The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Monday July 26, 1937 Charles Osthoff. Funeral services will be held at Columbus Tuesday afternoon for Charles Osthoff, 78, who died Saturday morning at his home north of Elk City. Cause of death was given as a blood clot. Beside the wife, two daughters, Mrs. Erville McDANIEL of Cherryvale and Mrs. Elsa CORNELL of Columbus, survive.