Mrs. Emma Jane Raabe, 86, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. W. E. Klinger, 1030 Brice-av.

Born Feb. 26, 1861, in Pennsylvania, she had resided here 20 years. Mrs Raabe was a member of the German Reformed church of Delphos.

In addition to Mrs. Klinger, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Floyd Coverstone, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; two sons, Rudolph H. Raabe, dean of the college of pharmacy, Ohio Northern university, Ada, and Charles Wilbur, Battle Creek, Mich.; two brothers, Charles Bushey, Knox, Ind., and Herbert, Conneaut; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Chiles and Son chapel with Rev. John Berger officiating. Burial will be in West Side cemetery. The body will remain in the funeral home until burial.

(published in The Lima News, Monday, December 29, 1947)
____________________________________________________________
Emma Jane Bushey was born in Pennsylvania on February 6, 1861, the oldest child of Josiah Griffith and Elizabeth Ann (Aulabaugh) Bushey. Her parents later moved to Putnam County, Ohio.
Christian and Emma Jane were married March 20, 1879 in Putnam County, Ohio. Christian and Emma Jane made their home on some land that had belonged to his father in Monterey Township, in Putman County, Ohio.
Christian was a farmer and donated the land for the Raabe School.
They were members of the German Reform Church.
They were the parents of seven children:
• Alma Minnie Raabe, born March 17, 1880 who died at the age of five months;
• Rudolph Henry Raabe, born June 8, 1881, who married Mamie Lucille Klinger;
• Lina Henrietta Raabe, born February 23, 1883, died May 27, 1885;
• Augusta Emma Raabe, born April 25, 1887, married Warren Edward Klinger, brother of Rudolph's wife;
• Anna Elizabeth Raabe, born September, 5, 1890, died January 10, 1891;
• Mary Anne Raabe. Born March 24, 1892, who married Antone Berner and Floyd Coverstone;
• Charles Wilbert Raabe, born September 21, 1894, who married Florence Edna Williams. He died in 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan

Christian died on June 12, 1928 at his home. He was buried in the West End Cemetery in Delphos, Ohio. Following his death, Emma Jane lived with her daughter, Augusta in Lima, Ohio. She passed away on December 27, 1947 and was buried beside Christian and their deceased children in Section 4, Row 2 of the West End Cemetery in Delphos, Ohio.


From: The Ancestors, Siblings and Descendants of Rudolph Henry and Mamie Lucille Klinger Raabe by Jeanne Bennett Calvert