After he had lain ill for almost a week as the result of numerous strokes, Gottfried Möhring died quietly in his sleep in the residence of his son-in-law T. F. Beneke near Ridgeville Corners last Thursday morning about 5 o'clock.
He was born on the 25th of October 1822 in Windeberg, Prussia, and had brought the time of his earthly pilgrimage to 77 years less 17 days. In the years of his youth he had practiced agriculture, then served four years in the Prussian army and after his honorable discharge from military service, came to this country at the end of June 1850, where after a short stopover in Cleveland, O., settled on the 15th of July in Defiance County, remaining resident here until the end of his life.
In November 1853 he married here Miss Dorothea Schlagmann, with whom, up until a few years ago, he lived on a farm in Defiance County. Soon after the death of his wife on the 1st of January 1906, he moved to his son-in-law T. F. Beneke by Ridgevllle Corners, and there on last Thursday closed his eyes in his final slumber. Of his 7 children, still alive are Mrs' T. F. and F. F. Beneke by Ridgeville Corners, August Möhring in Napoleon and Edwin Möhring in Archbold, Ohio. To his descendants further are 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; of the Möhring siblings he was the last to go to eternal Rest. He was an honest, upright fellow, who took his duties as husband, father, Christian and ever fair-minded Citizen seriously. May he rest in Peace!
His mortal remains were taken Saturday afternoon to the Riverside Cemetery to the grave, after funeral services were held by Pastor H. Schult in the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ridgeville Corners and here in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church by Pastor F. A, Kiess. With Grandfather Möhring the last of the founders of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran congregation have passed to their Rest.
[first name John?] [d 7 Oct 1909]
Clara Bell Kimberly
Clara Bell Kimberly, a born Whitney and wife of W. H. Kimberly, died last Sunday in Portis, Osborne County, Kansas. Her remains arrived here Tuesday morning and were at once taken to Evansport, where the Christian burial took place. She leaves behind besides her widower two children and six siblings.
[1882-1913]
Wilhelm Geiger
Wilhelm Geiger of Pleasant Township, Henry County, who was brought to the Defiance Hospital suffering from dreadful burn injuries, died there on Friday evening. He had reached an age of 48 years, 5 months and 2 days. He was unmarried and is survived by several brothers. Saturday afternoon his remains were buried from the former residence under the direction of Pastor Albin Beer* of the Reformed Church in Pleasant Township.
[per death cert, b 4 Nov 1864; d 16 Aug 1912; s/o Gottlieb & Christina] [* end of last line was truncated, 'Pastor Albin' was barely visible; I extrapolated from other records from that area.]
Mrs. Henry Heintzelmann
Mrs. Henry Heintzelmann, a daughter of Erasmus Corwin of North Richland Township, died on the previous Wednesday in Toledo at the age of 36 years. Besides her widower she leaves behind her father, her brother J. N. Corwin in North Richland and two sisters Mrs. Elmer Blair from here and Miss Florence Corwin in North Richland. Her remains were brought Thursday evening to the residence of Elmer Blair and Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from there buried under the direction of Pastor W. W. Lance.
Katharine Biedermann
Katharine Biedermann, wife of Johann Biedermann residing in Delaware Township, on Wednesday evening of the previous week at the age of 63 years, 7 months and 9 days took leave of this life.
Surviving the deceased, who had enjoyed general affection from a large circle of acquaintances, are her widower, her son Joseph Biedermann in New Haven, Ind., and the three daughters Mrs. Michael Kinstle, Miss Hattie Biedermann and Miss Julia Biedermann. Saturday morning the mortal remains were buried from the Catholic Church on Mud Creek with a large attendance to the congregation's cemetery. A quartet composed of Mr's C. M. Reinemaier, M. J. Walz, Johann M. Forst and Max Walz provided appropriate choral songs for the funeral service.
Anna Aschbacher
Anna Aschbacher, a born Roos and widow of the late Johann Michael Aschbacher, died last Wednesday in the 0ld Folks' Home in Toledo at the age of about 85 years. She was born in the Kingdom of Württemberg and came to this country with Johann M. Aschbacher in May 1854. On the 17th of August of the same year they were married in Philadelphia, Pa., and three years later settled in Defiance County. For many years the Aschbacher couple lived on a farm in Noble Township and settled here later in retirement. In the late fall of 1906 the ?living alone and very fragile old people moved to the Lutheran Old Folks' Home in East Toledo, and there on the 3rd of March 1907 the husband died.
The remains of the ?blind for years old lady were brought Friday morning at 9 o'clock on the Wabash Railroad to Defiance and buried at once under the direction of Pastor L. H. Ziemer from the St, Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Riverside Cemetery.