LUCAS COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: Mrs. Cecil Fay Rectenwal Van Rensselaer (d. 1914)
***********************************************************************
OHGENWEB NOTICE:  All distribution rights to this electronic data are
reserved by the submitter.  Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted
material will require the permission of the copyright owner.  The submitter 
has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently 
for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/
***********************************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Maryvance Thompson Phelps   
mvtphelps@aol.com
August 5, 2002
***********************************************************************

Cecil Fay Rectenwal Van Rensselaer - died Mar. 3, 1914

    MRS. CECIL FAY VAN RENSSELAER, wife of JOHN S. VAN RENSSELAER, 
passed away at the family residence on West Wayne St. Tues. evening, 
following the death of an infant son born Mon.

    MRS. VAN RENSSELAER was the daughter of ANDREW RECTENWAL and 
wife of this place and was the fifth of a family of nine children, hers being 
the first death in the family.

    She was 23 yrs. old at the time of her death, having been born and reared 
in Maumee.  Her marriage to JOHN VAN RENSSELAER, a childhood friend 
and schoolmate, occurred Nov. 27, 1912.  She was a member of the Episcopal 
church which she joined at the age of thirteen, and a member of the local 
order of the Eastern Star.

    Besides her husband, she leaves a father and mother, two brothers, C. W. 
RECTENWAL of Kalamazoo, Mich., CLYDE G. RECTENWAL of Spencerville, 
Ind., and six sisters, MRS. JESSIE THOMPSON of Buck Creek, Ind., MABEL, 
CARMEN, PEARL, BEATRICE and VIVIAN RECTENWAL, all of Maumee.

    Her circle of acquaintances was wide and the bereavement of the husband 
and relatives is one that will be deeply felt throughout the community.  By 
her sunny spirit and ever cheerful disposition, MRS. VAN RENSSELAER had 
won a place in the hearts of all who made her acquaintance.

    Funeral services for mother and child will be held at the M.E. church 
this afternoon at two o'clock, REV. E.D. COOKE officiating.  Both bodies will 
be interred in the same vault at the mausoleum at Ft. Meigs cemetery.

Submitted by Maryvance Thompson Phelps   E-mail mvtphelps@aol.com