Documents:
Death Record, State of Ohio
1920 US Census, Jennings Twp, Putnam, OH

Burial monument, St Josephs Catholic Cemetery, Ft Jennings, OH

Documents:
Baptismal Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Record of Marriage to Charles Schroeder, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Record of Marriage to Charles Schroeder, State of Ohio
Record of Marriage to Bernard Aelker, State of Ohio
1900 US Census, Greensburg Twp, Putnam, OH
1910 Census, Greensburg, Putnam, OH
1930 Census, Greensburg Twp, Putnam, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio

Burial headstone, St John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Glandorf, OH

Resided in Greensburg Township, Putnam, OH from 1900-1930.

Documents:
Baptismal Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Marriage Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Birth Record, Putnam County, OH
1940 Census, Leipsic, Putnam, OH
Death Record, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Leipsic, OH

Burial headstone, St Marys Catholic Cemetery, Leipsic, OH

Resided in Van Buren, Putnam, OH in 1910.
Resided in Leipsic, Putnam, OH in 1940.

Obituary:
Joseph Wortman Succumbs Al 93
Services Wednesday At Leipsic Church
Leipsic. Joseph Wortman, 93, a retired tailor of Leipsic, died al 2:50 a.m. Monday in the home of a daughter in Toledo. lie had been in failing health several years.
Born May 14, 1869 in Glandorf, he Was the son of August and Caroline (Doepker) Wortman. He married Anna Guelker and she is deceased.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Eugene Snyder. Toledo; eight grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Wortnian was a member St. Mary's Catholic Church, Knights of Columhus, Catholic Knights of Ohio and the Holy Name Society.
Services are at 10 a.m Wednesday in the church, the Rev. Mark Vogel officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Peoples Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 8:30 pm Tuesday by the knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society.
-Findlay Republican-Courier, August 21, 1962

Documents:
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Death Record, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Index card to military pension file, US military
Pension Payment Card for service during US Civil War

Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Resided in Ottawa Twp, Putnam, OH in 1860.
Resided in Lincoln, Butler, Kansas in 1880.

Documents:
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Baptismal Record, St. Peter and Pauls Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Death Record, St. Peter and Pauls Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
1840 Census, Ottawa, Putnam County, OH

Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Obituary:
Wieser Rites Will Be Friday
Illness Is Fatal To Ottawa Woman
OTTAWA --- Mrs. Agnes A. Wieser, 79, the widow of former Ottawa attorney Ed Wieser, died at 8 p.m. Monday at the Vartman Rest Home, Franklin, after an extended illness. She was born June 28, 1882. She was married to Mr. Wieser and he died several years ago. Surviving is a daughter. Mrs . Charles DiMatter, Miamisburg. Requiem high mass will be recited at 9:15 a.m. Friday at St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, Ottawa, with the Rev. Florian Hartke as celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is at the Fischer-McCrate Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
- Findlay Republican Courier, October 4, 1961

Documents:
Death Record, State of Ohio
Baptismal Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Draft Card, WWII
1900 Census, Gilboa, Putnam, OH
1840 Census, Ottawa, Putnam County, OH
Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Married by Rev. Francis Nigsch

Obituary:
OTTAWA ATTORNEY CLAIMED BY DEATH
Edward F. Wieser, 88, Was Former State Senator; Last Rites Monday
OTTAWA. June 13 - Edward F Wieser, 66. a former Ohio senator, died at 3 p. m. Friday in his home here after a lengthy illness from a heart ailment.
Mr. Wieser served in the Ohio senate in 1913 and 1914. He was a former solicitor of Ottawa, a member of the Putnam county Bar association and had practiced law in Ottawa for 40 years. He also was a member of the Ottawa Knights of Columbus, Mr. Wieser was born Juiy 14, 1880, in Coldwater to Mr. and Mrs. August Wieser. He and Agnes Krieger were married in Ottawa Nov, 10, 1909, and she survives.
Also surviving are a daughter Mks Mary Helen Wieser. at home; one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Limbacher, Akron, and one brother, August Wieser. Ottawa.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Monday Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic church of which he was a member. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
- Findlay Republican-Courier, June 14, 1947

From "Ohio Legislative History 1909-1912, Vol 1":
HON EDWARD F WIESER
Thirty third District
The 33rd Senatorial District of Ohio was represented in the 80th General Assembly by a young lawyer whose residence is Ottawa Putnam County. The district is composed of Fulton Hancock Henry Putnam and Wood Counties and has been within recent years safely Democratic.
Edward F Wieser was born at Coldwater Mercer County Ohio July 14th 1880. His father August C Wieser was born in Germany. Edward received his education in the public schools at Coldwater and at Crawfis College in Putnam County Ohio.
He studied law with Watts and Moore Ottawa Ohio was admitted to the bar in 1903 and at once commenced the practice of his profession at Ottawa.
In the year 1909 Mr Wieser was united in marriage with Miss Agnes A Krieger of Ottawa Ohio.
Senator Wieser has never held any other public office except that of Justice of the Peace at Ottawa. At the regular session of the 80th General Assembly of Ohio Senator Wieser was author of a bill providing for indeterminate penitentiary sentences and a bill authorizing the State Board of Administration to make rules for the parole of prisoners in the State Penitentiary both of which became laws. He was also author of Senate Bill No 149 which provides for validating petitions contracts bonds and assessments under various sections of the General Code.
Senator Wieser was appointed a member of a joint committee of the House and Senate to provide a site for a new Slate office building. Elected as a Democrat he supported the State Administration Measures of Legislation and was generally progressive.
Senator Wieser served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on County Affairs and was a member of the following committees viz Agriculture Claims Drainage and Irrigation Federal Relations Judiciary Privileges and Elections Public Utilities and Taxation.

From "Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly":
E.F. WEISER
Representing the Thirty third District
Edward F Wieser of Ottawa was born at Coldwater July 14 1880 and was educated in the public schools at Coldwater and Crawfis college. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and has since been engaged in his profession at Ottawa. Senator Wieser never held any public office except that of justice of the peace before being elected to the Ohio Senate in 1912. Senator Wieser is a staunch democrat believing firmly in the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. He advocates simplicity in private and public life and a square deal to all.

Documents:
1900 Census, Gilboa, Putnam, OH

Documents:
1900 Census, Gilboa, Putnam, OH

Documents:
Baptismal Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH

Burial headstone, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cenetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial headstone (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cenetery, Ottawa, OH

Documents:
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Baptismal Record, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio

Burial headstone, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Documents:
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Baptismal Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Marriage Record, St Marys Catholic Church, Toledo, OH
Death Record, St Marys Catholic Church, Toledo, OH

Burial headstone, Mt Carmel Cemetery, Toledo, OH

Documents:
1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Birth Record, St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH

Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

May be sister-in-law of John Henry Doepker rather than sister.

Documents:
Marriage Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Death Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio
1900 Census, Glandorf, Putnam, OH

Burial Monument, St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Glandorf, OH

Time of death 10:00 AM.

Documents:
Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1900 Census, Glandorf, Putnam, OH
Death Record, State of Ohio
Death Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH

Burial Monument, St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Glandorf, OH

Obituary:
Funeral to Be Held For Mary Doopkor, 74
OTTAWA, July 24
Marl Magdalena Doopker, 74, widow of Prank Doopher, died at her house on West Main street late Theaday evening, following an illness which lasted several years. Her husband preceded her in death 14 years ago. She spent the greater part of her life in and around Glandort. She was the daughter of John Henry and Theresia Lefken.
Surviving relatives are her 13 children: Mrs. William Westrick. Mrs. Ben Thompson, August Doepker, Mrs. George Shulien, Mrs. Jack Jones and Walter Doepker, all of Ottawa; Harry Deopher, of Glandorf: Pauline Doepker, of Toledo; Mrs Clyde Cook, of Lima: Mrs. Homer Light, of Pandora: Mrs, Joseph Schmenk and Mrs. Colletta Gatske. of Leipsic. One daughter, Verona, preceded her in death about 13 years ago.
Funeral services will he held in Sts Peter and Paul church, Friday morning at nine o'clock and burial will he made In the Catholic cemetery at Glandorf.
- Findlay Republican-Courier, July 27, 1933

Documents:
1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Death Record, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH

Documents:
Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
1900 Census, Glandorf, Putnam, OH
1940 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Obituary:
LORETTA JONES
OTTAWA - Mrs. Loretta Jones, 75, 355 W. Second St., Ottawa, died at 3:10 p.m, today in Ottawa.
She was born May 9, 1898, in Glandorf, to Frank and Magdelena (Lefken) Doepker. She married Jackson A. Jones in 1926, arid he died in July 1969.
Surviving are three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Leona Schenk, Lima; Mrs. Cornelia Schmenk, rural Cloverdale; Mrs. J.A. Gatzke, Ottawa; a brother Walter, Ottawa.
Mrs. Jones was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, and the Rosary Altar Society.
Funeral Mass will be said at 10:30 am). Friday at the church, the Rev. Werner Verhoff officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be after 7 p.m. today at McCrate Funeral Home, Ottawa, A Scripture reading will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
- The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio, May 1, 1974

Documents:
Birth Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
1900 Census, Glandorf, Putnam, OH
1940 Census, Leipsic, Putnam, OH
Marriage Record, Putnam County, OH
Interment Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Burial monument, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
Burial monument (detail), Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Resided on 201 Defrance St, Leipsic, OH in 1942.

Obituary:
COLETTA GATZKE
OTTAWA - Mrs. Coletta Gatzke, 75, 896 W. Main St., Ottawa, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday in St. Rita's Hospital, Lima.
She was born in Glandlorf, April 7, 1900, to Frank and Magdalen (Lefken) Doepker. She Married J.A. Gatzke, September 1927, and he survives.
Also surviving are a son, Fred, Columbus; three grandchildren: four great-grandchildren; a brother, Walter, Ottawa two sisters, Mrs. Cornelia Schmenk, Cldverdale; Mrs. Leona Schenk, Lima.
Mrs. Gatzke was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, where Mass of the Resurrection will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, the Rev. Werner Verhoff officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation is after 2 p.m, today in McCrate Funeral Home, Ottawa, where there will be a scripture reading service at 8 p. n. today.
- The Republican-Courier, Findlay, Ohio May 14, 1975

Documents:
Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Interment Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH

Burial marker, St John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Glandorf, OH