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Death of Joseph SchloMer.After almost two years affliction f rom a stroke of . paralysis during ‘ which time he was almost totally j helpless, Joseph Schlosser passed I away at his home Saturday night.1 ■ On Sunday before he had suffered a 1 i total paralysis of the left side and passed into unconsciousness from which he never rallied.Joseph Schlosser was born June 24, 1837, seven miles south of Meins, I : Germany, and came to America in i 1854, when a mere lad. Two years after coming to this country he came Jto JKajrije^own amjl has since made this place his home. In his earlier years he followed the avocation of a horse buyer and trader. Particular-! ly during ,the Civil War and for several years following he was successful in buying and shipping horses from this section of the state. “Joe” 1 Schlosser, as we have known him all i our life, was a man»of great physical strength, a hard worker and devoted to his home and family. He was married to Fannie Richer, at North Grove, Indiana, December 27, 1872, and to this union eight children were bora, all of whom survive except one daughter, Susie, who died in April, this year. Those surviving are Ike,' who lives with his family at Shirley, Ind., Arthur, of Hillsboro, Lee and Angus, of this place, Katie, of Mun-cie, Sadie of Fowler and Elsie of Indianapolis. Eight grandchildren also survive him. A short funeral service' was held at the home Tuesday afternoon, and interment was made in the family iot at the Masonic cemetery, west of town. I
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Waynetown Despatch
Waynetown, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 12, 1919
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