Lawrence P Schmitz (1889 - 1963)

Born 19 Oct 1889 in Glandorf, Putnam County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Dec 1963 at age 74 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, United States

Biography

Obituary
published in The Lima News, Tuesday, December 31, 1963 ^[1]

OTTAWA - Lawrence P. Schmitz, 74, of Rt. 3, Ottawa, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Lima St. Rita's Hospital after an illness of three months.

Born Oct. 19, 1889, in Glandorf, he was the son of Jodocus and Caroline (Meyer) Schmitz. He married Adelea Karhoff in 1924 and she survives.

Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Lucille) Kneuven of Celina, Mrs. Leander (Evelyn) Brinkman of Rt 3, Ottawa, and Miss Lillian Schmitz of Ottawa; two sons, Norman and Charles, both at home; three brothers, William, Hubert and John, all of Glandorf; two sisters, Mrs. Philomena Bockrath of Lima and Mrs. Martha Webken of Kalida; and 17 grandchildren. A son and a sister are deceased.

Mr. Schmitz was a member of St. John's Catholic Church at Glandorf and the Holy Name Society.

Funeral Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the church by Rev. Aloys Friedrich. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at McCrate Funeral Home after 7 this evening. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church by the Holy Name Society.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #74196706 retrieved 10 September 2017

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6P-HD8 : accessed 2 May 2019), Laurence Schmitis in household of Jodocus Schmitis, Pleasant Township (excl. Columbus Grove vill.), Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 5A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,316.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLNZ-P18 : accessed 11 November 2015), Lawrence P Schmitz in household of Jodokus Schmitz, Pleasant, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 10B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,239.

• "United States Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWLH-P54 : Tue Nov 28 11:17:09 UTC 2023), Laurence Schmitz, Columbus Grove, Pleasant Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JKY-X4SS : Wed Oct 04 04:00:18 UTC 2023), Laurence Schmitz, Columbus Grove, Pleasant Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States, 10 April 1950.