DECATUR - Mrs Mathilda Aumann, 76, died unexpectedly Monday at her home three miles north of here on US 27 following a heart attack. She was a native of Allen County and a member of St John's Lutheran Church north of here. Surviving are the husband, Henry J Aumann; two daughters, MRs Richard Allmandinger, RR1, Willshire, O and MRs Charles R Graves, Root Township; a son Norbert Aumann, Decatur; five grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. Services will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 pm in the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 o'clock in St John's Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 pm Tuesday. The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) - Tuesday, Oct 20, 1959
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Handwritten-Mon. Oct. 19, 1959

Mrs. Henry Aumann Dies Suddenly Today

Mrs. Mathilda Aumann, 76, wife of Henry J. Aumann, died suddenly of a heart attack at 11:45 o'clock this morning at her home three miles north of Decatur on U.S. 27. She had not been ill and death was unexpected.

She was born in Allen County May 28, 1883, a daughter of Dietrick and Wilhelmina Bradtmueller-Scheumann, and was married to Henry J. Aumann Nov. 10, 1907. She had lived in Adams County since her marriage, and she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary two years ago.

Mrs. Aumann was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.

Surviving in addition to her husband is one son, Norbert Aumann, Decatur city councilman; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Loretta) Allmandinger of Route 1, Willshire, O., and Mrs. Charles R. (Elinor) Graves of Root Township; five grandchildren; two brothers, Martin Scheumann of Madison Township, Allen County and Theodore Scheumann of Fort Wayne, and two sisters, Mrs. Leisetta Dirkson of Hobson, Mont., and Mrs. Herman Seddelmeyer of Fort Wayne.

The body was removed to the Zwick Funeral Home. Arrangements have not been completed.


Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum "Jan1958-Dec1960"
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