Philbert E. Gase Dies Unexpectedly - Funeral Services To Be Wednesday
Philbert E. Gase, 72, retired farmer, died suddenly at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at his home, 103 North Ninth street. He had been in failing health of complications but death was unexpected.
Born in Seneca county, O., Sept. 8, 1876, he had spent most of his life in Adams county. His first wife, Elizabeth Spuller, died in 1910, and he was later married to Catherine Diener Lang.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Holy Name society, the Third Order of St. Francis, and the Knights of Columbus.
Surviving in addition to his wife are nine sons, Anthony, Edward, Irenaeus, Ambrose, Eugene and Richard Gase, all of Decatur, Clem of Findlay, O., Raymond and Bernard, both of Fort Wayne; four daughters, Mrs. Floyd Fugit of Pasadena, Cal., Mrs. Vere Welker of Fort Wayne, Sr. Catherine Marie of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Mrs. Karl Schnepp of Decatur; two step-children, George Lang and Mrs. Frank Burening, both of Cleveland, O.; 28 grandchildren; three brothers, Paul of Toledo, O., Ed of Decatur and Sylvester of Peru, and three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Roswog of Kokomo, Sr. Paula of Cleveland and Sr. Machtild of Pittsburgh, Pa. Two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery. The body was removed this afternoon from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the residence, where friends may call until time of the services.
Philbert E. Gase Dies Unexpectedly - Funeral Services To Be Wednesday
Philbert E. Gase, 72, retired farmer, died suddenly at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at his home, 103 North Ninth street. He had been in failing health of complications but death was unexpected.
Born in Seneca county, O., Sept. 8, 1876, he had spent most of his life in Adams county. His first wife, Elizabeth Spuller, died in 1910, and he was later married to Catherine Diener Lang.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Holy Name society, the Third Order of St. Francis, and the Knights of Columbus.
Surviving in addition to his wife are nine sons, Anthony, Edward, Irenaeus, Ambrose, Eugene and Richard Gase, all of Decatur, Clem of Findlay, O., Raymond and Bernard, both of Fort Wayne; four daughters, Mrs. Floyd Fugit of Pasadena, Cal., Mrs. Vere Welker of Fort Wayne, Sr. Catherine Marie of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Mrs. Karl Schnepp of Decatur; two step-children, George Lang and Mrs. Frank Burening, both of Cleveland, O.; 28 grandchildren; three brothers, Paul of Toledo, O., Ed of Decatur and Sylvester of Peru, and three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Roswog of Kokomo, Sr. Paula of Cleveland and Sr. Machtild of Pittsburgh, Pa. Two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery. The body was removed this afternoon from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the residence, where friends may call until time of the services.
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