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Rites For Mrs. Damschroder,
Last ritfs were held las*t Satur-
dav afternoon for Mrs. Eliza
Damschroder.,, 86, who died last
j Wednesday of complications and
j infirmities of age. Death came
after long confinement, in the
j home oi her daughter, Mrs. Fred
j Lentz. on U. S. Highway 20, near
j Busy Corners, on the farm where
she had lived ever since her mar¬
riage. 64 years ago. Services
were held in the home and at the
United Brethren church in Wood¬
ville, with her pastor, Rev. D. D.
Corl, officiatidg and interment in
Woodville cemetery,
Eliza Driftmeyer Damschroder,
born in Madison township, San¬
dusky County, Ohio, on August 6,
1850. was one of a family of eight
children; two brothers having
preceded her in death. She was
baptized in infancy and received
her education in a school adjoin-
ing her parents' farm. On March
21, 1872, she was married to Mr.
J. F. Damschroder at Fremont,
by Rev. Lang, and went at once
to housekeeping on the farm
where she died. She was the
mother of four children: John C.
and Mrs/Emma Weis of Elmore;
Mrs. Sophia Myers of Petersen,
Mich., and MrsTFred Lentz; and
leaves 14 grandchildren and 7
great-grandchildren. There are
also two brothers: Fred Driftmv-
er of Fremont aod Lewis Driffe
myer of Gibsonburg and three
sisters: Mrs. Mary Mich.eal of A I-
ma, Mich., Mrs. Sarah Helm*
brecht of Perrysburg and Mrs.
"TSopbia Kilgus of Helena, and
many other relatives and a large
circle of friends.
