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Eva Delcamp Kobler

Birth
Death
25 Nov 1920 (aged 25–26)
Burial
Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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1920 Fisher Prct, Logan Co,CO - Kobler, head John W 30 MN (both parents b Germany), wife Eva G 25 IN (both parents b IN), son Harry J 8 CO (both parents b MN) & son John W 2 CO (both parents b MN) & Ferguson, stepson Ralph 8 IN (both parents b IN) & stepson Roy 6 IN (both parents b IN)

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Name: Eva G Delcamp
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1891
Birth Place: Wakarusa, Indiana
Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1910
Marriage Place: Indiana
Residence Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Father: Daniel F Delcamp
Mother: May Amick
Spouse: George A Fergison
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1888
Birth Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Residence Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Father: George A Fergison
Mother: Amanda Werkel
FHL Film Number: 001845560

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Name: Eva Delcamp Fergison
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1895
Birth Place: Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1916
Marriage Place: Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Goshen, Indiana
Father: Daniel Delcamp
Mother: Emma Amick
Spouse: Owen Edward Keefer
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1882
Birth Place: Kosciusko, Indiana
Residence Place: Warsaw, Indiana
Father: Daniel Keefer
Mother: Mary Morehouse

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Name: Eva G Fergusin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1919
Marriage Place: Logan, Colorado
Spouse: John W Kobler
Film Number: 001993199

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Eva Delcamp-Kobler, 26, of Sterling, Logan County, Colorado daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Delcamp of Goshen, was shot and killed by her husband, John W Kobler, a farmer, at their home in Sterling, Thanksgiving day. After murdering his wife Kobler killed himself.

Details of the double tragedy are not known in Goshen. Jesse Delcamp of this city, a brother of the murdered woman, left this afternoon for Sterling to bring the body of Mrs Delcamp and her two small children to Goshen.

Koblers relatives reside in the vicinity of Sterling.

What information regarding the killing of wife and the husband ending his life has reached here, came in a telegram this morning to the father of Mrs Kobler.

Soon after they were married in Goshen about 13 months ago Mr and Mrs Kobler went to Sterling to reside. A letter from Mrs Kobler, received by her mother Friday morning made no mention of any kind. A few weeks ago the Delcamp family here received a shipment of a quarter of veal, sent from Sterling to Mr Kobler.

Surviving Mrs Kobler are two children, her parents, four brothers and six sisters.

No record of the Delcamp-Kobler marriage could be found at the office of the Elkhart county clerk today and it was said that Miss Delcamp had left her home and married Kobler.

Mrs Delcamp-Kobler's children are the son's; one seven and the other ten.

The murdered woman had been married twice.

Wakarusa Tribune
2 Dec 1920
1920 Fisher Prct, Logan Co,CO - Kobler, head John W 30 MN (both parents b Germany), wife Eva G 25 IN (both parents b IN), son Harry J 8 CO (both parents b MN) & son John W 2 CO (both parents b MN) & Ferguson, stepson Ralph 8 IN (both parents b IN) & stepson Roy 6 IN (both parents b IN)

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Name: Eva G Delcamp
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1891
Birth Place: Wakarusa, Indiana
Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1910
Marriage Place: Indiana
Residence Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Father: Daniel F Delcamp
Mother: May Amick
Spouse: George A Fergison
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1888
Birth Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Residence Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Father: George A Fergison
Mother: Amanda Werkel
FHL Film Number: 001845560

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Name: Eva Delcamp Fergison
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1895
Birth Place: Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1916
Marriage Place: Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Goshen, Indiana
Father: Daniel Delcamp
Mother: Emma Amick
Spouse: Owen Edward Keefer
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1882
Birth Place: Kosciusko, Indiana
Residence Place: Warsaw, Indiana
Father: Daniel Keefer
Mother: Mary Morehouse

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Name: Eva G Fergusin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1919
Marriage Place: Logan, Colorado
Spouse: John W Kobler
Film Number: 001993199

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Eva Delcamp-Kobler, 26, of Sterling, Logan County, Colorado daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Delcamp of Goshen, was shot and killed by her husband, John W Kobler, a farmer, at their home in Sterling, Thanksgiving day. After murdering his wife Kobler killed himself.

Details of the double tragedy are not known in Goshen. Jesse Delcamp of this city, a brother of the murdered woman, left this afternoon for Sterling to bring the body of Mrs Delcamp and her two small children to Goshen.

Koblers relatives reside in the vicinity of Sterling.

What information regarding the killing of wife and the husband ending his life has reached here, came in a telegram this morning to the father of Mrs Kobler.

Soon after they were married in Goshen about 13 months ago Mr and Mrs Kobler went to Sterling to reside. A letter from Mrs Kobler, received by her mother Friday morning made no mention of any kind. A few weeks ago the Delcamp family here received a shipment of a quarter of veal, sent from Sterling to Mr Kobler.

Surviving Mrs Kobler are two children, her parents, four brothers and six sisters.

No record of the Delcamp-Kobler marriage could be found at the office of the Elkhart county clerk today and it was said that Miss Delcamp had left her home and married Kobler.

Mrs Delcamp-Kobler's children are the son's; one seven and the other ten.

The murdered woman had been married twice.

Wakarusa Tribune
2 Dec 1920


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  • Created by: Linda K
  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184637579/eva-kobler: accessed ), memorial page for Eva Delcamp Kobler (1894–25 Nov 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184637579, citing Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Linda K (contributor 47400410).