From: carolyn(a)parlorcity.com
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Surnames: BAUMGARDNER, TONNER, STEFFEN, DRAYER, GERBER
Classification: Obituary
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Bluffton Evening News, Monday, March 21, 1923
Mrs. Samuel Baumgardner Claimed by Death
Passed Away This Forenoon Near Vera Cruz-Funeral Friday
Mrs. Elizabeth Baumgardner, 53 years old, wife of Samuel Baumgardner, died
this morning at 11:30 o'clock at the family home two miles east of Vera
Cruz. An operation for gall stones failed to give relief.
Born in Adams County, September 27, 1869, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Tonner, natives of Switzerland, Mrs. Baumgardner was 53 years, 5
months and 24 days old at the time of her death. Her marriage to Mr.
Baumgardner took place on June 21, 1890.
To their union the following children were born, all of who are living:
Mrs. T. L. Steffen, Adams County; Mrs. Chris Drayer. Bluffton; Mrs. Henry
Drayer, Albion, Ill.; Joe Baumgardner and Miss Amelia and Nova
Baumgardner, all living at home, and Mrs. Samuel Gerber, of Bluffton.
Four brothers and one sister survive, as follows: Jacob, Joseph, Isaac and
John Tonner, and Miss Mary Tonner. Four grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at noon at the home, with services at
the Christian Apostolic church.
From: carolyn(a)parlorcity.com