Fredrick Joseph Simon Fockler

About noon on Thursday the year and a half old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fockler died of childhood cholera. The burial took place Saturday morning under the direction of Pastor W. H. Shepser from the former residence and the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church to the Riverside Cemetery.

[birth: 1914]
[death: 16 Sep 1915 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio]
[parents: Fred Fockler, Theresa Haister]

Susanna Wolf

Susanna Wolf, widow of the late Jakob Wolf, died Thursday night in the residence of her daughter Mrs. Charles Lingle south of Ayersville at the age of 84 years and 5 months. The burial of the elderly lady took place in the cemetery in Ayersville, after Pastor Monahan had held a funeral service at 10 o'clock in the former residence and a half hour later in the Methodist Church in Ayersville.

[birth: Jan 1831 Germany]
[death: 16 Sep 1915 Highland, Defiance Co., Ohio]

Elizabeth Ann Craine

Elizabeth Ann Craine died on Thursday in the residence of her granddaughter Mrs. John Engel in the vicinity of Evansport at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 12 days. She hailed from Cuyahoga County and had resided for many years in these surroundings. Of surviving close relatives there is only one sister. The burial of her remains took place Sunday afternoon from the St. John's Methodist Church in Tiffin Township to the congregation's graveyard.

[Elisabeth Ann Clague]
[birth: 1834]
[death: 16 Sep 1915 Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio]
[parents: John Clague, Elizabeth Harrison]
[spouse: James Craine]

Albert R. Dils

Albert R. Dils died on Friday in the Soldiers' Home in Sandusky, Ohio, at the age of about 57 years. He was a widower and leaves behind three grown children -- one son and two daughters. The deceased had served as a member of company M from here in the Spanish-American War. His remains were brought hither to the residence of J. O. Dils, No. 1047 Jackson Street, and on Monday morning from there buried in the Riverside Cemetery. Pastor P. A. Crow officiated, and acting as pallbearers were Hermann Spengler, J. C. Tuttle, Ed. and Wm. Gleason, Syl. Carver and Wilbur Beardsley.

[birth: 1858 Ohio]
[death: 17 Sep 1915 Sandusky, Ohio]
[burial: 20 Sep 1915 Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio]

Mrs. Robert Setzer

Mrs. Robert Setzer, a born Wight, died about six o'clock Wednesday evening of the previous week in Highland Township in the residence of her mother Mrs. Emily Wight, at the age of about 34 years. She leaves behind the mother, a few siblings, the husband Robert Setzer, and one daughter. Her remains were taken Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the former residence under the direction of Pastor Pfeifer from Defiance to the grave. The pallbearers were Henry Max, Wm. Tröger, Andr. Wolfrum and Johann Schlotterbeck; the flower bearers (were) John Kastner and Alva Schappert.

[Katie Wight]
[birth: 1883 Defiance, Ohio]
[death: 15 Sep 1915 Highland, Defiance Co., Ohio]
[parents: Fred Wight, Emma Craig]
[marriage: 13 Apr 1905, Defiance, Ohio]
[spouse: Robert Setzer]

Mrs. Agnes Kröckel

Mrs. Agnes Kröckel, a born Eck and wife of Mr. Johann Kröckel, died on Tuesday morning about a quarter before eight o'clock in the family residence No. 410 Greenler Street after an extremely lengthy illness. She was born on the 20th of January 1845 in Obersinn in the Kingdom of Bavaria. There she married Johann Kröckel and in the year 1883 immigrated with him and their children to this country. Defiance was the goal of their journey and the family settled here, remaining resident ever since. Left behind are the widower, the sons Joseph, John and Frank residing here and the daughter Mrs. Cecelia Lafountaine in New Riegel, Ohio. Mrs. Kröckel had brought her earthly pilgrimage to 70 years, 7 months and 24 days.

The funeral service will be Thursday morning at half past eight o'clock in the St. John's Catholic Church under the direction of Father L. Plumann and the burial will be here in the Riverside Cemetery.

[Agnes Eck]
[birth: 20 Jan 1845 Bavaria]
[death: 14 Sep 1915 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio]
[burial: 16 Sep 1915 Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio]
[spouse: Johann Kröckel]

Jakob Hahn

Jakob Hahn, whose life-threatening illness we had reported in our previous issue, died on Thursday morning about 9 o'clock in his residence No. 840 Rulf Street after an extremely lengthy illness from pulmonary bleeding. He was born on the 12th of February 1846 in Meierbach in the Rhine Province (?Rhenish Bavaria, Rhein-Pfalz) and so was 69 years, 6 months and 26 days old. In his home city he occupied himself until his immigration in the year 1883 with stone polishing, from which his system probably picked up the germs, which later developed into the severe heart and lung illnesses, which plagued him for many years. In 1883 he immigrated with his family to this country and settled in this area on a farm. For the last twelve years, most of which having been years of suffering for him, he resided in Defiance. Surviving him are his widow Wilhelmine, born Bank, with whom he was wed in the year 1866, and the following eight children: August, Rudolph, Emil and Otto Hahn and Mrs. Pauline Baker in Harbor Springs, Mich., Julius Hahn in Cleveland, Charles and Harry Hahn of here. Additionally there are 22 grandchildren. The daughter Mrs. Emma Ball preceded him in death on the 2nd of December of the previous year.

The deceased was a faithful, knowledgeable and generally respected citizen, who leaves behind many sorrowing friends. His remains were buried Sunday afternoon in the Riverside Cemetery. The funeral service was held by Pastor F. A. Kiess at half past one in the former residence and at 2 o'clock in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pallbearers were six sons of the deceased and flower bearers were the following members of the German Soldiers' Society: Jakob Fauth, Johann Butsch, J.B. Wagner, Georg Gitter, Jakob Umbs and Anton Petermann.

[birth: 12 Feb 1846 Germany]
[death: 09 Sep 1915 Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio]
[burial: 12 Sep 1915 Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio]
[spouse: Wilhelmine Bank]