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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
6
Fort Wayne resident and early volunteer firefighter Conrad Tremmel died at 11:10 p.m. at his home 2441 South Hanna street at age 75 from nephritis. A fifty year city resident, Tremmel helped shift Fort Wayne from a country town to a growing city of over 60,000.
Calhoun street memories frame the life of German born Tremmel who came to Fort Wayne as a boy. Cowper smith by trade, twenty five years in the Pennsylvania shops, later a grocer, then retiree. He served twelve years on the city council and helped in the volunteer fire department. Survived by three sons and a daughter with John Tremmel a brother, funeral at St Peter s Church.
Edward J. Ryan, 82, died at 4:00 am Thursday at his sister Mrs. Oliver Edwards home at 1923 Hoagland Avenue after an extended tuberculosis illness. A Fort Wayne native and clerk by trade, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan. He never married and is survived by a brother and a sister.
Mrs Marie Christen aged about 39 of 621 Harrison Street died Thursday morning at Lutheran Hospital following a surgical operation performed last Sunday. She is survived by her father Mr Slique of Illinois. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of the father.
Funeral services are announced for Elizabeth Pedery on Friday at 8 30 from Beadell avenue and 9 from St Pauls church. Miss Anna Angst will be buried Friday at 8 30 from 416 Madison street and 9 from St Marys church. Chris Han Bulmahn has services Friday at 2 from West Lewis street and 2 30 from Emanuel Lutheran church.
Otto Blakely the only son of Mr and Mrs Emanuel Blakely of Aboit township died Tuesday after an operation for appendicitis performed Sunday He was twenty eight years old Survived by two sisters and his parents They resided about six miles from the city on the Coverdale road.
Mrs. Lillie Luella George wife of Ellwood George long time traveling salesman died at 10 15 pm Thursday at the family home 328 Brackenridge Street after a three year illness from cancer Born in Fort Wayne she moved at an early age to the area.
Surviving relatives include husband one son Don M. George mother Mrs. Julia J. Hood of Indianapolis sister Mrs. P. C. Plaster and two brothers Frank and James Hood all of Indianapolis. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m from the residence with Rev. Theodore F. Hahn officiating. Interment at Lindenwood.
Robert Randall Culbertson infant son of Mr and Mrs Harry R Culbertson of 1225 Mapleavere died early Wednesday from exhaustion at age one day Funeral services and interment were held privately this afternoon.
Ofom Eaden Jamison a longtime Allen county resident died Thursday at his daughter's home in New York City at age 91. The Fort Wayne arrival of his remains and the family burial plans at Hoagland follow his early settler life on a farm south of Fort Wayne. Ten children survive including Thom as Jamison Samuel Jamison Judge J M Jamison C C Jamison L B Frisga Arta Jamison Martha McMillan A B Jamison M A Holthouse Lotta Jamison. Funeral Monday at 10 am with Hoagland cemetery interment.
Mrs Emma Kate Barnaby died peacefully at 11 o'clock Saturday at 716 Rockhill Street aged 70. She was born in Ohio and recently moved from Columbus to Grand Rapids. Survived by husband John W Barnaby and four children, including J Barnaby a Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad engineer. One daughter at home, another in Cleveland, another in New York.
Joseph Stanford aged 3 years and days died at 2:50 a.m. Saturday after a three week illness. Born in Garrett, he was the youngest of four siblings. The father, John Stanford, is a machinist at the Lake Shore roundhouse and active in Knights of Columbus and A O H. Funeral services will be held Monday at 7:80 from the family home and 8:00 at the Church of the Precious Blood.
Mrs Catherine R Craig 76 died at home from bronchial pneumonia after a two week illness. Born in Germany on August 1 1832 she lived in Upper Sandusky Ohio before moving to Fort Wayne ten years ago. Survived by six children Sidney P James C Oscar R George B Hattie S and Mrs I N Bowman. Funeral services were held at home with Rev D W Moffat and burial followed in Upper Sandusky.
Henry C. Smith 61 died at 10 15 a m Wednesday at 1323 Staphlet street after five months with Brights disease. Born in Hoboken New Jersey he moved to Fort Wayne twenty years ago and worked at the Electric works and in city parks. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Lillian Schlacher and four brothers and four sisters. Brief services from the residence Wednesday evening Rev Philip Wambsgan officiating interment at Brittan Michigan.
Raymond Clifford King infant son of Rev and Mrs Benjamin King of 1209 St Marys avenue died at 9 50 PM Saturday from spasms. The father is pastor of the Mennonite church and the child was an only child. A funeral was held at the residence at 10 o clock.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Walter Krimbill of Chicago died Saturday at the family home at age two weeks Mrs Krimbill formerly Miss Esther Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs James Smith of West Berry street in the city
Walter Steward aged 50 died early Monday from tuberculosis at the Allen County infirmary where he had resided since January. Little is known about the inmate's background.
Jacob Bower, 43, formerly a resident of Fort Wayne, died Saturday at his Kalamazoo home. Details are limited as the obituary note mentions the death location and age with minimal biographical information.
The body arrived at 11:25 p.m. Monday and was taken to sister Lena Gibson’s home at 309 West Williams Street. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The deceased, Mr. Bower, was an engineer on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Sullivan, 57, died Tuesday afternoon at her home from complications of long illness. A Fort Wayne native who spent years in Michigan, she recently returned to the city. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints and left five children including Mrs. Alonzo Dollarhite and Miss Stella Sullivan. Surviving siblings include four sisters and two brothers in Michigan, Kentucky, and Michigan.
Sunday May 2 will feature first communions and confirmations at St Patrick's and St Peter's. Rt Rev Alerding will administer at St Patrick's 2:30 pm and St Peter's 7:30 pm. St Patrick's class numbers sixty with thirty one boys and twenty nine girls. St Peter's class numbers sixty two with thirty boys and thirty two girls.
The Beis and Martin Tobacco Co of Cincinnati paid all debts of Yost and Conroy in Fort Wayne in exchange for about nine hundred pounds of leaf tobacco left at the factory. No trace of the proprietors has been found, though Yost withdrew $400 to $500 from the bank the day he vanished.
Gart Shober of this city as chairman of the Indiana State Federation of Labor arrangements committee called a meeting for Sunday in Indianapolis of committee members executive officers and general officers to arrange for an appropriate Silver celebration of the founding of the organization. The event will be held with the annual meeting at South Bend in September. Plans include forming the Silver Jubilee committee and an elaborate program.
Indianapolis officials accepted Andrew Carnegie's offer of 120000 for constructing six branch library buildings. The Board of School Commissioners approved last night and most buildings may be built this year. Citizens showed strong support for the project.
Rev. William H. Schrock resigns as pastor of Christ's Lutheran church due to ill health after three years of service. He will live in a tent for a year or two with his wife and relocate to Middlebury Indiana with Mrs. Schrock remaining briefly to arrange the move. Church treasuries are reported in surplus and a successor has not been named.
After Sunday service at St John Evangelical Lutheran Lake township Rev J P Myers announces bids for erection contracts. Architect Henry W Meyer presented plans earlier accepted. bidding delay noted as contracts to be awarded next Sunday.
The Luther society of St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church postpones their Thursday April 29 program due to new features. A future date will be set later. The young people rehearse The Singing School a farce in two acts and may pick a new date after tonight’s rehearsal.
At the congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian Church the trustees were appointed James M. McKay, Dr. Gaylord M. Leslie, John A. Thieme, Jesse L. Scott and A. H. Perfect. Charles H. Worden chaired. Hiram Moderwell served as secretary. Reports from trustees and mission secretaries highlighted gratifying past year’s work.
The St Mark's Lutheran Church congregation in Sheldon Indiana will meet next Sunday afternoon to discuss appointing a new pastor to succeed the resigned Rev Paul Schmidt. Rev H P Dannecker of St John's Evangelical Church in town instructs the confirmation class on Tuesdays and Thursdays until a resident pastor is appointed.
Bethel Evangelical church hosts a Friday reception in honor of Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Rarey with plans not yet finalized. The Women's Missionary Society met tonight at Mrs. Catherine Hettler's home on East De Wald Street. The financial board meets after prayer service Wednesday and the choir rehearses Thursday evening.
Pastor of the Third Church of Christ on East Creighton avenue has tendered his resignation and will accept another charge within a month. He has received offers from Hiram College in Ohio and Christian churches in Dayton Philadelphia and Bridgeport, none of which have been accepted.
Two men, H. Galland and J. B. O'Day, were seriously injured Friday morning at the Pennsylvania machine shops. Galland sustained eye injuries from flying steel, while O'Day suffered bruising to the foot. both required a doctor's attention and were hospitalized for a day.
A compact notice discusses a Christian concept titled What It Is to Be a Christian focusing on the gospel message in Antioch. It references religious study or teaching material and a discussion of faith in a historic Christian context.
A devotional recounting early Christian identity begun in Antioch as the first Christians. The piece recalls Barnabas and Paul’s mission among Jews and Gentiles, the hardships of persecution, and the call for steadfast faith, service, and personal growth in Christ.
A terse line notes that each person determined what he could give and offered it with gladness of heart, highlighting voluntary charity and personal choice in giving.
Pentecost Sunday May 30 will see first communion and confirmation at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Two classes totaling 36 boys and 46 girls will receive the sacraments with Rt. Rev. Bishop Alerding presiding. Morning pontifical high mass followed by 3 PM pontifical vespers and confirmation.
At Bethany Presbyterian an elders and trustees meeting led by Rev Dr Frank M Fox extended a five month call to Rev John S Burns of Chicago to serve as pastor. Burns, a McCormick Seminary student, would supply during summer vacation and begin duties a week from Thursday. On April 22, Dr Fox will give a stereopticon lecture on Scotland at Bethany Church.
The Third Presbyterian church reports a strong year with sixty eight new members sixty eight total, including thirty nine by certificate and twenty nine on profession. Ten adults were baptized and fourteen infants. Four hundred thirty nine in good standing in the city, five hundred when non residents and other factors are counted. Seventeen dismissed to other churches and three deaths occurred. The session met eighty one times and organized sixteen cottage prayer meetings.
Congregational meetings at St John and Grace Lutheran churches elected church leaders. At St John George Motz and August Reichmiller became elders for four years, William Neeb as deacon, J H Stelhorn trustee. Grace church elected Herman Bleich elder, Fred Hensch and Emil Gerlach deacons for three years, Fred Lehman secretary, Fred M Brayn trustee.
The fragmentary notice confirms the death of John Young, described as a pioneer, with limited readable details about the context or location of the death.
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