of North Creek which was platted in 1879, was partly located on his farm." this note is from:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:678927&id=I0631 | Schafer, William (I19)
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| 898 | William E. Petsch was a twenty-year veteran of the U.S. Army. He retired from the Army in 1972. Bill Petsch was twice married. On December 24, 1950, at Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Michigan, he married Shirley E. Williams, a daughter of Alfred Williams and Dora Hiltner. Shirley was b. August 26, 1933, at Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan. Their marriage produced four children, three sons and one daughter. The marriage ended in divorce. Shirley Petsch died June 25, 1998, in El Paso County, Texas. On December 12, 1980, at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, Bill married second to Nancy M. Pepper, a daughter of Louis and Ruth Pepper. Nancy died of cancer on October 17, 1996. OBITUARY: Mr. William (Bill) Petsch age 80 of Fairview MI, died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at his Fairview Apt. in Fairview Ausable Valley Apt. Visitation 1-4 and 6-9 PM Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Lashley Funeral Home, Mio. Funeral Services at 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 9, 2012 also at the funeral home, officiated by his friend Jerry Yoder of Fairview. Interment Friday at Ft Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, MI with full honors. Mr. Petsch was born June 21, 1932 in Pinckney MI. The son of Adolph and Ruth (Leffler) Petsch, he was the fifth child of thirteen. Proceeded in death by his parents, older sister Mildred and Betty and a very young sister Emily. Also older brother Adolph and an eighteen month baby brother Jimmy. Surviving are four children with deceased wife Shirley. Mr. Petsch is a twenty year Veteran of the US Army. After retiring the Army in 1972, he qualified for Civil Service at Ft. Bliss which lasted thirteen years. Bill returned to MI (Prudenville) in 1984 and was self employed. In 1996 his second wife Nancy passed away and he moved to Fairview as a volunteer at Ausable Valley Nursing Home in the Activities Dept. After six years he retired and did some touring out West returning to Mio to lead a quiet life, until his earthly body said 'No Further Duties Here, but a New Beginning, For This World Is Not My Home". He often spoke of his Heavenly Home, and sitting at the feet of God, and praising all the Heavenly Host. Memorials may be made to The Gideons International 2675 Mishler Rd., Mio, MI 48647. Arrangements by Lashley Funeral Home, Mio. | Petsch, William Edward (I226)
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| 899 | William H. "Bill" Wilson, 70 Northern Michigan Review Jul 27, 2018 petoskeynews.com William Herbert (Bill) Wilson passed away at home on July 25, 2018. Bill was born December 13, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio to Paul and Doris Wilson. He graduated from Roy C. Start High School in 1965 and received his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Albion College in 1969. While at Albion, he also studied at the Central D’Estudios Colombos Americanos in Bogota, Colombia. He served as a draftee in the US Army from July 1970 to January 1972, receiving an honorable discharge and the Army Commendation Medal. In March 1971, he married his only wife Elizabeth (Beth) Clemmer in Naples, FL. After the Army they moved back to Toledo where he worked in the trucking industry for several years. They moved to Harbor Springs in 1978. He worked for several years as a construction laborer before joining Preston Feather in 1980, there he worked primarily as a forest products buyer retiring in 2012. He is survived by his wife Beth, his beloved daughter Ashley and a sister Mary (Dee) Grapentine. Donations to be made to McLaren Home Care & Hospice or a Children’s Hospital of your choice. At his request, no service is planned. Arrangements in the care of Stone Funeral Home, Inc. | Wilson, William Herbert (I101)
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| 900 | William Hartman Columbus Grove, Feb. 16 – William W. Hartman, 72, died at his home west of Columbus Grove last night. Surviving are his widow; one son, William Hartman; a daughter, Martha Hartman; four sisters, Mrs. Lavina Jennings, Lima; Mrs. Mark Huffabert, Cairo; Mrs. John Blosser, Cloverdale, and Mrs. Phillip Snyder, Columbus Grove; two brothers, John Hartman, Columbus Grove, and James Hartman, Bancroft, Mich. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Columbus Grove Christian church, with the Rev. Jacob Frazier in charge. Burial will be in Truro cemetery, near here. | Hartman, William Wesley (I194)
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