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Daily Chief, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio
Wednesday, April 9, 1913
MARIA MAGDALENA KOEHLER
Aged Mother Passes to Eternal Rest Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Maria Magdalena Koehler, widow of the late George Frederick Koehler,
died at her home of her son, Frederick Koehler in Salem township, five miles
west of Upper Sandusky, Tuesday afternoon, at 3:20 o'clock. Death was due to
the infirmities of old age and she had been seriously ill only since last
Thursday.
Maria Magdalena Bender, daughter of David and Barbara (Beidelssschies)
Bender, was born at Alt Luszheim, Baden, Germany, February 2, 1829. She was
in her eighty-fifth year at the time of death.
In 1849 in Germany she was wedded to George Frederick Koehler. They came to
America three years later and located in Crawford county. In 1860 they came
to Eden township, this county, and in 1867 located in Salem township, where
she had resided since. Mr. Koehler died in 1895.
Mrs. Koehler was the mother of thirteen children. One daughter as an infant
in Germany and Mrs. John Katzenmeyer, Joseph Koehler and Mrs. Barbara
Beidelschies, died some years ago. The children surviving a loving mother
are: David, at Ada; Jacob, Fred, and Benjamin, of Salem township; John, west
of town; Henry, in Richland township; George, in Antrim township; Mrs. Fred
Margraf and Mrs. Charles Dirmeyer, at Tiffin. There is also a sister, Mrs.
Rachel Myers, of Tiffin, and a brother, Louis Bender, at Napoleon.
Mrs. Koehler was a member of Bethany Lutheran congregation and was held in
the highest esteem by all.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, from the house
and 1:45 o'clock from Bethany Lutheran church, conducted by Rev. J. H.
Schmidt. Burial in the Schoenberger cemetery. No flowers.
Daily Chief-Union, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio
Tuesday, January 26, 1915
DIED IN INFIRMARY
Adolph Koehler died Monday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at the Wyandot county
infirmary from a complication of diseases. He was sixty years old and was
born in Germany. He was admitted to the infirmary a little over a year ago
from Upper Sandusky.
The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the infirmary,
conducted by Rev. C. B. Wible. Interment will be made in the infirmary
cemetery.