Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Hoge

First Name: Meta F.

Father's Name: Charles A. Meckstroth

Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Lammers

Spouse's Name: Arthur F. Hoge

Death Date: July 8, 1996

Cause of Death:

Death Location: Joint Township Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, Auglaize County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: New Knoxville—Meta F. Hoge, 93, 203 S. St. Marys St., died at 1:03 a.m. Monday, July 8 1996, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. She was born Sept 1, 1902 in Washington Township to Charles A. and Anna (Lammers) Meckstroth. On May 28, 1925, she married Arthur F. Hoge, who died Dec. 14, 1971. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, William and Shirley, Flemington, N.J.; John and JoAnn "Woody" New Knoxville; Dean and Josephine, Takoma Park, Md.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Jacob, Gustave, Rev. Richard and Dr. Emil; and three sisters, Caroline Holtkamp, Matilda Fledderjohann and Ella Wellman. Mrs. Hoge was a homemaker and prior to her marriage she was a school teacher in Kossuth and Cridersville. She was New Knoxville's 1993 Outstanding Citizen of the Year and was grand marshal of the Fall Festival Parade. She was a 1919 graduate of New Knoxville High School, a 1920 graduate of New Bremen High School and attended Bowling Green State University, University of Colorado and Ohio Northern University. She enjoyed playing cards and in recent years taught the German Language to elementary school children in her home. She was the last surviving member of the American Legion Post 444 Auxiliary, a charter member of the New Knoxville Historical Society and a Red Cross volunteer at the hospital for many years. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, its Women's Guild, Ladies Aid Society and a Sunday School teacher for many years. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church with the Rev. David Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Pilger Ruhe Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vornholt-Miller Funeral Home. The preferred memorials are to the church radio broadcast fund and the historical society.



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