Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Thobe

First Name: Virgil H. "Butch"

Father's Name: Henry F. Thobe

Mother's Maiden Name: Matilda Heitkamp

Spouse's Name: Mary E. Wenning

Death Date: April 7, 2001

Cause of Death:

Death Location: St. Marys, Auglaize County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: Virgil H. (Butch) Thobe, 79, 8202 Ohio 119, Maria Stein, died at 1:40 p.m. April 7, 2001 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. He was born May 21, 1921, in Minster, to Henry F. and Matilda (Heitkamp) Thobe. On May 1, 1946, he married Mary E. Wenning, who died Oct. 14, 1993. Survivors are three sons and their wives, Dick and Diane of Chickasaw, Jim and Phyllis of Maria Stein, and Kevin and Ruth of St. Henry, and a son, Jack of Chickasaw; seven daughters and their husbands, Jean and Jim Basile, Clark, N.J., Joan and Michael Bollenbacher, and Lynn and Dale Homan, all of Maria Stein, Kathy and Tom Huelsman, and Nancee and Ted Homan, all of Chickasaw, Kris and Roger Demange, St. Henry, and Beth and Gary Fortkamp, Maria Stein; five brothers and their wives, Werner and Mary, Delbert and Velma, Donald and Patty, Roland and Shirley, and David and Jean, all of Maria Stein, and two brothers, Elton of Maria Stein, and Larry of St. Marys; six sisters and their husbands, Alice and Leonard Varno, Sidney, Mary C. and John Mescher, Maria Stein, Martha and Tom Warner, New Bremen, Marilyn and Dale Miller, Minster, Margie and David Moeller, St. Sebastian, and Lois and Jay Hogenkamp, Carthagena; a sister-in-law, Ginny Thobe, Maria Stein; and 35 grandchildren. Deceased are a daughter, Ann, a brother, Harold, and a granddaughter. He was retired as a self-employed milk hauler, and served in the U.S. Army 83rd Infantry Division during World War II. He formerly served as a commander of Maria Stein American Legion, and was a member of St. John Catholic Church and its MenĂ­s Sodality, Maria Stein, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chickasaw, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Minster, and Vintage Chevrolet Club of America. Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Emil Labbe officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Calling is 2-9 p.m. Tuesday and 9-9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater. Contributions can be made to American Red Cross Blood Services division.



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