Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Kettler

First Name: Edith M.

Father's Name: William Burkhart

Mother's Maiden Name: Anna Louise Kellermeyer

Spouse's Name: Walter Otto Kettler

Death Date: June 7, 1986

Cause of Death:

Death Location: Celina, Mercer County, Ohio

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: Edith M Kettler, 89, of 801 W. Oliver Street, St. Marys, died at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 1986 at Celina Manor Nursing Home, where she had been a patient since January, 1981. She was born Feb. 27, 1897 in Mercer County, the daughter of William and Anna Louise (Kellermeyer) Burkhart. On Nov. 27, 1918, she married Walter O. Kettler, who died Aug. 17, 1957. A homemaker, Mrs. Kettler worked a number of years for Vanderhorst Canning Co. in St. Marys. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran Church Women, and the Dorcas Society of the church, of which she was president for many years. Earlier in life she and her husband had been active in the Noble Township Farm Bureau. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Carl (Emogene) Hecht of St. Marys, one son Walter W. Kettler of Novato, Calif; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one half sister, Louise Hainline; one sister Emma Wilkins Dohse; three brothers, Carl, Irben, and her twin brother Ernest; and one grandson, Gregory Hecht. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, St. Marys with the Rev. Theodore Stellhorn and Intern Mark Osterhout officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church Building Fund.

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