2020 archive

Oct 20

Tombstone Tuesday-Lois M. Schumm

This is the tombstone of Lois M. Schumm, located in row 7 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Lois M.
Schumm
Nov. 28, 1928  †  May 4, 2002

Oct 16

Local Servicemen, Willshire, 1952

A couple days ago, while trying to reorganize and clean out the back room of our basement [a task with no end in sight], I ran across my aunt Ann’s 1952 edition of the Willshire Public School yearbook, the Willow. My dad’s sister, Ann (Miller) Kosier, was a Junior in 1952,

Oct 13

Tombstone Tuesday-Richard E. & Eileen H. (Swanson) Schumm

This is the tombstone of Richard E. and Eileen H. (Swanson) Schumm, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

SCHUMM
Richard E.
1922-1990
Eileen H.
1926-1986

Oct 09

1877 Trisel Bible Pages

Today, two pages from the 1877 Henry and Elizabeth Trisel Bible, pages that were included in Elizabeth (Feldman) Bahn Trisel’s Widow’s Pension Application.

Oct 06

Tombstone Tuesday-L. William & Mina K. (Gunsett) Schumm

This is the tombstone of L. William and Mina K. (Gunsett) Schumm, located in row 3 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
SCHUMM
L. William
1884-1961
Mina K.
1886-1946