William Kirtley, Jr.

William Kirtley, Jr., died on Monday afternoon in his residence on Wayne Street unexpectedly suddenly, from a heart attack. In June of the previous year he had had a stroke which had paralyzed one side completely; it had also robbed him of speech for a time, but which had later returned. Since then the previously very hale man had become so helpless, that he had to be lifted and carried. He had ever hoped for improvement, but the second stroke hit him Monday afternoon and tore suddenly the frayed cord of Life.

William Kirtley, Jr., was born on the 1st of November 1858 in Warsaw, Ind., and came in the year 1881 to Defiance, where he has resided ever since. Many years ago he took over the Hotel Crosby and achieved financial success with it. From 1902 until the abolishment of the State Authority for Public Works he belonged to that body. In general he was active as a Republican politician, until there came a split in the party. Then he sided with the Progressives, from whom he received the nomination for State Treasurer for Ohio but was defeated in the vote.

Surviving are his widow, the sons Guy of hereabouts and Fred in Toledo, as well as the daughter Mrs. George May in Napoleon.

The mortal remains were taken Wednesday afternoon from the former residence to the grave in the Riverside cemetery. Pastor P.A. crow from the English Methodist Church officiated.

[birth: 1 Nov 1858 Warsaw, IN]
[death: 10 Aug 1914 Defiance, Ohio]
[marriage: 09 Sep 1879 Sturgis, Saint Joseph, Michigan]
[spouse: Amy Belle Moore]
[children: Bessie Moore, William Guy Henry, Fred H.]

Henry A. Dirr

Henry A. Dirr died Tuesday evening about five o'clock in his residence No. 731 Jackson Street after a lengthy illness; had he lived until the coming September, he would have been 77 years old. He was born in Pleasant Township, Henry county, and settled for more than half a century in Defiance. On the 16th of February 1859 he married Miss Margarethe Hauck, who survives him with the three sons George Dirr of here, William Dirr in Arkansas and Arthur Dirr in Kentucky. Also left behind are the brothers George, Philipp and William Dirr on the south Ridge and one sister in California. The funeral service will be on Friday at 10 o'clock in the morning in the family residence under the direction of Pastor Price A. Crow, after which the burial will take place in the Riverside Cemetery under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias.

[birth: 10 Sep 1837 Ohio]
[death: 26 May 1914 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[burial: 29 May 1914 Riverside cemetery, Defiance, OH]
[parents: George Dirr, Catherine Hoffert]

Grace Elizabeth Stever

Grace Elizabeth Stever, young daughter of the married couple Fred S. and Freda Stever, died Tuesday evening shortly after six o'clock after a lengthy illness from a lung complaint. The little one, the darling of her deeply sorrowing parents, was only 6 years, 3 months and 26 days old. The time of the burial was not yet determined, as this edition went to print.

[birth: 17 Jun 1908 Defiance, Ohio]
[death: 13 Oct 1914 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[burial: 15 Oct 1914 Defiance, Ohio]
[parents: Fred Stever, Freda Shelman]

Heinrich D. Bohlmann

Heinrich D. Bohlmann passed away last Saturday evening in his residence No. 741 Ottawa Ave. just after 11 o'clock without a death struggle after an extremely long siege of illness. On the 13th of April while at work he stuck a large wood splinter in his right hand, inside of a week blood poisoning set in, and from this the patient became bedridden, until a quiet death freed him from his pain and suffering.

Heinrich Bohlmann was born on the 19th of August 1852 in Campshaide in the district of Hoya, Hannover, and also in that place was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. In April 1872 he came with his childhood friend Friedrich Sudholz to this country, and directly to Defiance, where he then resided until the end of his life. At first he worked in Trompe's brickworks and later for many years until his illness in the Turnbull wagon works, and occupied himself on the side with diligence and success in beekeeping. He served one term as a member of the city tax-equalization board, was once the county Bee Inspector and until his passing a member of the city health authority. On the 28th of November 1873 he married Miss Sophia Goldenetz, who survives him with the following seven children: Mrs. Dore Jäger, Mrs. Anna Parker, Mrs. Tillie Maschler, Misses Bertha, Laura and Donelda Bohlmann and Fritz Bohlmann. His descendancy also includes ten grandchildren. He had brought his lifetime to fifteen days over 61 years.

The burial took place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the former residence in the Riverside Cemetery. Pastor L. H. Ziemer from Mansfield, Ohio, officiated. Pallbearers were the Mr's Friedrich Sudholz, Wilhelm Bartels, John Whetstone, Friedrich Fölker, Ed. Colwell and A. F. Otto. Pastor W. H. Shepser assisted at the burial rites, and the vocal choir of the Zion English Lutheran congregation sang beautiful dirges (funeral songs).

[birth: 19 Aug 1852 Germany]
[death: 05 Sep 1914 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[burial: 08 Sep 1914 Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, OH]
[parents: Henry D. Bohlman, Sophia Rolfin]

Mrs. John Limber

Mrs. John Limber died about midnight in the night this Wednesday in her residence in Ayersville at the age of 65 years. she leaves behind a widower with two grown children. The burial will take place Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the Methodist Church in Ayersville.

[Mary ?Melissa (Relyea) Limber]
[birth: 11 Nov 1849]
[death: 08 Jul 1914 Ayersville, Defiance, OH]
[burial: 10 Jul 1914 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[marriage: 03 May 1868 Defiance, Ohio]