1-16-1945
Death of Mrs. Honingford
East Third Street Resident dies Tuesday- Seven Children Survive-Rites At St. John's
Mrs. Agnes Honingford, a resident of Delphos for the past thirty-six years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Rode, 733 East Third Street, at 8:45 o'clock Tuesday morning. She had been ill since
Sunday, January 7, and on Thursday, her condition became serious.
Agnes Kortokrax was born in Ottoville on April 24, 1859, the daughter of Christopher and Anna Kortokrax.
Her marriage to Henry Honingford took place on November 10, 1881, at Ottoville. The Honingford family moved
to Delphos thirty-six years ago. In 1931 Mr. and Mrs. Honingford observed their golden wedding anniversary.
The death of Mr. Honingford occurred in 1932.
When her death occurred, Mrs. Honingford was eight-five years, eight months and twenty-three days of
age.
She was a member of St. John's Church, the Alter Society and the Sacred Heart League.
Surviving are; seven children, Mrs. Anna Brandehoff, East Third street; Mrs. George Wunderle,
Cleveland; Mrs. Elmer Stettler, Elida Ave.; Al, Lima; Mrs. Fred Hurry, Convoy; Leander, West First street; and
Mrs. George Rode, East Third street. There are twenty-one grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren .
Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Alex Heinl, Ft. Jennings, and Mrs. Henry Benning, Ft. Wayne, and Max
Kortokrax, Hicksville, also survive. She was preceded in death by the following children; Mrs. Margaret Frisch,
Mrs. Catherine Wallenhorst, Mrs. Amelia Berheide, Miss Leona Honingford and Bernard Honingford.
Services will be held at St. John's church. The time for the services will be announced in Wednesday's
Herald. The remains will be at the Jaunam-Kolkmeyer Funeral Home until the time of services.
2-9-1945
William Schlagbaum
Schlagbaum Rites Held At Ottoville
Former County Official Died Friday
Ill Several Years
Spent All Of Life On Farm Near Ottoville
Last rites for William Schlagbaum, esteemed and well known farmer of near Ottoville, were held in the
Immaculate Conception church in that village Monday morning at nine o’clock. Mr. Schlagbaum died at his
home, one-half mile east of Ottoville, Friday morning at ten-fifteen. He had been in failing health for several
years and his condition was serious for five days prior to his demise.
Mr. Schlagbaum was born near Ottoville on July 17, 1862, the son of George and Dorthea Schlagbaum.
He was eighty-two years of age and spent his entire life in the home where he was born and in which his death
occurred.
In May 1895, he was married to Miss Lucy Kehres, at Ottoville. The couple would have observed their
Golden Wedding next spring. Mr. Schlagbaum was active in County and civic affairs before ill health forced his
retirement. He served two terms as Commissioner of Putnam County and was affiliated with important
committees and business groups in the Ottoville community at various times.
He was a member of the Catholic church at Ottoville; the Knights of Columbus and the Ottoville branch of
the Catholic Knights of Ohio.
He is survived by his wife; seven children, Mrs. E. C. Murray, Lima; Mrs. Henry W. German, and Walter
Schlagbaum, of Delphos; Alphonse and Agnes, at home; Mrs. Oscar Ulrich, Ft. Wayne, and Staff Sergeant
George Schlagbaum, Kearney, Nebraska; and seven grandchildren.
Rev. Henry Gerwert, pastor of the Ottoville parish, officiated at the last rites and burial was made in the
Ottoville cemetery.
3-5-1945
Anthony Bensman
Well Known Citizen Dies
Joseph Bensman Buried At Ottoville
Joseph A. Bensman, retired farmer, died at his home in Ottoville Monday morning shortly before eight-
thirty. In January of this year he moved from his farm south of Ft. Jennings to Ottoville. Mr. Bensman resided
on a farm northwest of Ottoville for forty-four years, and twelve years ago moved to the farm neat Ft. Jennings.
Mr. Bensman was born at Ottoville on March 18, 1864, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bensman. He would
have been eighty-one years of age this month and resided all of his life in the Ottoville and Jennings
communities where he was well known and highly respected. He served as trustee of Monterey Township for a
number of years.
On November 4, 1886, he was married to Rosa Bendele at Ottoville. He is survived by his widow; eleven
children, Anton G. Bensman, Mrs. C. M. Ricker, of near Ft. Jennings; Henry J., of near Continental; Sebastian,
of Lima; Edward C., of New Haven, Ind.; Mrs. Frank Hohlbein, of near Ottoville; Mrs. John J. Sholl, Mrs. Wayne
Slater and Mrs. Bernard Stoody, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Mrs. Alfred Hunt, of Botkins; and Isadore Bensman, of Salina,
Kansas; forty-six grnachildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. Three grandsons in the service are serving
overseas.
Funeral services were held in the Immaculate Conception church at Ottoville Thursday morning at nine-
thirty. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
3-7-1945
Lena Snyder
3-9-1945
Fred Heitmeyer
Burial Made At Ottoville
Henry Heitmeyer’s Death Due To Complications
Funeral services for Fred Heitmeyer, sixty-four, were held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
at Ottoville on Tuesday morning of last week. Mr. Heitmeyer passed away the previous Friday after an illness
since last November due to complications.
Mr. Heitmeyer was born in this county on July 20, 1880, and spent his entire life on farms in this county.
He was married October 28, 1903, to Miss Catherine Dickman, at Ottoville. For seven years following their
marriage the couple resided on a farm near Cloverdale and for the past thirty-five years resided three and one-
half miles northeast of Ottoville.
Mr. Heitmeyer is survived by his wife; eight children, John, of Columbus Grove; Mrs. Barbara Brinkman,
Ottoville; Alphonse Heitmeyer, Ottawa; Mrs. Frances Schimmoeller, Ft. Jennings; Mrs. Jean Smith, Kalida; Cpl.
Leo Heitmeyer, with the U. S. Army in France, and Leo and Norbert, at home. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Brinkman, Ottoville; and Mrs. Elizabeth Burgei, Cloverdale; and a brother, Henry Heitmeyer, Ottawa. Two
children preceded him in death.
Father Henry Gerwert, pastor, was celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass, Father Sylvester Schnipke
was deacon, and Father Huffman was Sub-Deacon. Burial was made in the parish cemetery at Ottoville.
4-3-1945
Edward T. Utrup
Sgt. Edward T. Utrup Is Killed In Germany
Word has been received from the war department by Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Utrup, of Sister lakes, that
their son, T/Sgt. Edward R. Utrup, 27, was killed in action in Germany, April 3.
Sgt. Utrup was born in Ottoville, O., April 6, 1917, the same day the United States entered World War I
against Germany.
He entered the army Nov. 24, 1937 and was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. From there he
entered foreign service and served three years in the Panama Canal Zone.
He returned to the U. S. and acted as training instructor in the 14th infantry at Fort Lewis, Wash., Camp
Carson, Colo., and Fort Benning, Ga. Sgt. Utrup was sent into the European theater of war in January 1945.
He leaves his parents; six brothers, Sgt. Arthur with the Air corps, Stockton Field, Calif.; Air Cadet Orville,
San Antonio, Tex.; Pvt. John, Fort Sheridan, Ill.; Alvin, Niles; Robert at home; Wilbur, Berrien Springs; two
sisters, Mrs. Clarence Jones, Niles and Mary Rose at home.
Sgt. Utrup was formerly an employee of the Kawneer Co., of Niles and at the time of his enlistment was
employed at the Clark Equipment Co., Berrien Springs.
4-6-1945
William Turnwald
William Turnwald War Victim In Germany
Ottoville Soldier Died on April 6th
Worked In Delphos
Had Been Overseas Since Last October
Pfc. William E. Turnwald, Jr., nineteen, was killed in action in Germany, April 6th, according to a telegram
received by relatives from the war department. A resident of the Ottoville community, where he was well and
favorably known, he had been employed in a Delphos plant prior to entering the service in January 1943.
Pfc. Turnwald was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Turnwald of southwest of Ottoville. He was born in
Michigan on September 26, 1925, and had resided in the Ottovilel community since childhood. He took his
basic army training at Camp Croft, S. C., and at Camp Shelby, Miss., before going overseas in October 1944.
He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Wollet, of Delphos; his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Jerome
Eickholt, and Miss Betty Turnwald, of near Ottoville; and three brothers, Pfc. Sylvester Turnwald, of Detroit;
who recently returned from active duty overseas; and Leo and John, of near Ottoville.
He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville and the Delphos Aerie of
Eagles. Details for memorial rites were not announced Wednesday, but it is expected that they will be held in
the Ottoville Catholic Church in the very near future.
4-11-1945
Robert Fortener Jr.
Parents Get Message Of Son’s Death
Pvt. Robert Fortener, Jr., Killed In Germany
Died On April 11th
Memorial Rites Held At Ottoville
The day after receiving a letter from relatives in Detroit, Michigan, which reported the death of their son,
Pfc. Robert Fortener, nineteen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortener, Ottoville, received a telegram from the War
Department, Washington, which confirmed the information.
Earl Weber, of Detroit, a first cousin of Pfc. Fortener, wrote his parents saying that the Ottoville young
man had been killed in action in Germany on April 11th. He informed his parents that he talked to Robert’s
commanding officers and members of his unit, including the chaplain, and that if he had had time he could
have visited the place where Robert was buried.
Pfc. Fortener was born in Ottoville on August 24, 1925. He graduated from Ottoville High School with the
class of 1943. he had been in the service since December 8, 1943, and had been overseas since October
1944. He was a member of the Ninth U. S. Army.
Pfc. Fortener is survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Helen, Karen, John and Elmer, all at
home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Ottoville.
Memorial rites for Pfc. Fortener were held in ImmaculateConception Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday
morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem High Mass. Members of
the county American Legion Posts attended the mass and conducted military rites at the conclusion of the
services.
4-30-1945
Anna Katherine Metz
Anna Katherine Metz 29, Wife of Delzon L. Metz of 386 Fies Avenue, died at 7:30 o'clock last night at City
Hospital, just after being removed there for an operation for gall stones. She had been ill since last Saturday.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home, 386 Fies Ave. And at 10:30
o'clock at the Methodist Church in Meeker. Rev. H. E. Williamson, Pastor of Oakland Evangelical Church, will
officiate and burial will be in Meeker Cemetery.
Mrs. Metz was born in Ottoville, Ohio, on Christmas Day, 1898 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Brookhouse, the former originally from Germany and the later from Allen County. Her marriage to
Delzon L. Metz was solemnized in LaRue 1913. She had made her home in Marion seven years and was a
member of Oakland Evangelical Church.
Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Miss. Louise Metz, at home; two sons, Harold and Carl Metz, at
home; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Lathon Cranmer of Meeker; and two half brothers, Clarence
and Andrew of near Meeker. Her father preceded her in death.
6-3-1945
Jacob Studer
Burial Made At Ottoville
Jacob P. Studer Former Businessman
Jacob P. Studer, well known former businessman of Ottoville, died at midnight Sunday in St. Rita’s
Hospital, Lima. Uremic poisoning and a heart condition were the cause of his demise. He had been seriously ill
two weeks.
Mr. Studer was born at New Washington, Ohio, on January 31, 1874, the son of Wendel and Caroline
Studer. He was seventy-one years of age. His marriage to Caroline Schurer took place in the Ottoville Catholic
Church on June 21, 1905.
Mr. Studer was a retired employee of the Ohio Power Company and of the Ottoville Telephone Company,
and for sixteen years served as town marshal. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Ottoville
Loan Company for a number of years and some years ago operated the Studer and Bertling Meat Market at
Ottoville, which the partnership later sold to Frank King.
Mr. Studer was a member of the Ottoville branch, Catholic Knights of Ohio, and the St. Joseph’s Society
and the Immaculate Conception parish.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Al Wieging, of Ottoville; Mrs. John Wiechart, of Lima; and
Miss Margie Studer, employed at Wright Field, Dayton; four grandchildren; two brothers, William Studer, of
Jackson, Mich.; and Louis Studer, of St. Maries, Idaho. A sister and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning in the Ottoville parish church and burial was made in the
parish cemetery.
7-2-1945
Mary Schimmoeller
Died Sunday AT Delphos
Mrs. William Schimmoeller Rites Thursday
Mrs. Mary T. Schimmoeller, resident of Ottoville, died Sunday evening at nine-fifteen in the home of her
son, Clarence Schimmoeller, at Delphos. She had been ailing for the last four years and was seriously ill for
several days.
Mrs. Schimmoeller was born in Bredenborn, Germany, on December 13, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Langhals. She came to this country at the age of fourteen and located in the Cloverdale
community. She was married to William J. Schimmoeller, at Ottoville, on August 28, 1894, and had lived in the
Ottoville vicinity since that time. She was seventy-five years of age.
Mrs. Schimmoeller issurvived by her husband; six children, Frank, of Chesaning, Mich.; Melitus and Mrs.
John Thines, of Ottoville; Clarence and Alphonse, of Delphos; and Mrs. Nornert Wurst, of South Bend, Ind.;
two brothers, Joseph Langhals, Cloverdale; and Theodore, of Kalida; a sister, Mrs. Frank Helmkamp, of Ft.
Wayne; sixteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A daughter, two brothers and a sister preceded
her in death.
Funeral services were held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, at Ottoville, of which she was a
member, Thursday morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the
parish cemetery.
7-4-1945
Eileen Bendele
Funeral For Mrs. Bendele
Held Saturday Morning At Ottoville
Funeral services were held Saturday morning in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville
for Mrs. Eileen E. Bendele, wife of John C. Bendele, of southwest of Ottoville, who died on Wednesday in St.
Rita’s Hospital, Lima. She had been seriously ill for only several hours before her death, she had not been in
the best of health for the past six months.
Mrs. Bendele was born at Delphos on June 6, 1912, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wiechart. She
was thirty-three years of age.
She was married to Mr. Bendele on April 27, 1935, who survives with five children, Doris Ann, Mary Jane,
John, Gilbert, Sharon Rose and Donald Laverne, all at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wiechart, of
Delphos; and four sisters and three brothers. A brother preceded her in death.
The remains will be interred at the parish cemetery in Ottoville.
7-13-1945
Frank Brinkman
F. G. Brinkman Rites Tuesday
Resided on Same Farm All Of His Life
Frank G. Brinkman, lifelong resident of near Ottoville, passed away unexpectedly at his home one mile eat
of that village, Friday evening at six-forty. He had been in failing health for eighteen months and was more
serious for the last six weeks. His death was due to a heart ailment.
Mr. Brinkman was born on the farm where his death occurred the son of Frank H. and Elizabeth Brinkman,
on September 14, 1866. He was seventy-eight years of age.
On January 20, 1897, he was married to Miss Mary Roof, at Ottawa. He spent his entire life on the farm,
which was known as the Brinkman homestead. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church and the Ottoville branch of the C. K. of O.
He is survived by his wife; six children, Fred, of Michigan; Alphonse and Miss Verna, at home; Cletus, of
Delphos; Mrs. Anna Schwaller, of Decatur, Ind.; Mrs. Leona Smith, of Columbus Grove; eight grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Brinkman was preceded in death by four children and six brothers and
sisters.
Last rites were held in the Catholic church at Ottoville Tuesday morning at nine-thirty o’clock. Burial was
made in the parish cemetery.
7-15-1945
Philomena Herman
Hip Fracture Causes Death
Mrs. Leo Herman Buried At Ottoville
Mrs. Leo Herman, a resident of the Ottoville community most of her ilfe, died in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima,
Sunday morning, shortly before eleven o’clock. She suffered a fractured hip at her home northeast of Ottoville
five weeks ago. Her condition has been critical for several days.
Mrs. Herman was born near Canton on May 2, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herman. Her
husband preceded her in death on July 1, 1938. She was seventy-five years of age.
She is survived by three children, Miss Gertrude and Gilbert, at home; and Edwin Herman, of near
Ottoville; three sisters and two brothers, Misses Catherine and Clara Herman, Mrs. Austin Schiltz and Victor
and William Herman, all of North Canton; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Thursday morning at
nine-thirty. Interment was made in the parish cemetery.
8-4-1945
Cecelia Wannemacher
Burial Made At Ottoville
Mrs. Wannemacher Died Friday Evening
Mrs. Cecelia Wannemacher, forty-nine, wife of Arthur Wannemacher of Ottoville, died Friday evening at
ten o’clock in St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima, after and illness of three weeks. Mrs. Wannemacher’s condition was
considered somewhat improved and her death came unexpectedly following a heart attack.
She was born at Ft. Jennings on March 22, 1896, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miehls and was
married to Mr. Wannemacher on October 14, 1919. All of her married life was spent at Ottoville where she was
well and favorably known.
She is survived by her husband; three sons, Sgt. Harold, with the U. S. Army in Germany; Cpl. Ambrose,
also in Germany; and Lester, S. 1-C, somewhere in the Pacific area. A son Leonard died four years ago. She
also leaves four brothers, Clarence Miehls, of Essex, Ontario, Canada; Alfred and Irwin Miehls, of Toledo; and
Arnold Miehls, Delphos.
Mrs. Wannemacher was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville, the Ottoville
C. L. of C., and the Alter Rosary Society of the parish. Funeral services were held in the parish church
Tuesday morning. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
10-29-1945
Joseph Haselman
Dies After Long Illness
Joseph Haselman Rites At Ottoville
Joseph H. Haselman, forty-nine, died at three-thirty Monday afternoon at his home four miles northeast of
Ottoville. He had been ailing for fourteen years.
Mr. Haselman’s death occurred on the farm where he was born and spent his entire life. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haselman and was born on February 17, 1896. he was married to Laura Hamberg at
Kalida on June 6, 1923.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Aloysius, and a daughter, Mary Agnes, both at home; and two sisters,
Mrs. Henry Linger, of Delphos; and Mrs. Frances Wendeln, Maria Stein.
Funeral services will be held at nine-thirty Friday morning in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
at Ottoville, and burial will be made in the parish cemetery.
11-07-1945
Anthony Hilvers
Death Calls A. H. Hilvers
Was Well Known Farmer Of Near Ottoville
Funeral services for Anthony H. Hilvers, well known and esteemed farmer of two and one-half miles west of
Ottoville, were held in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in that village Saturday morning at nine o’
clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.
Mr. Hilvers passed away Wednesday after an illness of five years due to complications. He had been in a
serious condition for the last six months.
He was born on May 9, 1878, on the farm where his death occurred, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Hilvers. At the time of his death he was sixty-seven years of age.
He was married at Delphos on June 15, 1904, to Veronica Metzger, who survives with six sons and
daughters. They are Mrs. Frank Allemeier, west of Ottoville; George Hilvers, northwest of Ottoville; Mrs.
Bernard Pohl, northwest of Ottoville; Leo Hilvers, Southwest of Ottoville; and Roman and Amelia Hilvers, at
home. He also leaves seventeen grandchildren. A son, two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.