This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
Frederick Winegartner passed from life into the unseen world Friday morning at 6:15 o’clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. Petersilge, at the advanced age of 86 years, 9 months and 23 days. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. services being conducted by Rev. C. F. Gebhardt. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. The deceased was born in Weikershein, Wittenberg, Germany, June 6, 1808. In 1853 he emigrated to the United States, locating in Bucyrus. Some years later he removed to New Washington, where he resided until the death of his wife in 1887. Since that time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Petersilge, in this city. Some time ago he suffered a severe fall, dislocating his hip. He has not been able to get out since. An affection of the lungs and the results of this accident, together with the infirmities of age, caused his death. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Petersilge and Mrs. Dan Guise, and one son, Edward Winegartner, to mourn his death. He was a man of excellent character, respected, esteemed by all who knew him. Peace to his ashes.
