Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Eschmeyer

First Name: Eldred L.

Father's Name: Lawrence Eschmeyer

Mother's Maiden Name: Lydia Meckstroth

Spouse's Name: Marie Thomas

Death Date: May 20, 1997

Cause of Death:

Death Location: Auglaize County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: Eldred L. Eschmeyer, 74, 18722 Roettger Road, New Knoxville, died suddenly at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, 1997 at his residence. He was born Feb. 16, 1923 to Lawrence and Lydia (Meckstroth) Eschmeyer, in the same house in which he died. On Sept. 13, 1947 he married the former Marie Thomas, and she survives. Other survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Ellen Eschmeyer, New Knoxville; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Susan Warner, Newark; Barbara and William Shelby, Sunbury, Ohio; Lynn and Ron Schweitzer, Wapakoneta; 10 grandchildren; four great- grandchildren, and a brother, Zelotes Eschmeyer, New Knoxville. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Dorothy Henschen. Mr. Eschmeyer retired from Hoge Lumber Company and was also a farmer. He was a 1941 graduate of New Knoxville High School, an member of the First United Church of Christ, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, was a member of American Legion Post 444, and also enjoyed woodworking and fishing. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First United Church of Christ in New Knoxville with Rev. David Hunt officiating. Burial, with military rites by the American Legion Post 444, will follow in Pilger Ruhe Cemetery in New Knoxville. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Vornholt and Miller Funeral Home in New Knoxville. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice.



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