Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Settlage

First Name: Theodore F.

Father's Name: Fred E. Settlage

Mother's Maiden Name: Mary Wierwille

Spouse's Name: Selma Wiethoff

Death Date: Aug 12, 1935

Cause of Death

Death Location: Auglaize County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: Theodore F. Settlage, 56, residing two miles northwest of New Knoxville on State Route 54, was almost instantly killed about 9 p.m. Sunday when he was struck and thrown from a bicycle near his home by an auto driven by Alfred Henschen, a neighbor. Mr. Settlage was enroute home from attending evening services at the First Evangelical Reformed church at New Knoxville. Mr. Henschen stopped his auto after the accident and took the injured man to a nearby farmhouse according to a report made to Coroner A. W. Veit. Dr. Robert Slusher of New Knoxville was called and he found life extinct. Both bicycle and auto were reported preceeding towards St. Marys and the driver did not see Settlage until too late, being blinded by lights from an approaching car. Mr. Settlage resided in the neighberhood between New Knoxville and St. Marys all his life and was regarded as one of the substantial farmers of that area. He was a son of Fred E. and Mary Wierwille Settlage and was born September 17, 1888. His parents are deceased. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Selma Wiethoff Settlage, a patient at a Toledo hospital, and six sons, Emil, Richard, Benjamin, Frederick, Andrew and Roger, and a daughter, Martha, all residing in the parental community. Three children died in infancy. Brothers and sisters, surviving are Louis H. Settlage, residing nearby; Rev. William Settlage, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Henry Hilgeman, Bay City;, Mich., and Mrs. Sophia Buckloh, near New Knoxville. He was a member of the First Evangelical and Reformed church at New Knoxville. Funeral services have been arranged for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Evangelical Reformed church, the Rev. O.B. Moor, pastor, in charge. Burial in Pilger Ruhe Cemetery.



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