In 1946, the carillonic bells at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Lohman dedicated a memorial to church members who were killed in combat in WW II. Chester E. Strobel was among the names mentioned. www.ColeCoHistSoc.org Nancy T. -----Original Message----- Stan Huhman Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOCOLE] Henry Strobel Interesting that he was not buried in a cemetery. I know in early days Catholics who took their own life were considered to have died in sin and unworthy of burial in a Catholic Cemetery. For many years there were two graves outside the fence near the St. Lawrence cemetery in St. Elizabeth. I can't remember the reason for the one, but the other was behind in his Easter tithe at the time of death. Eventually this was corrected by moving the fence further out to include these graves within its bounds. Lohman I think is predominantly Lutheran. I'm interested in knowing if the Strobel family was Lutheran and if so was this the belief of Lutherans also. Burying outside a cemetery certainly can make locating a grave difficult in years to come. SDH -----Original Message----- From: mocole-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mocole-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:18 PM To: MOCOLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOCOLE] Henry Strobel Sorry I forgot to cite my source: Russellville Rustler, Friday, February 9, 1912 Henry Strobel, sixty-nine years old, one and one-half miles north of Lohman, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon between the hours of two and three o'clock by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun at his home. His wife, who was in an adjoining room at the time of the shooting, heard the report of the gun but thought that it was her husband dropping an arm full of wood on the floor, and paid no attention to the report until she smelled the burnt powder. Mrs. Strobel telephoned some of the neighbors who came and found that he had blown off the top of his head. The gun was laying beside his body on the floor with a string tied to the trigger. During the past several years Mr. Strobel's actions have caused some of the neighbors to believe that his mind was unbalanced at times. It is stated that several years ago he drove his family from the house and set the building afire, and from his past actions many people were not greatly surprised to learn that he had committed suicide. Deceased was born in Cole County near the railroad bridge across the Moreau and married Miss Annie Meyer, to which union seven children were born, five of which survive with the widow. The children are Mrs. Maggie Ohmie, of Wellington, Kansas; J.J. Strobel, of near Lohman; L.J. of St. Louis; C.E., rural route mail carrier at Lohman and Edwin, of hear Brazito, all of which are honorable, upright men and women. No one in Cole County stands higher with their neighbors than does the Strobel boys. Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at the residence at 10:00 o'clock by Rev. Wm. Heinecke, of Lohman, after which the remains were laid to rest on the Martin Meyer farm, near the Hemstreet Bridge.