This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/952.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the obit on Celestia. I would appreciate it so much if you could e-mail me any other info you may have on the Stoners. I have traced the Meyer family back to 1570. If you would be interested in this I can send it to you. My e-mail is nlwalsh@charter.net. Again, thanks so much for your answer and info.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holderman, Stoner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/952.1.2.1 Message Board Post: My wife is related to Levi and Hannah Stoner through a daughter of theirs -- Celestia Stoner Holderman. I have the obits. for Levi, Hannah, Celestia and Celestia's husband. Here is Celestia's obit.: Obituary Unknown newspaper 5/14/1948 OSCEOLA: Mrs. Celestia M. Stoner Holderman, 91, died in her home today (May 14,1948) after an illness of five months. She lived in Osceola for 22 years. She was born in Locke, Ind., on Nov. 11, 1856, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi (Hannah) Stoner. She married James Holderman in Jamestown of Sept. 2, 1880. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Edna Fromm of Germany who is visiting in Osceola at the present; a son Dwight Holderman of Elkhart, 4 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Holderman was a member of the Jamestown Methodist church, where the funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday. The body will be taken from the Lienhart funeral home in Wakarusa at noon Monday to lie in state at the church until the funeral. Burial will be in the Olive cemetery. Joseph R. Murnane 4219 Jersey Rd. Williamson, NY 14589 315-589-6631 JMurnane77@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/952.1.2 Message Board Post: I would love any information you can share with my on the Stoner-Myers families. I can go back as far as Levi S. Stoner b. 1829 m. Hannah Meyer b. 1833 and their 9 children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KOMINS, BROWN, BENNETT, CRAFT, TROEGER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2180 Message Board Post: Phillip D. KOMINS - Elkhart, age 70, of 30371 Meadowbrook ., died at 10:12 a.m. Sunday (May 7, 1995) in Elkhart General Hospital, where he was taken after apparently suffering a heart attack. He was born April 9, 1925, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He married Miriam BROWN in July 1949 in Elkhart. She survives with two daughters, Mrs. Bart (Jan) BENNETT and Mrs. Greg (Judy) CRAFT, both of Elkhart; two sons, Joe and Jeff, both of Union; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Wayne (Elaine) TROEGER of Elkhart. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Osceola, where the funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Pastor Dan Engber of Zion Lutheran Church in Bristol will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola. Mr. KOMINS served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and was retired from his work as a machine operator at Teledyne in Elkhart. He moved to Elkhart from Grand Rapids, Mich.! in 1943. source: undated newspaper (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Berlincourt, Court, Housouer, Yoder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vh.2ADI/2177.1.1 Message Board Post: That would be great! I would love a picture. My Great, Great Grandmother, Fannie Berlincourt (Court) went there. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2177.1 Message Board Post: Ann, I believe I have a picture of this school with children in front of it. Give me a couple of weeks and I will see if I can find what book it is in and get a picture to you. I believe it is in the Nappanee, IN. history book I recently purchased in the fall of 2004. This book has all of the schools in and around the Nappanee area with pictures and some information on them too.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2179.1 Message Board Post: 1900 Census, Concord Twp, lists a Charles (age 29) and Sarah (age 27) with 2 children Minnie and Charles. The 1920 Census, Goshen Ward 5, lists Charles A., age 48, and Sara L., age 44, with 6 children: Charles J., 19; Lillian, 17; Julia, 15; Franklin M., 11; Myrtle L., 7; Gladys L., 2 11/12 or 3 11/12. Charles A. is a stainer at the furniture factory and Charles J. is a ? driver for the foundry. 1930 Census lists Charles J. as son-in-law, living in home of George Loy on Jefferson St. in Millersburg. Charles J. is a truck driver for the State Highway. He is married to Alleth, 26, and has 2 children: Richard, 4 11/12, and Keith, 1 4/12.

Hi Emily! I have checked the indexes for cemeteries in Elkhart Co., IN (four vols.), Rice (2 vols.) and Violett Cem., Gracelawn, and Oakridge in Goshen. I found several Wogoman people listed, but only a Julia who might be a match. Are the women you listed: married names or maiden names? I did find Charles Wogoman age 3/12 in the 1900 Census -- Concord TWP, Elkhart Co., IN as follows: Charles Wogoman (29) b. 4/1871 married 9 yrs. Sarah (27) b. 3/1875 married 9 yrs. Minnie (?sp.) dau. (8) b. 12/1894 Charles son (3/12) b. 1/1900 Dean Snyder cousin (17) b. 10/1882 The Elkhart Library website --obituary index -- lists two Charles Wogomans. <http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index5.pl?&file=obit_db.html>The following is a likely match for the father: Name: Wogoman, Charles Obituary Date: November 1, 1933 Newspaper Section: Page 2 Date of Death: Date of Birth: Likely match for the son: Name: Wogoman, Charles L. Obituary Date: January 28, 1978 (See also January 30, Page 24) Newspaper Section: Page 13 Date of Death: January 26, 1978 Date of Birth: Soc. Sec. info: CHARLES WOGOMAN 14 Jan 1900 Jan 1978 46526 (Goshen, Elkhart, IN) 46526 (Goshen, Elkhart, IN) 307-14-0133 Indiana I hope this helps. I know this should confuse the matter somewhat, but Charles b.1900 -- you listed his wife as Sarah. Could you have mistaken her for his wife instead of his mother? Just something to think about. Joseph R. Murnane 4219 Jersey Rd. Williamson, NY 14589 315-589-6631 JMurnane77@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wogoman/Franks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2179 Message Board Post: I'm looking for anyone with information on the Wogoman/Franks family of Goshen. Charles J. Wogoman (born 1900) and Sarah M. Franks They had: Franklin Mason Wogoman James (Jim) Wogoman Lillian Wogoman Myrtle Wogoman Gladys Wogoman Julia Wogoman I'd really like any information anyone has. Thanks, Emily

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Berlincourt, Court, Housouer, Yoder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vh.2ADI/2177 Message Board Post: Does anyone have a photo of the Locke School? My Great, Great Grandmother, Fannie Berlincourt (Court) went there.

Thank you to everyone who helped with the obituary for Gertrude Teeter. It was most helpful and greatly appreciated. Wanda

Hi! Gertrude's obit. is also located at The Gosgen News at <http://www.goshennews.com/news/files/2003/12/12-11-2003/obits.html. Obituaries go back to 2001. Back issues (before 2001) used to be online, but I can't locate the site. One needed the approximate date to locate the files and then had to search with the browser. Good luck! Joe Williamson, NY

List, I am looking for a kid soul sho can do an obituary look up for me. The name of the person is Gertrude H. Teeter. She was born Sept 15, 1915 in Indiana and died Dec 11, 2003 in Nappanee. ANy help with this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, Wanda

Here you go! obit-Teeter, GertrudePublished: -- The Truth, A6 Last updated: 12/11/2003 10:44:24 PMBy _Jamie Birr_ (http://www.etruth.com/About/Bio/JamieBirr/) Truth Staff GERTRUDE H. TEETER Sept. 15, 1915-Dec. 11, 2003 BREMEN -- Gertrude H. Teeter, 88, died at 8:40 a.m. Thursday (Dec. 11, 2003) at Bremen Health Care. She was born Sept. 15, 1915, in Elkhart County, to Elmer and Ella (Bowman) Bowen. She married Harvey Teeter on Dec. 2, 1933, in Nappanee. He preceded her in death Sept. 2, 1997. Mrs. Teeter is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur (Joyce) Lemler; two grandchildren, DeWayne (Sharon) Lemler, and Mrs. Mark (Cynthia) Lingofelter, all of Nappanee; four great-grandchildren; a stepgreat-grandchild; three great-great-grandchildren, all of Bremen; and a brother, Charles Bowen. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Letha Bowser and Annabelle Lemler; a brother, Clyde Bowen; and a great-grandson, Deric Lemler. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee, where the 10:30 a.m. Monday service will be officiated by Rev. Sam. Bennett of the First Church of God. She will be buried in Bremen Cemetery. Mrs. Teeter was a homemaker and farm wife. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bremen. Memorials may be given to the First Church of God, Nappanee. In a message dated 11/30/2005 9:06:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ms_thang@comcast.net writes: List, I am looking for a kid soul sho can do an obituary look up for me. The name of the person is Gertrude H. Teeter. She was born Sept 15, 1915 in Indiana and died Dec 11, 2003 in Nappanee. ANy help with this will be greatly appreciated.

Mrs. Elizabeth Spilman, 77, mother of Officer Seth S. Spilman of the Elkhart police force and Officer Hiatt B. Spilman of the New York Central police department, died at 11:30 Sunday night at the home of the latter, 1911 Prairie street. She had been in poor health for a long time, due to an impaired heart, and was bedfast the last five days. Mrs. Spilman was the widow of John Harry Spilman, who died March 12, 1923, at their home in Elkhart. They came to Elkhart from Chicago in 1900. Surviving beside the sons above named are two other sons, Oliver P. Spilman of Houston, Tex., and Forest B. Spilman of Alamosa, Colo.; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Spilman, the daughter of Bartley and Drusilla (Johnson) Hiatt, was born Dec. 2, 1859, in Jonesboro, Ind. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, Dec. 28, 1936, pg. 2. Submitter has no relationship to family.

John Harry Spilman, aged 68 years, whose home was with a son, Hiatt Spilman of 1911 South Prairie street, died at 10:20 o'clock this forenoon. Five years ago Mr. Spilman, who was a pharmacist, was stricken with a paralysis from which he never recovered, his left side being affected. last Wednesday he suffered another stroke, which caused his death. Mr. Spilman was born at Oakland City, this state, on August 24, 1854. He was a resident of Elkhart at intervals for 25 years. Surviving him are his wife, Elizabeth Spilman; four sons, Hiatt and Seth S. Spilman, the latter a police officer, both of this city, Oliver P. Spilman of Houston, Tex., and Frost B. Spilman of Alamosa, Color., and six grandchildren. A nephew, Harry Kirkpatrick, of this city, was given a home by Mr. and Mrs. Spilman when he was a child. Mr. Spilman was a member of a Knights of Pythias lodge at Oakland City. The funeral arrangements will not be completed until the absent sons are heard from. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, March 12, 1923, pg. 2. Funeral of John H. Spilman The funeral services of John Harry Spilman, who died yesterday at the home of a son, Hiatt Spilman, 1911 South Prairie street, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow at the home, Rev. C. L. MacKak of the Presbyterian church officiating. The body will be placed in a crypt of the mortuary chapel in Rice cemetery. The body is now at the Charles Walley funeral home, 126 South Second street, where it may be seen up to 10 o'clock tomorrow. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Tuesday, March 13, 1923, pg. 2. Submitter has no relationship to family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2176 Message Board Post: Mrs. Elizabeth Spilman, 77, mother of Officer Seth S. Spilman of the Elkhart police force and Officer Hiatt B. Spilman of the New York Central police department, died at 11"30 Sunday night at the home of the latter, 1911 Prairie street. She had been in poor health for a long time, due to an impaired heart, and was bedfast the last five days. Mrs. Spilman was the widow of John Harry Spilman, who died March 12, 1923, at their home in Elkhart. They came to Elkhart from Chicago in 1900. Surviving beside the sons above named are two other sons, Oliver P. Spilman of Houston, Tex., and Forest B. Spilman of Alamosa, Colo.; eight grandchildren, and two Great-grandchildren. Mrs. Spilman, the daughter of Bartley and Drusilla (Johnson) Hiatt, was born Dec. 2, 1859, in Jonesboro, Ind. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, Dec. 28, 1936, pg. 2. Submitter is not related to family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2175 Message Board Post: John Harry Spilman, aged 68 years, whose home was with a son, Hiatt Spilman of 1911 South Prairie street, died at 10:20 o'clock this forenoon. Five years ago Mr. Spilman, who was a pharmacist, was stricken with a paralysis from which he never recovered, his left side being affected. last Wednesday he suffered another stroke, which caused his death. Mr. Spilman was born at Oakland City, this state, on August 24, 1854. He was a resident of Elkhart at intervals for 25 years. Surviving him are his wife, Elizabeth Spilman; four sons, Hiatt and Seth S. Spilman, the latter a police officer, both of this city, Oliver P. Spilman of Houston, Tex., and Frost B. Spilman of Alamosa, Color., and six grandchildren. A nephew, Harry Kirkpatrick, of this city, was given a home by Mr. and Mrs. Spilman when he was a child. Mr. Spilman was a member of a Knights of Pythias lodge at Oakland City. The funeral arrangements will not be completed until the absent sons are heard from. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, March 12, 1923, pg. 2. Funeral of John H. Spilman The funeral services of John Harry Spilman, who died yesterday at the home of a son, Hiatt Spilman, 1911 South Prairie street, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow at the home, Rev. C. L. MacKak of the Presbyterian church officiating. The body will be placed in a crypt of the mortuary chapel in Rice cemetery. The body is now at the Charles Walley funeral home, 126 South Second street, where it may be seen up to 10 o'clock tomorrow. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Tuesday, March 13, 1923, pg. 2. Submitter is not related to family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2174 Message Board Post: Mrs. Seth S. Spillman Mrs. Sarah LaVine Spillman, 53, wife of Seth S. Spillman, veteran member of the Elkhart police department, died at 10:15 p.m. Friday at her home, 1115 Strong avenue. She had been ill for several years of cancer, and had been bedfast for the last 20 weeks. Mrs. Spillman was born April 30, 1885, at Marlette, Mich., the daughter of James E. and Mary Ann Thompson. Her marriage to Mr. Spillman took place in 1910, and they established their home in Elkhart after he returned from military service in 1919. Only a short time ago Mrs. Spillman was visited by her sister, Mrs. Ellen Davis, of near Portland, Ore., whom she had not seen in 40 years. Mrs. Davis came to this city with another sister, Mrs. Martha Long, of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Silverwood, Mich., a third sister, was already at the Spillman home. The occasion marked the first time the four had been together since Mrs. Davis went to Oregon. In addition to the sisters, named and her husband, Mrs. Spillman is sur! vived by two other sisters, Mrs. Ethel Rump and Mrs. Verna Courtemanche of Pontiac, Mich., and a brother, William Thompson, of Pontiac. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Saturday, June 18, 1938, pg. 2. Funeral of Mrs. Spillman Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah L. Spillman, wife of Seth S. Spillman, whose death was reported Saturday, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Charles Walley Chapel, 126 South Second street, in charge of the Rev. Anthony Meengs, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Rice cemetery. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Monday, Jun 20, 1938, pg. 2. Submitter is not relatied to family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/2173 Message Board Post: Seth Spilman, Ex-Policeman, Dies at 74 Services for Seth A. Spilman, 74, White Pigeon Rt 2, former Elkhart policeman, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Walley Funeral home. Mr. Spilman died Thursday in veterans hospital, Fort Wayne. Burial will be in Rice cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Spilman, a former policeman, detective and police captain, was instrumental in incorporating fingerprint analysis as police routine in Elkhart. He retired from the force Oct. 1, 1939 [?]. He was also a veteran of World War I and was a member of the DAV and Fraternal Order of Police, No. 52 [?]. He was born May 24, 1885, in Kinmundy, Ill., and married Mabelle Edger Oliver Oct. 30, 1939. Survivors with his wife include a stepdaughter, Mrs. E. W. Rickey, Cassopolis; two brothers, Oliver, St. Louis, and Hiatt, Elkhart, and 10 step grandchildren, and nine grandchildren. Transcribed from The Elkhart Truth, Saturday, Dec. 26, 1959, pg. 2.