2-14-1915
Elizabeth Wannemacher
Death Results From Typhoid
Mrs. George Wannemacher Well Known Resident Of Ottoville, Died Unexpectedly At Her Home At
That Place Early Sunday Morning
When the news of the death of Mrs. George Wannemacher, of Ottoville, was received hers, Sunday
morning, it was a great shock to her friends and relatives in this city, Mrs. Wannemacher had been ill for the
past four weeks with typhoid fever, but her condition was favorable, and there was no anxiety felt by her family
of physician. However on Saturday she grew worse and death came at 3:15 o’clock Sunday morning. Mrs.
Wannemacher had been in failing health for a number of years and had been bedfast for four weeks.
The deceased was one of the most highly esteemed residents of the neighboring village and had a host of
friends in Delphos, who are deeply grieved to learn of her death and sympathize with the bereaved relatives.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Sorg, and she was born in Seneca County, O., March 19, 1860, being 54
years, 13 months and 26 days old. For about twenty-six years she had resided in Ottoville, Mr. Wannemacher
being interested in the Hardware Business in that place. Her marriage took place April 30, 1889, at Fostoria.
Surviving are the husband, four children, one brother, Peter Sorg, Fostoria; and four sisters, Mrs. R.
Hartsock, Fostoria; Mrs. William Harrison, Bettsville, O.; Mrs. John Ssheller, Ada; Mrs. Eva Scherger, Delphos.
The deceased was a devout member of the Catholic church in Ottoville, and funeral services will be held from
the church Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock. Interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery at Ottoville. A
number of relatives from Delphos will attend the funeral. Mrs. Wannemacher was a member of the Sacred
Heart League and the Alter Rosary Society of the Ottoville church.
3-16-1915
Mathilda Otte
Child Is Claimed By Death Angel
Relatives and friends in Delphos have been notified of the death of Miss Matilda Otte, youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Otte, and granddaughter of Henry Louth, of South Bredeick Street, which occurred
Thursday at the family home at Ottoville. The child was taken ill about four weeks ago with scarlet fever, but
she had recovered from the illness and the quarantine had been removed from the home. However Dropsy
developed about two weeks ago and she grew weaker and weaker until her death came, Tuesday morning at
11:30 o’clock, bringing a great sorrow upon the home and deep grief into the hearts of her relatives and
friends.
Miss Matilda Otte was born at Ottoville, June 3, 1904, and was aged 10 years, 5 months and 3 days. She
was a pupil in the fourth grade in the Ottoville schools. The deceased is survived by her parents and four
sisters, Mrs. Harry Niedecken, Ottoville; Mrs. Ralph Siler, Leipsic; Miss Lucile and Malinda, at home. Two
brothers have preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church at Ottoville Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock, and
interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery at that place, it is probable that a number of relatives and
friends from Delphos will attend the funeral.
4-15-1915
Wilhelm F. Krietemeyer (Infant)
4-8-1915
Margaretha Spieler
4-26-1915
Anna Maria Krebs
Dies At Age Of 65 Years
Mrs. Mary Anna Krebs, For Many Years A Resident Of Ottoville, Passes Away At The Home Of Her
Daughter Mrs. Joseph Gech, In Lima
Mrs. Mary Anna Krebs, for many years a resident of Ottoville, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Gech, at 202 North Central Avenue, in Lima, Monday evening. Death was due to a complication of
diseases, from which she had been a sufferer since early in March.
Mrs. Krebs was born in Landeck, and made her home in Ottoville for a number of years. For the past two
years she has lived with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Gech, in Lima. Prior to that time she lived for a time with
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Bonifas, on South Franklin Street.
The deceased is survived by three sons, John Krebs, Celina; Joseph, Elyria; Peter, Tiffin; and by four
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Gech, Lima; Mrs. Charles Bonifas, Delphos; Mrs. William Studer, Scottsville, Mich.; and
Mrs. George Berner, St. Andrews, Wash.
The arrangements for the funeral have not been made, but it is probable that the remains will be taken to
Ottoville for burial.
5-6-1915
Marcella M. Beining (Infant)
Death Takes Child In Ottoville Home
Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Henry Beining Jr., Passes Away Thursday Morning, After Week’s Illness
From Pneumonia – Funeral Saturday
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beining, Jr., at Ottoville, was saddened on Thursday morning, when at an
early hour, their daughter, Miss Marcele, passed away. The child had been ill the past week with pneumonia.
She was born December 7, 1913, and had she lived until Friday, would have been 17 months.
Her parents, two brothers and one sister survive. The funeral services will be held at the Immaculate
Conception church at Ottoville Saturday morning at 8:30 o’clock, and interment in the Catholic cemetery at that
place.
5-14-1915
Leona Utrup
Run Over By Train, Girl Loses Foot
Leona Utrup, 5 Years Old, Living North Of City, Caught By Locomotive Of C. H. & D. Local While
Playing On Tracks – Taken To Ottoville
Leona Utrup, 5 years old, living north of city, lost a foot at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon when run over by a C.
H. & D. local freight train, north bound, at the Allemeier road crossing, two miles north of Delphos. She was
taken to Ottoville, the train making record breaking time. Dr. J. F. Ockuly rendered the necessary surgical
attention.
The little girl was playing along the tracks with two sisters, Marcella and Adeline, and Josephine Fuerst.
While on the crossing her foot became caught in the cattle guards. Engineer M. Siford of the local did not see
the girl until too late to prevent the accident. Chas. Bauman was conductor of the train. At a late hour this
afternoon it was stated that child has good chances to recover.
Later: -- Word was received that the child died at 3:45 o’clock Friday afternoon. She was the daughter of
Mrs. Wm. Utrup, a widow.
Child Victim Of Accident Passes Away
Leona Utrup, 5 Year Old Daughter of Mrs. Wm. Utrup, Run Over By C. H. & D. Train, Losing Right Arm
and Leg, Died and Hour After Sister and Two Cousins Try To Signal Engineer With Handkerchiefs
Run over by the northbound C. H. & D. local Friday afternoon at the Fuerst Crossing, about two miles north
of Delphos, at 2:30 o’clock, little Leona Utrup, 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. William Utrup, a widow, living at the
home of her father, Henry Rode, a short distance from the crossing, died at 4 o’clock at the residence of
Andrew Brokamp, in Ottoville, where she had been taken shortly after the accident.
The child’s right leg was severed at the hip by the wheels of the train, and she also lost her right arm at the
shoulder. It was found necessary to amputate the left foot, Dr. J. F. Ockuly, of Ottoville, performing the
operation. Surgery was of no avail however. Loss of blood and great shock made futile, efforts to save the girl’
s life.
The child was playing along the tracks with her two cousins, Marcella Utrup and Josephine Fuerst, and her
sister Adeline Utrup. She ran onto the crossing, her left foot catching in the cattle guards. As the train
approached from the south her playmates frantically endeavored to signal the engineer to stop. They waved
their handkerchiefs and screamed, and the victim’s sister tried to remove her from her precarious position.
But Engineer Siford failed to see the children in time to avert a tragedy, it is stated, and the wheels of the
engine passed over the little girl. She was hurriedly picked up, and rushed at full speed to Ottoville but a short
distance away.
The child was taken to the Brokamp home but a short distance from the C. H. & D. station at Ottoville, and
Dr. Ockuly was summoned. She was beyond all help then.
Surviving the accident victim are her sister, Adeline, her mother, Mrs, William Utrup, and her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rhode, with whom Mrs. Utrup has been making her home for the past five years, John
Rhode, of Ottoville, is an uncle. The child’s father died several years ago.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Immaculate Conception church at
Ottoville, with burial in the church cemetery. The cortege will leave the house at 2 o’clock. Rev. Fr. Mertes will
conduct the services.
6-18-1915
Pauline Freiburger
Death Follows An Operation
Miss Pauline Frieburger, Well Known Young Lady Of Ottoville, Passes To Great Beyond – Funeral
To Be Held Monday Morning
Miss Pauline Frieburger, one of the best known and most beloved young ladies in Ottoville, died early
Friday morning, death following an operation. Miss Frieburger was taken ill suddenly with convulsions last
Saturday, and Wednesday an operation was performed with the hope that she would speedily recover.
However she became worse and death resulted Friday morning, at 5:55 o’clock.
The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Frieburger, deceased. She was born July 31, 1897, at
Verona, Mo., and was 17 years, 10 months and 18 days old. Fifteen years ago her parents died on the same
day and she was reared by an aunt, Miss Mary Frieburger, at Ottoville. She had been employed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Bertling and was there when she took sick and there her death occurred. She is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. George Altenburger, Cloverdale; Miss Barbara Frieburger, Ottoville; and two brothers, Frank
Frieburger, Ottoville, and Carl Frieburger, Beacon, Wash.
Miss Frieburger was a member of the Young Ladies Sodality of the Immaculate Conception church at
Ottoville, and her many friends, especially among the young people of the village, are deeply grieved over her
passing. Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o’clock and interment in
the cemetery at that place.
6-20-1915
Gerhard Brinkman
Lamp Explosion Kills Farmer, and Fatally Burns Two Daughters
Fluid In Reservoir of Light Fixture at Gerhart Brinkman Home, One Mile and A Half East Of Ottoville,
Lets Go, Resulting In Death Of Mr. Brinkman, And Injuries To Wife and Two Children – Mrs.
Brinkman Expected Will Recover But Girls, One An Infant, Are Not Expected To Live – Several
Children In Upstairs Rooms Escape – Funeral Services For Victim To Be Held Tuesday Morning
From Immaculate Conception Church In Ottoville
The Dead – Gerhart Brinkman, farmer, residing one mile and a half east of Ottoville.
The Injured – Mrs. Brinkman, but will recover; two daughters, Florence, two and a half years, and
Frances, aged 22 years. The later are not expected to live, being horribly burned about the face, arms,
and in fact the entire body.
Gerhart Brinkman, 53, a farmer, living one mile and a half east of Ottoville, is dead, and his two daughters,
Florence, aged two and a half years, and Frances aged 22 years, are not expected to live, as the result of an
explosion Saturday evening, shortly after 9 o’clock of a gasoline lamp in the living room of their home. Mr.
Brinkman lived but a few hours afterword, dying at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
But for the fact that he inhaled the deadly fumes and smoke, Mr. Brinkman might have lived, it is stated,
external injuries were confined to his face and hands. Mrs. Brinkman will recover, it is stated, although being
quite badly burned, and suffering from the effects of the fumes.
The two children cannot survive their injuries the attending physicians state. They were horribly burned
about the face, arms and feet. In fact their bodies are practically one mass of burns, and external injuries,
coupled with the effects of the poisonous fumes, make their recovery impossible, it is reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman, and daughters Frances and Florence, were seated in the living room at the time of
the explosion, which was caused by the heat from a coal oil lamp underneath the gasoline lamp, suspended
from the ceiling. The later was not ignited.
The four tried to smother the flames, and in this manner inhaled a great quantity of the smoke and fumes.
The contents of the room were burned, but the remainder of the residence was unscathed, due to the
efforts of neighbors.
The force of the explosion broke window panes, and glass in two doors leading into the room. Mr. Brinkman
was found unconscious in front of a door. Every effort was made to revive him, but he was beyond the power
of medical aid.
Eight children were home at the time, and most of them had retired sleeping in upstairs rooms. They were
uninjured. Beno, a son, was at the home of a neighbor. Twelve children survive their father. Three are away
from home, Veronica is in Cincinnati; Angela in Delphos, being employed as a domestic at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hanley, 229 West Fifth Street, and Mrs. Joseph Kreitemeyer, of near Ottoville. He also leaves two
brothers and one sister, as follows; Frank Brinkman, and Mat. Brinkman, and Mrs. Elizabeth Helmick, all of
Ottoville.
Later – It was stated by a physician that the infant has a chance for recovery, but that Frances, was
expected to die anytime.
7-14-1915
Emalia Josephine Rellinger
Miss Amelia Rellinger Succumbs To Tuberculosis
The death of Miss Amelia Rellinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Rellinger, which occurred at the family
home, one mile south of Ottoville, Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock, was particularly sad, a young girls
just in her teens, being taken, Miss Rellinger had been in failing health for the past three years, and for the
last six weeks had been bedfast, a sufferer of tuberculosis.
Miss Rellinger was born July 4, 1898, and was 17 years and 10 days old at the time of her death. She
attended the schools at Ottoville and was a student in the high school until about six months ago, when her
failing health made it necessary for her to give up her studies. She was well liked among her schoolmates,
associates and friends and the young people are especially grieved at the passing of one of their number, in
her promising years.
Surviving are her parents, two brothers, Alois Rellinger, Toledo, August Rellinger, at home, and two sisters,
Mrs. Russell Keller, Dayton, and Miss Elanor Rellinger, at home. She was a member of the Catholic Church of
Ottoville, having been reared in that faith and was also associated with the Young Ladies Sodality. The last
sad rites over the remains will be held from the Immaculate Conception Church at Ottoville Friday morning at 9
o’clock, and burial in the Catholic Cemetery at that place.
7-15-1915
Anna Maria Gasser
Mrs. Gephart Gasser Is Summoned By Death After Several Months Illness
Mrs. Gephart Gasser passed away early Thursday morning, at her home, three and one-half miles north of
Ottoville, at 5:30 o'clock after several months of illness. She underwent an operation at St. Vincent's Hospital in
Toledo last March but never fully recovered, and had been bedfast since that time.
The deceased's maiden name was Anna Honigfort, and she was born in Ottoville, September 5, 1860, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Honigfort, deceased. She Spent her entire life in Ottoville and vicinity, and
passed away at the age of 55 years , 10 months and 10 days. On October 25, 1887, she was united in
marriage to Gephart Gasser, at Ottoville. To this union were born nine children, one of whom, a son, has
preceded his mother in death. Surviving are the husband, and the following children, Mrs. Andrew Bensman,
Cloverdale, Frank Gasser, Ottoville, John, William, Gephart, Oliver, Elizabeth and Estella, at home. She is also
survived by her stepfather, Frank Dietering, living north-west of Ottoville, and three brothers, John, and
Barney Honigfort, of Ottoville and Henry Honigfort, of this city.
Mrs. Gasser was a member of the Immaculate Conception church in Ottoville, and a devout Catholic. She
was affiliated with the Sacred Heart League of the Ottoville Catholic church. Funeral services will be held
Saturday morning, from the Catholic church in Ottoville, and Burial in the cemetery at that place.
10-16-1915
Emma Pittner
Death Takes Child In Ottoville Home
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pittner, residing one and a half miles northwest of Ottoville, died
at the family home early Saturday morning. The child whose name was Emma, had been ill the past six weeks,
suffering from a complication of diseases, and death resulted at 2 o’clock. The parent’s two brothers and two
sisters survive. The funeral services will be held from the Immaculate Conception church at Ottoville Monday
morning, at 7:30 o’clock, and burial in the Catholic Cemetery at that place.
11-21-1915
Conrad Fuerst
12-4-1915
Mary Mandary
A Pioneer Of Putnam County Is Summoned
Mrs. Thomas Mandery, Aged 88, Passed Away At Home Of Son At Cloverdale – Mother of Henry
Mandery of Delphos – Body Taken To Ottoville For Burial Tuesday Morning
A pioneer of Putnam County passed away Saturday evening, when Mrs. Mary Anna Schefer Mandery, wife
of Thomas Mandery, died at the home of her son, Charles Mandery, near Cloverdale. Mrs. Mandery’s death
was due to Infirmities of age, her health having been gradually failing.
Mary Anna Schafer was born in Manchweiler Rheinplatz, Germany, March 16, 1827, and had reached the
advanced age of 88 years. She spent her early life in the country of her birth, coming to America in 1854. For
four years she resided in Cincinnati, and then came to Putnam County, where she has since resided, honored
and respected.
Mrs. Mandery is survived by her husband; two daughter, Mrs. Joseph Fischbach, Canton; Mrs. John
Schneeg, Ottoville; and two sons, Charles Mandery, Cloverdale; Henry Mandery, Delphos. Four sons and one
daughter have preceded their mother in death.
The remains of Mrs. Mandery were removed from Cloverdale to the home of Mrs. John Schneeg, in Ottoville
Sunday, and funeral services will be held from the Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday morning, at 8:30 o’
clock. Burial in the Ottoville cemetery.