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Stark Connor S* [Male] b. SEP 2003 Overland Park, Johnson, KS
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Stark Michael * [Male] b. Abt 2000 Overland Park, Johnson, KS
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Bruskotter John Henry [Male] b. 3 MAY 1887 Jennings Twp, Putnam, OH - d. 5 OCT 1930 Shepherd, Coe Twp,Isabella, MI
Documents:
1900 Census, Jennings Twp, Putnam, OH
Burial Monument, St Vincent DePaul Cemetery, Shepherd, MI
TWO ARE KILLED THREE OTHERS INJURED
Auto Crashes into Freight Train at US-27
South of Mt. Pleasant With Fatal Results
Two Are Taken To Ann Arbor
October 5, 1930
John Bruskotter and Melvin Sullivan are dead and Hubert Doepker and Alfred Robison are Seriously Injured.
Two well known residents of Coe township were killed, two others seriously injured and a fifth received less serious injuries when an automobile driven by Melville Sullivan, who resided two and one-half miles southeast of Shepherd, crashed into a freight train at the crossing on US 27, about three miles south of Mt. Pleasant about six o'clock Sunday morning.
With Mr. Sullivan in the car was John Bruskotter and Hubert Doepker, neighbors, and Alfred Robinson and Otto Myers of this village.
The men were on their way to Mt. Pleasant where they were employed at the Columbia Sugar Factory. A heavy fog obscured their vision and according to Mr. Myers they were within forty or fifty feet of the track and were going about thirty-five miles an hour when the first saw the train. The automobile crashed into the 28th car of the train which was loaded with evergreen from the north for funeral wreaths. This car was thrown from the rails and landed in a ditch about 100 yards down the track, while the automobile was carried but a few feet before being (can't read) a pile of scrap by the side of the track.
Mr. Bruskotter was instantly killed, while Mr. Sullivan lived about two hours after being taken to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Doepker was also taken to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant and Monday were removed to the hospital at Ann Arbor. Both men are very seriously injured, but some hopes are entertained for their recovery. Mr. Myers escaped with a severe scalp wound and minor bruises.
Another car occupied by W. B. Schilchter and his 11 year old son, Richard, of Alma, were compelled to take to the ditch to avoid hitting one of the bodies and was some what damaged and the boy cut when his head crashed through the windshield.
Mr. Bruskotter is survived by his wife and ten children and an aged father who made his home with him.
Mr. Sullivan leaves a wife, who is in very poor health, and three children.
This makes eleven residents of this township who have met violent deaths within the year and all of them have been of a tragic nature.
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Obituaries for Melvin Sullivan and John Bruskotter -
Killed in Accident
October 16, 1930 (nsp)
John Bruskotter, son of Henry and Anna Bruskotter, was born at Ft. Jennings, Ohio May 3, 1887. His mother died when he was but eight months old. He lived with his father until he married, May 18, 1909 to Miss Christina Doepker. To this union ten children were born: Mrs. Dorrie Oswald of St. Louis, Mildred of Saginaw, Krene, Melvin, Elmer, James, John, Freda, and Charles at home. Alvera dying in infancy.
He also leaves his aged father and three sisters: Mrs. Augusta Recke and Miss Elizabeth Bruskotter of Ft. Jennings and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Doepker of Shepherd.
1900 Census, Jennings Twp, Putnam, OH
Burial Monument, St Vincent DePaul Cemetery, Shepherd, MI
TWO ARE KILLED THREE OTHERS INJURED
Auto Crashes into Freight Train at US-27
South of Mt. Pleasant With Fatal Results
Two Are Taken To Ann Arbor
October 5, 1930
John Bruskotter and Melvin Sullivan are dead and Hubert Doepker and Alfred Robison are Seriously Injured.
Two well known residents of Coe township were killed, two others seriously injured and a fifth received less serious injuries when an automobile driven by Melville Sullivan, who resided two and one-half miles southeast of Shepherd, crashed into a freight train at the crossing on US 27, about three miles south of Mt. Pleasant about six o'clock Sunday morning.
With Mr. Sullivan in the car was John Bruskotter and Hubert Doepker, neighbors, and Alfred Robinson and Otto Myers of this village.
The men were on their way to Mt. Pleasant where they were employed at the Columbia Sugar Factory. A heavy fog obscured their vision and according to Mr. Myers they were within forty or fifty feet of the track and were going about thirty-five miles an hour when the first saw the train. The automobile crashed into the 28th car of the train which was loaded with evergreen from the north for funeral wreaths. This car was thrown from the rails and landed in a ditch about 100 yards down the track, while the automobile was carried but a few feet before being (can't read) a pile of scrap by the side of the track.
Mr. Bruskotter was instantly killed, while Mr. Sullivan lived about two hours after being taken to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Doepker was also taken to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant and Monday were removed to the hospital at Ann Arbor. Both men are very seriously injured, but some hopes are entertained for their recovery. Mr. Myers escaped with a severe scalp wound and minor bruises.
Another car occupied by W. B. Schilchter and his 11 year old son, Richard, of Alma, were compelled to take to the ditch to avoid hitting one of the bodies and was some what damaged and the boy cut when his head crashed through the windshield.
Mr. Bruskotter is survived by his wife and ten children and an aged father who made his home with him.
Mr. Sullivan leaves a wife, who is in very poor health, and three children.
This makes eleven residents of this township who have met violent deaths within the year and all of them have been of a tragic nature.
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Obituaries for Melvin Sullivan and John Bruskotter -
Killed in Accident
October 16, 1930 (nsp)
John Bruskotter, son of Henry and Anna Bruskotter, was born at Ft. Jennings, Ohio May 3, 1887. His mother died when he was but eight months old. He lived with his father until he married, May 18, 1909 to Miss Christina Doepker. To this union ten children were born: Mrs. Dorrie Oswald of St. Louis, Mildred of Saginaw, Krene, Melvin, Elmer, James, John, Freda, and Charles at home. Alvera dying in infancy.
He also leaves his aged father and three sisters: Mrs. Augusta Recke and Miss Elizabeth Bruskotter of Ft. Jennings and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Doepker of Shepherd.
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Doepker Mary Christine Agnes* (Teeny\Tina) [Female] b. 21 JAN 1889 Fort Jennings, Putnam, OH - d. 18 MAY 1968 Midland Nursing Home, Midland, MI
Documents:
Baptismal Record, St Josephs Catholic Church, Ft Jennings, OH
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial Monument, St Vincent DePaul Cemetery, Shepherd, MI
Obituary:
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Christine Bruskotter, 79, of St. Louis, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Vincent DePaul Church, Shepherd. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She died Saturday In a Midland nursing home. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. D. C. Oswald of Ashley; Mrs. Ben Stack of Saginaw; Ms. Frieda Mazzoni and Mrs. W. A. Maynard of Sanford; four sons, Melvin of St. Louis, Eimer and James of Grand Rapids and Charles of Lansing; 22 grandchil-dren and 19 great-grandchildren. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tonight in the Garber Funeral Home, Shepherd.
- The Lansing Journal, 20 May 1968
Baptismal Record, St Josephs Catholic Church, Ft Jennings, OH
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial Monument, St Vincent DePaul Cemetery, Shepherd, MI
Obituary:
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Christine Bruskotter, 79, of St. Louis, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Vincent DePaul Church, Shepherd. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She died Saturday In a Midland nursing home. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. D. C. Oswald of Ashley; Mrs. Ben Stack of Saginaw; Ms. Frieda Mazzoni and Mrs. W. A. Maynard of Sanford; four sons, Melvin of St. Louis, Eimer and James of Grand Rapids and Charles of Lansing; 22 grandchil-dren and 19 great-grandchildren. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tonight in the Garber Funeral Home, Shepherd.
- The Lansing Journal, 20 May 1968
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Stark Lauren Elizabeth* [Female] b. JUL 1999 Overland Park, Johnson, KS
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Stewart Gayle Frances [Female] b. APR 1963 Omaha, Douglas, NE
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Schneider Thaxton Rex [Male] b. 14 MAR 1928 Saginaw, MI - d. 21 AUG 1975 Saginaw, MI
Documents:
Burial headstone, Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, MI
News Headline:
Two Charged In Slaying
SAGINAW (UPI) Authorities have charged two Saginaw men with the murders of a city real estate officer, his wife and their 24-year old son, who were found shot to death in the kitchen of their home two weeks ago. Police said Tuesday they were seeking a third man. Police said one of the suspects already was in jail on charges of murdering two other persons a day after the slayings of Thaxton R. Schneider, 47, his wife Eleanore, 47, and their son Danny. The suspects were identified as Bennie Thomas, 26, and Albert Price Jr., 17, both of Saginaw. Thomas, police said, was arrested earlier in connection with a double shooting that occurred one day after the Schneiders were slain [by an] apparent intruder. Thomas and Price were charged with three counts of felony murder and with one count each of conspiracy to commit robbery.
- Saginaw News, 4 Sep 1975
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Roy Eleanore Rita [Female] b. 27 MAY 1928 Baie de Wasai, Chippewa, MI - d. 21 AUG 1975 Saginaw, MI
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Bruskotter Alberta Anna Mary* [Female] b. 19 OCT 1909 Fort Jennings, Putnam, OH - d. 5 APR 1997 Ashley, Gratiot, MI
Documents:
Birth record, Putnam, County, OH
Birth record, St Josephs Catholic Church, Ft Jennings, Putnam, OH
1940 US Census, Jasper Twp, Midland, MI
Burial Monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, St, Louis, MI
Birth record, Putnam, County, OH
Birth record, St Josephs Catholic Church, Ft Jennings, Putnam, OH
1940 US Census, Jasper Twp, Midland, MI
Burial Monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, St, Louis, MI
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Bruskotter Mildred Christine* [Female] b. 24 APR 1911 Coe, Isabella, MI - d. 18 SEP 1982 Stanford, Jerome Twp, Midland, MI
Documents:
1940 US Census, Coleman, Midland, MI
Burial headstone, Jerome Twp Cemetery, Sanford, Midland, MI
1940 US Census, Coleman, Midland, MI
Burial headstone, Jerome Twp Cemetery, Sanford, Midland, MI
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Bruskotter Irene Mary* [Female] b. 6 JAN 1913 Shepherd, Coe Twp, Isabella, MI - d. 10 MAY 1988 Provincial House, Midland, MI
Documents:
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial headstone, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Saginaw, MI
Obituary:
Stack, Mrs. Irene M., Sanford, Michigan. Passed away Tuesday, May 10, 1988, at the Provincial House in Midland. Age 75 years. Irene M. Bruskotter was born Jan. 6, 1913, in Shepherd, Mich., coming to Saginaw, in 1933 and moving to Sanford, in 1970. She was married Bernard S. Stack, April 10, 1937. He survives her. She was a former member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church and its Rosary Society. She was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church, Sanford and a Red Cross Volunteer, a member of the Jacks and Jills Senior Citi-zens of Sanford. Surviving besides her husband, are three sons, one daughter and their spouses, Thomas and Lucille Stack, Beaverton; William and Bonnie Stack, Elaine and Robert Kushon, all of Saginaw; David and Carol Stack, Bay City; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, two brothers and one sister-in-law; many nieces and nephews. Three brothers and one sister predeceased her. Funeral service will take place 12:00 noon Friday at the Snow Funeral Home, 3775 N. Center Rd. between Shattuck and McCarty where a Resurrection Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Charles Kehoe with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday and 9:00 a.m. Friday until time of service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider Michigan Heart Assoc.; St. Agnes Church, Sanford or Senior Citizens of Sanford.
- Saginaw News, 11 May 1988
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Bruskotter Melvin Alexander* [Male] b. 15 SEP 1915 Shepherd, Coe Twp,Isabella, MI - d. 23 JUN 1990 Blodgett Medical Ctr, Grand Rapids, MI
Documents:
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, St Louis, Gratiot, MI
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Bruskotter Elmer John Henry* [Male] b. 14 DEC 1916 Shepherd, Coe Twp, Isabella, MI - d. 1 MAY 2000 Grandville, Kent, MI
Documents:
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial headstone, Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming Twp, Kent, MI
Burial headstone (detail), Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming Twp, Kent, MI
Obituary:
Elmer Bruskotter, aged 83, of Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 1, 2000. He is survived by his son Ronald (Nan) Bruskotter; his grandchildren, Michelle (Brett) Miller and Brad Bruskotter; his great grandsons, Nathan and Nicholas. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday at 11 AM at St. John Vianney Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Wednesday 7 to 9 PM at the DeGraaf Funeral Home, 4031 Clyde Park SW.
- DeGraaf Funeral Home
1940 Census, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
Burial headstone, Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming Twp, Kent, MI
Burial headstone (detail), Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming Twp, Kent, MI
Obituary:
Elmer Bruskotter, aged 83, of Wyoming, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 1, 2000. He is survived by his son Ronald (Nan) Bruskotter; his grandchildren, Michelle (Brett) Miller and Brad Bruskotter; his great grandsons, Nathan and Nicholas. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday at 11 AM at St. John Vianney Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Wednesday 7 to 9 PM at the DeGraaf Funeral Home, 4031 Clyde Park SW.
- DeGraaf Funeral Home
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Koester Maria Anna [Female] b. 4 JAN 1826 Ascheberg, Westfalen, Prussia - d. APRIL 1874 Glandorf, Putnam, OH
Documents:
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, Putnam County, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Marriage Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, Putnam County, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Marriage Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
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Doepker Anna Caroline* [Female] b. 26 OCT 1845 Glandorf, Putnam, OH - d. 5 DEC 1881 Glandorf, Putnam, OH
Documents:
Birth Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Death Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Shrine at St John the Baptist "Pioneer" Cemetery, Glandorf, OH
Notes:
Anna Caroline Doepker's headstone was moved in the 1930's and placed, along with all other markers in St John the Baptist "Pioneer" Cemetery, in a single shrine.
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Doepker Mary Matilda* [Female] b. 9 JUN 1848 Glandorf, Putnam, OH - d. 8 SEP 1921 Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Documents:
Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio
Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio
Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
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Doepker Johann Diedrich (Dirk)* [Male] b. 8 FEB 1774 Schwege, Osnabruck, Germany - d. 30 MAY 1826
Actual surname: Döpker
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Ebbeskotte Ferdinand [Male] b. 1812 Hanover, Germany - d. 2 MAR 1879 Jennings Twp, Putnam, OH
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Bode Mary Angelica [Female]
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Harrison Lelah Marie [Female] b. 24 OCT 1918 Pine River Twp, Gratiot, MI - d. 11 SEP 1998 St Louis, Gratiot, MI
Documents:
1930 Census, Emerson Twp, Gratiot, MI
Burial monument, Oak Grove Cemetery, St Louis, Gratiot, MI
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