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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Strickler, Stetler, Rumple, Hoverman, Lough, McMillen, Funk, Sovine, Marbaugh,
Schumm, Case, Harmon, Coil
Classification: obituary
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Friday, October 12, 1956
Mrs. Floyd Strickler Dies This Morning
Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Nellie Strickler, 57, wife of Floyd Strickler of Willshire, O., died at 6
o'clock this morning at the Van Wert, O., county hospital, following an illness of two
weeks. She was taken to the hospital Thursday evening.
She was born in Mercer County, O., March 7, 1899, a daughter of Frank and Sarah Rumple
Stetler, and was married to Floyd Strickler March 15, 1919.
Mrs. Strickler was a member of the Willshire Methodist Church and the American Legion
auxiliary at Willshire.
Surviving in addition to her husband are five daughters, Mrs. Merl Hoverman, Mrs. Gene
Lough and Mrs. Dean McMillen all of Willshire, Mrs. John Funk of Decatur, route 6, and
Mrs. Carroll Sovine of New Haven; two sons, Harold and Lester Strickler, both of
Willshire; 17 grandchildren; three brothers, Earl, Walter and Ralph Stetler, all of
Wilshire, and five sisters, Mrs. Fred Marbaugh, Mrs. Theodore Schumm and Mrs. Roy Case,
all of Willshire, Mrs. Amos (Dick) Harmon of Decatur, and Mrs Foster Coil of Spencerville,
O.
The body, brought to the Zwick Funeral Home, will be taken to the Merl Hoverman
residence; where friends may call after 11 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be
conducted at 1:45 p.m. Sunday at the Hoverman residence and at 2 p.m. at the Willshire
Methodist Church, the Rev. James R. Hipkins and the Rev. Chester Hirschy officiating.
Burial will be in the Willshire Cemetery.
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