Mary Ida Brecht
1885 - 1975 (89 years)-
Name Mary Ida Brecht Born 19 May 1885 Putnam County, Ohio 
[1, 3] Gender Female Died 31 Jan 1975 Lima, Allen County, Ohio [1, 3] Buried Monroe Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio [1, 3] Person ID I93 Hiltner Last Modified 16 Apr 2023
Family Benjamin Franklin Schafer, b. 11 Aug 1882, North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio , d. 07 Mar 1942, Leipsic, Putnam County, Ohio (Age 59 years) Married 8 Sep 1903 [3] Last Modified 15 Mar 2025 Family ID F38 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 May 1885 - Putnam County, Ohio 
Died - 31 Jan 1975 - Lima, Allen County, Ohio 
Buried - - Monroe Cemetery, Continental, Putnam County, Ohio = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - NORTH CREEK - Mary Ida Schafer, 89, of here, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in St. Rita's Hospital.
Born in Putnam County May 19, 1885, she was a daughter of the late Amos and Mary Fenstermacker Brecht. Her husband, Benjamin F., whom she married on Sept. 8, 1903, died March 2, 1942.
Mrs. Schafer was a member of the North Creek United Methodist Church.
Surviving are one son, Ernest of Toledo; four daughters, Mrs. Frieda Brossom and Mrs. Pauline Tischinae, both of Toledo, Mrs. Helen McMillan of Benfield, N.Y. and Mrs. Lenore Johnston of Rt. 1, Continental; 15 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the church, Rev. Russell White officiating. Burial will be in Monroe Cemetery, Continental.
Friends may call at the Richardson Funeral Home, Continental, after 2 p.m. today.
(published in The Lima News, Sunday, February 2, 1975)
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- NORTH CREEK - Mary Ida Schafer, 89, of here, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in St. Rita's Hospital.
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