After he had already suffered through the entire winter, Heinrich Heimlicher died in the night Friday at the home of his son Friedrich in champagne, Ill: He.was born in June 1826 in Neuhausen Switzerland. There in the year 1849 he married Miss . Elisabeth Rohl, who presented him with eleven children, of whom five preceded their father into Eternity. In 1881 the family Heimlicher immmigrated to this country, and, after spending a year in the State of Pennsylvania, settled in Defiance, where son Jakob Heimlicher still has his home. In the year 1891 Heinrich Heimlicher lost his faithful life's companion and in the following year moved to live with his son in Illinois, there to pass the rest of his twilight years.
Saturday afternoon, his remains were returned here to the home of Jakob Heimlicher, and Sunday afternoon the burial took place under the direction of Pastor J. C. Gunther of the German Methodist Church, in Riverside cemetery. The deceased was given a fitting elegy at the funeral by his nephew Pastor Elias Roser of Covington, Ky. The mortal remains were carried to the grave site by Benedikt Brinkmann, L. Wilsberg, R. Brown, Gottl. Bernhard, Georg Seibold, and Jakob Fink.
[early 1905?]
Samuel Mang
In his home on the old Potters Farm in Noble Township, Samuel Mang died in the night Friday, at 70 years of age. His remains wee laid to rest in the cemetery just west of Ney., where just a few weeks ago his wife found her final resting place.
[Margaret 'Maggie" MENG, b. 1840 or 1841, d. 11 Dec 1904, Noble twp, Defiance, OH]
Joseph Ball
At 72 years of age, Sunday night in the home of his son on the Sunday street, the widower Joseph Ball died. According to the best reports, he lived in Defiance over half a century and left behind six grown children. Thursday afternoon his remains will be taken from the Cromley Church south of Defiance to the nearby cemetery there.
Guillaume Theiss
In the home of his son Joseph in west Defiance, on Thursday afternoon of the previous week, Guillaume Theiss died at the age of 70 years. In the year 1886 he come with his family from the old home in Toernich, Belgium to our area and lived up until a few years ago on his farm on the Ft. Wayne Street. His wife preceded him in death a few years ago; surviving are four sons Peter, Joseph, John and Nikolaus.
The burial took place Saturday morning from St. John's Catholic Church.
[b. Feb 1834] [wife: Mary sidenden b. 1836, d. 10 Oct 1902, Delaware twp, Defiance OH]
Jacob Myers
In Jacob K Myers, who died Friday afternoon in Highland Twp, has passed to his rest another of our pioneers and also the best Democrat. He was born on the 21 December 1821 in Clermont county Ohio, came in the prime of his life in 1850 to Highland Township, bought a farm there and lived there until carried away by death. Seldom may an elder enJoy a retirement, as Mr. Myers had up until a few years ago. But, even the strongest oak [tree] bows to the storm; a stroke began the deterioration, and pneumonia completed it unexpectedly quickly.
The deceased was twice married. His first wife, a born Wellmann, died back in 1848, and his second wife also preceded him in death. From the first marriage are three and from the second four children; all the children but two live in this county. Mr. Meyers was Postmaster of Ayersville for three years and justice of the peace for Highland Township for 36 years.
The burial took place Sunday afternoon from the English Methodist Church in Ayersville. Pastors St. Clair and Roberts officiated, and many friends followed the coffin of the honored pioneer to the grave site.
[2nd wife: Harriet]
Bruce Davis
Monday morning, the merchant A. B. Davis of Washington street, received a sad message by telegram, of the demise of his son Bruce in Long Beach, California. The dispatch had no further information concerning the death situation; all that is known is that the youth was discovered unconscious in his ?lodgings and shortly thereafter passed away.
Bruce Davis was born 22 years ago in Defiance and lived here up until a few years ago. He was here at his parents' home for a visit over the Christmas holidays and traveled then to Long Beach California, to begin work with the "Barber Asphalt company". He was a graduate of the high school here with good marks and was considered to be an industrious and upright person. Surviving are his parents, his brother Bert, and his sister Mrs. Carl E. Enos, residing in Chicago.
The remains will arrive here by the end of the week and will be buried in Riverside cemetery.