From the Adams County Historical Museum Scrapbook 1934
and
Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Handwritten
date: : Monday, August 13, 1934
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery; Chattanooga, Mercer County,
Ohio
WIFE OF JOHN BOLLENBACHER DIES SATURDAY
Mother of Local Woman is Victim of Cancer
FUNERAL IS TUESDAY P.M.
Mrs. Emma Bollenbacher, aged 56, wife of John
Bollenbacher of
Jefferson Twp., died Saturday morning at
12:30 o'clock at the Adams
County Memorial Hospital,
following an operation for cancer last
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Bollenbacher had been failing for some
months, but her
condition did not become serious until a week or
ten days
ago. She suffered much during her illness.
Mrs.
Bollenbacher's husband was formerly trustee of
Jefferson Twp. and
the family is well known here.
Mrs. Bollenbacher was born on April 1, 1878, in Mercer County, O.,
a daughter of Jacob and Caroline Schott
Bollenbacher. On Aug. 9,
1900 she was married to John Bollenbacher. Soon after their wedding
they moved to
Jefferson Twp., Adams Co., where they resided since.
Surviving are the husband and the following children:
Victor,
Jefferson Twp.; Mrs. Helen Kuhn, Jefferson Twp.; Lucille
and Ralph,
at home; and Mrs. Chester (Esther) Heare of
Berne. One son, Martin,
is deceased.
The following sisters and brothers remain: Mrs. Phoebe
Garres, Van Wert; Alolph, Merrill, Mich.; Mrs. Henrietta
Garres,
Van Wert; Fred, Celina; William, Jefferson Twp.; John
and Mrs.
Elizabeth Bollenbacher, Celina; Mrs. Miriam Baker,
Berne; Mrs.
Hulda Linn, Rockford; Dan, Celina and Jacob,
Rockford. One brother
and three sisters preceded.
The deceased was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church.
The
funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at
the house
and at 2 o'clock, EST, at the Zion Lutheran Church,
Rev. Carl Yahl
officiating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Adams County
Historical Museum Scrapbook
1934
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Emma Bollenbacher
in
the Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: Emma
Bollenbacher
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 36
Marital
status: Married
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1878
Birth Place: Liberty,
Twp., Ohio
Death Date: 11 Aug 1934
Death Place: Jefferson,
Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Jacob Bollenbacher
Mother: Caroline
Schaadt
Spouse: John M. Bollenbacher
Informant: V. F.
Bollenbacher; Geneva, Indiana
Burial: August 14, 1934; Chattanooga,
Ohio
Contributed by Karin King