George Ernst Near Ottoville Is Found Dead
Well Known Farmer, And One Of The Oldest Residents Of The Neighborhood, Is Thought To Have Expired From An Attack Of The Heart – Body Found In Barn Is Thought To Have Been There Since Sunday
George Ernst, sixty-seven years of age, one of the oldest residents of the Ottoville neighborhood, was found dead in the barn at his home a mile and a half south of Ottoville, at an early hour Tuesday morning.
Mr. Ernst lived on the farm alone, and it is believed that he died Sunday afternoon and the body had laid in the barn since that time, until found Tuesday morning. Henry Heising, who lives a short distance from the Ernst home, worked some for Mr. Ernst was seen alive was Sunday afternoon, when he visited the Heising home.
Nothing was seen of him Monday and Monday evening Mr. Heising became more or less alarmed, and when he got up Tuesday morning he started a hunt for Mr. Ernst, which resulted in the finding of the missing man’s body in the barn.
Mr. Ernst had been complaining some of the heart trouble for the past two weeks, and its thought that after leaving the Heising home Sunday afternoon he went to the barn to do some feeding, when he suffered an attack of the heart, expiring instantly. The body was badly frozen when found.
Mr. Ernst’s wife died about twenty years ago. He is survived by eight children, as follows; John in Washington state; George, Kalida; Henry, near Landeck; Mrs. Joseph Wallen, of Rushmore; Mrs. Sam Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Eckhart Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Edward Kill, Landeck and a daughter at Lima.
(Information courtesy of contributor Joan Bartz.)
Well Known Farmer, And One Of The Oldest Residents Of The Neighborhood, Is Thought To Have Expired From An Attack Of The Heart – Body Found In Barn Is Thought To Have Been There Since Sunday
George Ernst, sixty-seven years of age, one of the oldest residents of the Ottoville neighborhood, was found dead in the barn at his home a mile and a half south of Ottoville, at an early hour Tuesday morning.
Mr. Ernst lived on the farm alone, and it is believed that he died Sunday afternoon and the body had laid in the barn since that time, until found Tuesday morning. Henry Heising, who lives a short distance from the Ernst home, worked some for Mr. Ernst was seen alive was Sunday afternoon, when he visited the Heising home.
Nothing was seen of him Monday and Monday evening Mr. Heising became more or less alarmed, and when he got up Tuesday morning he started a hunt for Mr. Ernst, which resulted in the finding of the missing man’s body in the barn.
Mr. Ernst had been complaining some of the heart trouble for the past two weeks, and its thought that after leaving the Heising home Sunday afternoon he went to the barn to do some feeding, when he suffered an attack of the heart, expiring instantly. The body was badly frozen when found.
Mr. Ernst’s wife died about twenty years ago. He is survived by eight children, as follows; John in Washington state; George, Kalida; Henry, near Landeck; Mrs. Joseph Wallen, of Rushmore; Mrs. Sam Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Eckhart Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Edward Kill, Landeck and a daughter at Lima.
(Information courtesy of contributor Joan Bartz.)
George Ernst Near Ottoville Is Found Dead
Well Known Farmer, And One Of The Oldest Residents Of The Neighborhood, Is Thought To Have Expired From An Attack Of The Heart – Body Found In Barn Is Thought To Have Been There Since Sunday
George Ernst, sixty-seven years of age, one of the oldest residents of the Ottoville neighborhood, was found dead in the barn at his home a mile and a half south of Ottoville, at an early hour Tuesday morning.
Mr. Ernst lived on the farm alone, and it is believed that he died Sunday afternoon and the body had laid in the barn since that time, until found Tuesday morning. Henry Heising, who lives a short distance from the Ernst home, worked some for Mr. Ernst was seen alive was Sunday afternoon, when he visited the Heising home.
Nothing was seen of him Monday and Monday evening Mr. Heising became more or less alarmed, and when he got up Tuesday morning he started a hunt for Mr. Ernst, which resulted in the finding of the missing man’s body in the barn.
Mr. Ernst had been complaining some of the heart trouble for the past two weeks, and its thought that after leaving the Heising home Sunday afternoon he went to the barn to do some feeding, when he suffered an attack of the heart, expiring instantly. The body was badly frozen when found.
Mr. Ernst’s wife died about twenty years ago. He is survived by eight children, as follows; John in Washington state; George, Kalida; Henry, near Landeck; Mrs. Joseph Wallen, of Rushmore; Mrs. Sam Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Eckhart Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Edward Kill, Landeck and a daughter at Lima.
(Information courtesy of contributor Joan Bartz.)
Well Known Farmer, And One Of The Oldest Residents Of The Neighborhood, Is Thought To Have Expired From An Attack Of The Heart – Body Found In Barn Is Thought To Have Been There Since Sunday
George Ernst, sixty-seven years of age, one of the oldest residents of the Ottoville neighborhood, was found dead in the barn at his home a mile and a half south of Ottoville, at an early hour Tuesday morning.
Mr. Ernst lived on the farm alone, and it is believed that he died Sunday afternoon and the body had laid in the barn since that time, until found Tuesday morning. Henry Heising, who lives a short distance from the Ernst home, worked some for Mr. Ernst was seen alive was Sunday afternoon, when he visited the Heising home.
Nothing was seen of him Monday and Monday evening Mr. Heising became more or less alarmed, and when he got up Tuesday morning he started a hunt for Mr. Ernst, which resulted in the finding of the missing man’s body in the barn.
Mr. Ernst had been complaining some of the heart trouble for the past two weeks, and its thought that after leaving the Heising home Sunday afternoon he went to the barn to do some feeding, when he suffered an attack of the heart, expiring instantly. The body was badly frozen when found.
Mr. Ernst’s wife died about twenty years ago. He is survived by eight children, as follows; John in Washington state; George, Kalida; Henry, near Landeck; Mrs. Joseph Wallen, of Rushmore; Mrs. Sam Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Eckhart Martin, Delphos; Mrs. Edward Kill, Landeck and a daughter at Lima.
(Information courtesy of contributor Joan Bartz.)
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