Anna Maria Katharina Wild, a born Eberly and widow of the late Andreas Wild, died quietly in her sleep Saturday evening about 6 o'clock after a lengthy illness. She was born on the 9th of April 1826 in the village of Bürstetten, Emmendingen district, Grand Duchy of Baden, and thus had brought her age to 85 years and almost 7 months. In the year 1843 her parents and 8 siblings came to America; she on the other hand first landed on the American shore on the 18th of August 1864 and married that same day Mr. Andreas Wild, with whom she first settled in Cleveland, Ohio. In October 1867 the Wild couple came to Defiance and remained here resident. Mr. Wild died 22 years ago, and since then the now deceased lived in widowhood. On the 10th of December 1906 she suffered a broken ankle from a fall on the sidewalk and from then on was not able to walk. And for the last six months, due to a stroke that she suffered in May, she had not been able to leave her bed. Her death occurred in the residence of her niece Mrs. B. Brickman in North Defiance, where the elderly lady had made her home for the past 20 years and been lovingly cared for, until the hour of her release struck. The Christian burial took place Monday afternoon in the Riverside Cemetery, after Pastor L. H. Ziemer had held the funeral service in the former residence and in the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
[death: 04 Nov 1911 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio]
Erwin Hermann Gherke
Erwin Hermann Gherke, little son Mr. & Mrs. Adwin and Florence Gherke residing at No. 831 Jackson Street, died Saturday morning at the age of only 22 days. The burial took place Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock under the direction of Pastor F. A. Kiess from the former residence to the Riverside Cemetery.
[birth: 31 Mar 1911 Ohio] [death: 22 Apr 1911 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio] [parents: Edward Gerke, Florence Sudholtz]
Mrs. Dore Schultz
Mrs. Dore Schultz, who just recently married Karl Schultz, died on Wednesday evening about 6 o'clock in the residence of her mother Mrs. Emily Miller, No. 813 Ottawa Avenue, at the age of 32 years and 4 days. Surviving her besides the husband and mother are many siblings. The burial took place Saturday afternoon from the former residence under the direction of Pastor L. H. Ziemer to the Riverside Cemetery.
On the embankment of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between the canal bridge and Clinton Street on Saturday night, Friedrich W. Rost, who served as foreman at the Farmers' Grain Co. and lived with his wife and five children at No. 950 Grove Street, suffered a terrible death. Right after supper, at his wife's behest he had gone to George Jatho's grocery on Deatrick Street, there to make some purchases for is family. He left Jatho's place of business about 9 o'clock and was discovered the next morning between 3 and 4 o'clock as a terribly mutilated corpse on the train track.
Ray B. Carver, an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, residing at No. 933 Clinton Street got off a train here about 3 o'clock and used the embankment of the aforementioned railroad as his homeward path. About halfway between the canal bridge and Clinton Street, he noticed the naked, bloody body of a man on the rails and hurried home to get help. He went first to call on Frank Sauber, but since his family was under quarantine, he went to wake Mr. Rost.
Frightened to death, his (Mr. Rost) wife explained that her husband was still not returned from his trip of the previous evening. Most rapidly their eldest son returned with Mr. Carver to the accident scene and there discovered, that the body there was [that of] Friedrich W. Rost. It was terribly mangled. The right leg was taken off at the thigh, the face was pushed in, the jaw torn away and the entire body over and over terribly bruised. The clothing was torn from the body and all that remained was a cuff. Apparently, Rost was struck by a train on the west side of the canal, as the shortening that he had bought was found there, and then [he was] rolled along under the east-bound train, until his battered corpse came to a stop.
Which train it was, would be hard to determine. After Coroner Chapman had viewed the remains, they were brought to Martin's establishment and there prepared for burial. The burial took place Sunday afternoon in the Riverside Cemetery, after Pastor F. A. Kiess had held the funeral service at 2 o'clock in the family residence and a half hour later in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Friedrich Wilhelm Rost was born in Germany and on the 6th of March 1911 entered his 37th year of life. On the 27th of November 1895 he was married by Pastor G. M. Zucker to Miss Sophia Schatz, who survives him with five children. He belonged to the Men's Lodge of the Maccabees and the municipal fire department. The latter gave him in corpore an honor guard to the gravesite with funeral music from the regimental band. The Men's Lodge of the Maccabees also accompanied the coffin to the grave.
[b 1875 Germany] [d 28 Oct 1911 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio] [children: Clarance F., Arthur I., Elmer C., Leo E., Bertha H.]