Documents:
Birth Record, Putnam County, OH

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

Obituary:
FLORENCE L. SOMMERS OTTAWA - Funeral services for Florence L. Sommers, 80, of Ottawa, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, the Rev. Ken Eckstein officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at McCrate-Love Funeral Home, Ottawa, where a Scripture service will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Sommers died at 11:55 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Manor Nursing Home, Glandorf. She was born Aug. 26, 1911 in Ottawa to August and Bernadine (Kruse) Kreiger. She married Stanley Sommers in 1959, and he died in 1961. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Louis (Nancy) Silva, Port Clinton; six grandchildren; a great-grand-child; and two sisters, Evelyn Kistler, Norma Kottenbrock, both of Ottawa. Mrs. Sommers was a retired secretary/bookkeeper with DeAngelo Sign Co., Toledo. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, and its Altar Rosary Society.
- The Findlay Courier, March 30, 1992

Documents:
Birth Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, Putnam County, OH
1940 Census, Ottawa, Putnam County, OH

Burial Monument, Saints Peter And Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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1940 Census, Toledo, Lucas, OH

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1940 Census, Toledo, Lucas, OH

Burial Monument, Saints Peter And Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH

Obituary:
KRIEGER Esther
sther Krieger Appleyard, 89, formerly of Ottawa, OH, died June 2, 2003, at Community Healthcare Center in Marion, OH.
She was born October 21, 1913. to Herman and Edith (Harre) Leive. They are deceased. In 1945 she married Cornelius Krieger, he died in 1970. Esther married Frank Gummow in 1978, he died 1989. She married James Appleyard in 1984 and he died in 2002.
Survivors include a son, Frederick (Jody) Krieger, of Indianapolis, IN: a daughter, JoAnn (Edwin) Henning of Marlon, OH; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Esther was predeceased by 3 sisters. Adeline Weichel, Pauline Althoff and Dorothy Eberle and 1 brother, Herman Leive.
She was employed by Postal Telegraph and Little Flower Hospital when she lived in Toledo. Esther was a former secretary for the Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation, a WWII Navy Veteran, member of the Business Professional Women's Club of Ottawa, former secretary of the Local W.A.V.E. organization in Winterhaven, FL, enjoyed sewing, needlework, gardening and cards. Her parents ran a successful bakery in Toledo, OH that was still in business after the Depression.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Love Funeral Home in Ottawa, OH with the Rev. Ken Polluz officiating. Burial will be in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, OH. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial donations can be made to the Navy/Marine Corp Relief Fund. Condolences can be sent to: www.lovefuneralhome.com
-Toledo Blade, June 5, 2003

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

Ronald with his wife Kathleen Stechschulte-Kottenbrock.

Engagement Announcement:
Jessica Rose Noirot, daughter of Dr. Steven and Mrs. Margie Noirot, and Christopher Patrick Marlatt, son of Mrs. Gloria Marlatt and the late James Marlatt, have announced their engagement.
The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Wauseon High School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in special education from Miami University. She is pursuing a master’s degree in education at Ashland University. She is teaching for Westerville City Schools Special Needs Preschool Program as an intervention specialist.
The future groom is a 2001 graduate of Wauseon High School and graduated from the Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business in Accounting. He is an auditor for Deloitte and Touche in Columbus.
The wedding is set for Aug. 16 at St. Caspar Catholic Church in Wauseon, Ohio.
- This Week Community News, July 23, 2008

 
Kenneth with his sisters (L to R) Mary, Susan, Diane, Lisa and Judith.

Documents:
1840 Census, Ottawa, Putnam County, OH
Marriage record, State of Ohio

Burial headstone, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Obituary:
Stanley J. Sommers Sr. born April 19, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Richard Sommers & Margaret Johnson. He died May 20, 1961 age 58 at Flower Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, former residence, W. 137 St. and Clearwater, FL. His 2nd wife, Florence (nee Krieger).
Stanley's 1st wife, Evelyn (nee Thompson) was born 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of Samuel Thompson & Emma Pearce. She died Sept 23, 1959, formerly of 3086 W. 137th St., Cleveland, Ohio. They married
STANLEY'S & EVELYN'S CHILDREN:
* Stanley Sommers Jr. born April 12, 1927 in OH, died April 25, 1999 age 72 last of Ontario, San Bernardino, CA
* Dr. Ronald Kenneth Sommers born Aug 2, 1929 in OH, of Kent, OH, formerly of Norristown & Kittanning, PA. BS degree from Kent Univ., Master of arts degree from Northwestern University; Doctor of education degree from the University of Pittsburgh. June 1970 appointed coordinator of speech pathology and audiology at Kent State U.
* Master Sgt. Richard F. Sommers born May 22, 1930 in OH, died Sept 28, 1998 age 68 last of Reno, NV
* Paul V. Sommers
* David D. Sommers
Stanley Sr's funeral Requiem mass was at St. Ann Church, Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday, May 24, 1961. Arrangements by Abele Funeral Home, Cherry St., Toledo. Interment Mt. Calvary(?) Cemetery, Toledo, OH. Evelyn's funeral was Friday, Sept. 25, 1959 at Zeis Funeral Home, 16105 Detroit
- Abele Funeral Home, Toledo, oh

Documents:
Birth record, Putnam County, OH
Death record, State of Ohio

Burial Monument, Saints Peter And Paul Cemetery, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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

Obituary (source unknown):
George J. Schulien
George J. Schulien, 84, of Lafayette, Ind., died Wednesday morning in the Indiana Knights of Pythias Home Hospital after an illness of two years. He was born Oct. 28, 1885 in Ottoville, a son of Nicholas and Maria Schulien. He married Agnes Doepker in 1923 and she died in 1930. Surviving is a nephew, Harold Scherjer of Huntington, Ind. He was a member of Ottawa Eagles Lodge.
Services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, with Rev. Florian Hartke officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Fischer-McCrate Funeral Home, Ottawa, after 4 p.m. Friday. Eagles Lodge services will beheld at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
-Findlay Republican Courier, Thursday, Oct 20, 1960

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1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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1900 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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1850 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH
Death Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH

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Baptismal Record, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Glandorf, OH
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Marriage Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
1940 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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

Resided in Ottawa, Putnam, OH from 1910 to 1920.
Member of Ottawa Court of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia.

Obituary:
MRS. W. WESTRICK CLAIMED BY DEATH
Ottawa Woman Succumbs In Lima Hospital Earty Monday Morning
OTTAWA, Aug. 7 - Mrs. Philomena Westrick, 63, wife of William Westrick, of East Wain street, died in St. Rlta's hospital at Lima at 7:15 O'clock Monday morning from complications which developed after she suffered a fractured hip in a fall at the family home recently.
Mrs. Westrick was born Oct 31, 1880, In Glandorf. to Frank and Magdalena Doepker. She was the wife of William F. WestrIck, Ottawa plumber. Mrs. Westrick was a member of Sts, Peter and Paul Catholic parish of Ottawa. and the Ottawa court, Catholic Ladies of Columbia.
The husband remains together with three daughters, Miss Evangeline and Miss Alice of Chicago, and Miss Ruth Westrick at home: three sons, Albert at home; Lawrence at Toledo, and John Cornelius Westrick in the U, S. navy stationed in California; three brothers, Harry of Glandorf; August and Walter Westrick of Ottawa., five sisters, Mrs, Joseph Schmenk of Leipsic; Mrs. Homer Light of Pandora: Mrs, Clyde Cook, Sr. of Lima: Mrs, Jack Jones of Ottawa, and Mrs. August Gatzke of Leipsic, and one granddaughter.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until word is received from the son in the navy. The body is at the Fischer and Son Funeral Home here:
- Findlay Republican-Courier, August 8, 1944

Documents:
Marriage Record, State of Ohio
Record of Marriage to Philomena Doepker, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Death Record, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
Record of Marriage to Myrtle Miller, Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ottawa, OH
1940 Census, Ottawa, Putnam, OH

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

Obituary:
William Westrick Succumbs Monday
Rites Thursday For Retired Plumber
OTTAWA, Feb. 11 - William F. Westrick, 79, a retired plumber a Ottawa, died at 3:24 a.m Monday at Lima St. Ritas Hospital. He suffered a fractured hip on Dec. 20.
Born Sept. 14, 1877 at Glandorf, he was the son of Peter and Lucinda Westrick. He married Philomena Doepker who died in 1944.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. John Liedke, Leipsic; Mrs. Roger Pratt, Mrs. Al Starkey, Miss Ruth Westrick, all of Chicago; sons, Lawrence L. Toledo; John C., Marietta; arid Albert A., Ottawa; a brother, Frank, New Bavaria; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son, a daughter, two brothers and a sister arc deceased.
Mr. Westrick was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church here.
Services are m 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Roman Rodak officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery. The body is at the Fischer Funeral Home where friends may call.
- FINDLAY REPUBLICAN-COURiER, FEBRUARY 12, 1957