Mrs. Marion Bell

In her residence in Ayersville last Friday morning, Mrs. Marion Bell died at the age of 26 years, 3 months and 5 days. she leaves behind a widower without children.

Her remains were buried Saturday morning from the Methodist Church in Ayersville.

[ d ?6 Dec 1907]

Miss Fannie Hoover

In her residence on First street, Miss Fannie Hoover died Sunday morning from heart and lung disease. she leaves behind an aged mother, 4 sisters and 2 brothers.

She was born in 1852 in Covington, O., and came 46 years ago to Defiance, where she worked for many years as typesetter and later as seamstress. Her remains were buried Tuewsday afternoon in Riverside cemetery.

[ d 8 Dec 1907]

Mrs. Julian Daoust

In the residence of her daughter Mrs. Isaac Deveaur, No. 111 West High Street, Mary Elnore, wife of Julian Daoust, died Monday morning at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 20 days. She leaves behind the widower and 9 children. Her remains will be buried Thursday morning from St. John's Catholic Church under the direction of pastor J. P. Globen to the grave[site] in Riverside cemetery.

[ d 9 Dec 1907]

Fred. Speaker

In Brunersburg where he has lived for many years, Fred. Speaker died Saturday evening at the age of 70 years. He served as a member of Co. F of the 48th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and belonged to the Bishop Post of the Grand Army, which provided him burial escort at the Tuesday morning funeral from the Methodist Church in Brunersburg. Pastor W. W. Lance from Defiance officiated. Surviving the deceased are four grown children.

[d 7 Dec 1907]

Georg Karl McKellips

On Tuesday morning, Georg Karl, the infant son of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. and Maggie McKellips, died at the age of 6 months and 18 days. The burial will take place this morning at 9 o'clock from St. John's Catholic Church.

Katherine Kellermeier

In the residence of her daughter Mrs. Wm. Dickmann in Pleasant township, the 70 year old widow Katharine Kellermeier died on Thurday morning of the past week. Her remains will be taken Saturday morning from the residence to West Unity, O., and on Sunday after a funeral service will be buried in the cemetery there. Before her marriage, the deceased was named Hornung and leaves behind seven sisters. Of the stomach illness, which caused her death, she was ill barely a week. The funeral celebration, which took place Friday at the Dickmann house, Pastor Albin Beer officiating.

Mrs. Auguste Scharnicka

In her residence on Summit Street in East Defiance on Monday morning about 5:30, the widow Auguste Scharnicka, born Pracht, died at the age of 64 years. She was born in the year 1843 in Chorinchen by Chorin, Brandenburg Province and came as a young woman to this land with her parents. she was twice married, first with Johann Siegmann and then with Friedrich Scharnicka; both preceded her in Death. She resided for many years in Pleasant Twp. in Henry county, and more recently in East Defiance. From her first marriage, only the son John Siegmann in Putnam county survives; from the second marriage are the following children: Mrs. Christian Geiger in Defiance twp; Louis Scharnicka, Friedrich Scharnicka and Mrs. Caroline Steingass in Pleasant twp; Mrs. Lena Schackow and Mrs. Minnie French in Defiance, as well as Riecke Scharnicka in Cincinnati. One of the daughters from the second marriage has preceded the parents in Death. Of the surviving relatives besides these are the brothers Ludwig and Albert Pracht in the state of Indiana and the sister Mrs. Schneider in Cleveland.

The burial took place Wednesday morning from the German Methodist Church here to the cemetery in Pleasant township.

[posible: Agatha Sharnicka, d 9 Dec 1907, Defiance OH]