John W. Egler

John W. Egler Dies Suddenly

Richland Township Farmer Will Be Buried Thursday

A few minutes after he finished husking a field of corn, John W. Egler, 70, route 4, Defiance, collapsed Monday at 6 p.m. in the yard at his home in North Richland township as he started to the pasture to call the cows.

He was dead when his son Rudolph reached his side, the victim of a heart attack.

Mr. Egler was born Oct. 2, 1869, in a log cabin on the same farm where he died. He had always lived at the same location.

Surviving are two sons, George of New Bavaria, and Rudolph, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Hammon and Mrs. Gale Seiple, at home, and Miss Frances Egler, Springfield; two brothers, Henry and George, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Overly, all of North Richland township; and three grandchildren.

The body has been returned to the home. Services will be held from the residence at 1:30 p.m. Thursday and from the Independence Methodist church at 2 o'clock. Dr. W. H. Shepfer of Defiance will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

[obituary undated, but calculated to be about 1939]