The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
THE GRIM REAPER

Mrs. Chas. Simon. aged 6S years a
former resident Of this city and well
known here, died last Monday morning
at the home of her son Rudolph, at 1T.
| Recovery following a lingering illness.
Last Saturday she underwent an opera
tion for gall stones, and while she rail-
lied nicely, she began to fail rapid
| ~ Sunday, and died at five o'clock Mon
day morning.
The deceased was a native of Ger
many. About thirty-fiye years ago she
came TO this country and settled In
Celina, where she lived until a couple
Of years ago, when she and her hus-
band moved to TT. Recovery 70 live with
their son. Rudolph, and wife.
She is survived by her husband and
five children-Charles Simon, jr Mrs. j.
b. Miller and Frank Spencer, OF this city
and Mrs Homer Graham. OF Van Vert,
and the son at whose home she died.
The remains We're brought to this city
last Tuesday noon and taken to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. j. b. Miller,
on North Walnut street. Funeral SER
vices were held Wednesday afternoon
at the Lutheran Church In this city,
with Rev. Reitz, the local pastor in
charge Interment at North Grove
cemetery.
Among the out town relatives in at
tendance at the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. jerome Miller and SON. of Toledo;
George Brodbeck, of st. Marys, and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Graham, of Van Vert.
Frank Long, of Portland Ind, bet
ter known in this city as "Chummy,"
died rather suddenly last Sunday morn
ing at ST.. Marys. Death was due to
The young man was well known in
this city having worked for nearly elev-
en- years at the local packing house of
j. \. Long & Co. He was half brother
Of j. A. Long, president of the company.
Last spring when j. 10. HeadlngtOn took
charge of the local plant, Frank went to
Portland, where he acted as assistant
manager of the plant i'm that city. He
had a large acquaintance and many
friends, especially among the base
ball fans. as he was quite a base ball
enthusiast.
The young man was in the habit each
year of taking a car load of chickens to
New York markets, and had left Port |
land Saturdy on his usual trip. He COM
planned to friends here of not feeling
well and at St Marys was compelled to |
give up the trip. He had intended to
return home Saturday, but took sudden |
ly worse during the night and died the
following morning The remains were
taken to his former home at Portland |
Funeral services were held Wednesday |
afternoon. He Is survived by his par |
ents and several brothers and sisters.
Carl Edgar Means, three -year-old son |
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Means, of 532 |
Cedar avenue, died last night at 1890 |
O'Clock, after being afflicted for four |
weeks with heart trouble. Funeral SER |
vices and interment of the remains will |
be made at Wapakoneta, Saturday NOR
The body of Carl Edgar Means, 3-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Means, |
of 532 Centre Street, was accompanied to |
NTaV L of nd IA
to the home Of the grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lyman II. Means, of East Aug
laize street. Funeral services, were held |
Saturday morning, at $3.50 O'Clock, at st.
Johns Catholic Church in Wapakoneta.
Interment will be made in Green
lawn Cemetery-Lima Times-Democrat.
Mr. and Mrs Means formerly lived on
East Livingston street in this city and
the little fellow is known to many resi-
dents here.
Cyrus Lankhart, a prominent Jeffer
son township farmer, died Thursday
at seven o'clock at his home
from military tuberculosis. Mr.. Lank-
hart has been suffering from the disease
for some time but has been confined to
his home only since the trst part OF Sep
tember
County Ohio, September "a, 1858, thus
his age to 81 years, l manth and
Is days He was married to Alice Bar
nett. Five children We're born TO them.
They are: Mrs. Jonn Debolt, Mrs. Chas.
Ray, Mrs. Ray Miller and Ruby and Hol-
man, both of whom are still at home
Besides his wife and five children, Mr..
Iankhart leaves two brothers and one
sister. They are John and Joseph Lank-
hart and Mrs. Alonzo Allspaw all of Mer-
Ger County Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at ten
o. clock at the Bethel Bretheren church,
east of Berne. Rev. w. +. John
son, assisted by Rev d. S. Kaley, of
h}erne, will be in charge of the ser
vices. The body will be buried in Mt.
Hope Cemetery.-Berne, Ind, Daily
Witness
The funeral of Mrs. Catharine Cast,
the venerable mother of John II. Cast,
o fthis city, who died on the 18th inst,
was held at St Johns Catholic Church
at Maria Stein last Monday morning and
was attended by large following of rel
atives and friends. Among those pres
ent were:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Cast, daughters
Jennie and Nettie and son Andy, Barney
Cast, Nora Cast, Henry Tebben, Mrs.
Hickman and Ferd WOeste, of Celina;
VIM Harting an dfamily. of Decatur;
Mr.. and Mrs John Schaeper, Of Norwood;
Miss Cecilia Schaeper, of St Bernard;
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Feldhake, Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Cast and family, of Lima;
Mr.. and Mrs. Woeste, John Hickman, of
Coldwater; Frank Harting, of st. Henry;
and Miss Armella Roeckner, of Chick
asaW.