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Kellar, son of George and Mary Campbell Kellar, one of a family of twelve children, was born May 15th, 1850 in Washington township, Defiance county, Ohio, and died May 5, 1925, only ten days before his 75th birthday. He was married to Loretta Purtee July 4th, 1875. To this union were born two sons, Donald E., who died in infancy, Clyde, who died in Detroit Aug. 31, 1924, and one daughter, Maud, Mrs. F.A. Doud, with whom he made his home since the death of his wife, April 16, 1923, and who cared for him in his last sickness. He leaves to mourn, beside the daughter, three grandchildren, Raymond P. and Randel C. Doud of Detroit and Estella F. Doud, two sisters, Mrs. Rozella Yarlot of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Rachel Hanna, of Ney, Ohio. He was converted quite young and united with the Church of God at the Bethel, later becoming identified with the M.E. church of Ney, Ohio. About fourteen years ago the family came to a farm near Pittsford, Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he died. He was a thoughtful and loving husband and father and a kind neighbor and friend. Ohio Paper: George Washington Keller passed away at the home of his daughter, Anna Maud, Mrs. F.A. Doud, at Pittsford, Mich., Tuesday morning, May 5 aged 74 years, 11 months, 20 days, survived by the daughter, three grandchildren, Raymond and Rannel Doud of Detroit, and Estella Doud of Pittsford, two aged sisters, Mesd. Rosaltha Yarlot of Ogden, Utah, and Rachel (Harry Hanna) of near Ney and many other relatives and a host of friends to regret his passing to that other world where all must sometime go. The funeral was held at the Ney M.E. Church Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.H. Bolton retired Church of God pastor, with interment at Ney, where his wife and two sons, Clyde and Donald, are buried. Music was furnished by Messrs. A.C. Garer and G.E. Yeagley, Miss Winifred Hemenway and Mrs. Leon Replogle, with Mrs. F.M. Stailey at the piano. The pallbearers were cousins or nephews, Joe and Theodore Keller of Defiance, Simon Bugg of Detroit, and Robert Renz, Ed Renz, Jr., and C.P. Mack of Ney. Mr. Keller was the youngest child in a family of six daughters and three sons in the home George R. and Mary Campbell Keller from Pennsylvania, who settled west of what was afterward located as Georgetown (in 1846) and then Ney, in 1845, where George was born and grew up. He married the youngest daughter of an old pioneer Tiffin township family, Loretta Victorine , daughter of George and Anna Gurwell Purtee, July 4, 1875, and who died at their Michigan home on April 16, 1923, aged 68. For a good many years they conducted a meat market at Ney selling out some fifteen years ago and going to Pittsford on a farm. The children deceased, William Clyde, at Detroit, Aug. 31, 1924, aged 47, and Donald George at a few months old, Nov. 11, 1880, being the second child. We knew George for more than fifty years and always considered him a pretty good citizen for any place and anywhere. A good business man, a good fellow all around, as one would ordinarily find. He was first identified with the Church of God and then with the M.E. but do not know if he was connected with any church of late years. However there is a difference in considering a man's good parts with any set cred or dogma as ordinarily conceived. Peace be with him in that other world beyond our sight. Card of Thanks We desire to convey our heartfelt gratitude to our kind neighbors and friends, to the minister and singers, to those who bestowed the beautiful floral tokens, and to all who in any manner comforted and assisted us during the illness and burial of our beloved father. Mrs. Artie Doud and Family. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:30:45 -0400 From: Beth MacDonald Subject: obituary: Arthur Doud; Defiance County George W. Kellar George W. Kellar, son of George and Mary Campbell Kellar, one of a family of twelve children, was born May 15th, 1850 in Washington township, Defiance county, Ohio, and died May 5, 1925, only ten days before his 75th birthday. He was married to Loretta Purtee July 4th, 1875. To this union were born two sons, Donald E., who died in infancy, Clyde, who died in Detroit Aug. 31, 1924, and one daughter, Maud, Mrs. F.A. Doud, with whom he made his home since the death of his wife, April 16, 1923, and who cared for him in his last sickness. He leaves to mourn, beside the daughter, three grandchildren, Raymond P. and Randel C. Doud of Detroit and Estella F. Doud, two sisters, Mrs. Rozella Yarlot of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Rachel Hanna, of Ney, Ohio. He was converted quite young and united with the Church of God at the Bethel, later becoming identified with the M.E. church of Ney, Ohio. About fourteen years ago the family came to a farm near Pittsford, Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he died. He was a thoughtful and loving husband and father and a kind neighbor and friend. Ohio Paper: George Washington Keller passed away at the home of his daughter, Anna Maud, Mrs. F.A. Doud, at Pittsford, Mich., Tuesday morning, May 5 aged 74 years, 11 months, 20 days, survived by the daughter, three grandchildren, Raymond and Rannel Doud of Detroit, and Estella Doud of Pittsford, two aged sisters, Mesd. Rosaltha Yarlot of Ogden, Utah, and Rachel (Harry Hanna) of near Ney and many other relatives and a host of friends to regret his passing to that other world where all must sometime go. The funeral was held at the Ney M.E. Church Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J.H. Bolton retired Church of God pastor, with interment at Ney, where his wife and two sons, Clyde and Donald, are buried. Music was furnished by Messrs. A.C. Garer and G.E. Yeagley, Miss Winifred Hemenway and Mrs. Leon Replogle, with Mrs. F.M. Stailey at the piano. The pallbearers were cousins or nephews, Joe and Theodore Keller of Defiance, Simon Bugg of Detroit, and Robert Renz, Ed Renz, Jr., and C.P. Mack of Ney. Mr. Keller was the youngest child in a family of six daughters and three sons in the home George R. and Mary Campbell Keller from Pennsylvania, who settled west of what was afterward located as Georgetown (in 1846) and then Ney, in 1845, where George was born and grew up. He married the youngest daughter of an old pioneer Tiffin township family, Loretta Victorine , daughter of George and Anna Gurwell Purtee, July 4, 1875, and who died at their Michigan home on April 16, 1923, aged 68. For a good many years they conducted a meat market at Ney selling out some fifteen years ago and going to Pittsford on a farm. The children deceased, William Clyde, at Detroit, Aug. 31, 1924, aged 47, and Donald George at a few months old, Nov. 11, 1880, being the second child. We knew George for more than fifty years and always considered him a pretty good citizen for any place and anywhere. A good business man, a good fellow all around, as one would ordinarily find. He was first identified with the Church of God and then with the M.E. but do not know if he was connected with any church of late years. However there is a difference in considering a man's good parts with any set cred or dogma as ordinarily conceived. Peace be with him in that other world beyond our sight. Card of Thanks We desire to convey our heartfelt gratitude to our kind neighbors and friends, to the minister and singers, to those who bestowed the beautiful floral tokens, and to all who in any manner comforted and assisted us during the illness and burial of our beloved father. Mrs. Artie Doud and Family. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:32:04 -0400 From: Beth MacDonald Subject: obituary: Clyde Keller/Kellar Defiance County William Clyde Keller William Clyde Keller, son of Geo. And Etta Keller, was born in Washington township, Defiance county, Ohio, August 31, 1877 and departed this life at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 31, 1924, aged 47 years. On September 23, 1906 he was united in marriage to Miss Nora May Motter. Mr. Keller has been engaged in the meat market business the greater part of his life. Clyde was a man who made friends wherever he went. He leaves a wife, aged father, one sister, two nephews, a niece and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. His mother preceded him in death April 15, 1923. Mr. Keller was a member of the K. Of P. lodge at Hudson, Mich. Additional Obit The funeral of Clyde Keller, of Detroit was held at the M.E. church Wednesday afternoon, conducted y Rev. J.H. Bolton, with interment at Ney where are buried his little brother Donald who died Nov. 4, 1880, and his mother, Mrs. Loretta Purtee Keller, who died April 16, 1923. The pall bearers were Saul Andres, Wm. H. Baker, C.E. Kintner, Wm. A. Mack, Ora C. Marsh, John W. Pollock. Those present from a distance were his father, George Keller, and sister, Maud, Mrs. Arthur Doud, Mr. D., their sons, Raymond and wife, and Rannel, and daughter, Estella, of Pittsford, Mich., John Keller and wife of Hicksville, Charley Keller and wife of Sherwood. Clyde married Nora, daughter of Lewis and Emma Benner Motter, Sept. 23, 1906, about 15 years ago the families going to Pittsford, Clyde soon going to Hudson, then to Detroit, working at the butcher business as he did here. His wife has been keeping house for her brother George in Defiance since his wife died several years ago. On Clyde's 47th birthday, Aug. 31, a party was held at which some sort of trouble arose when a man present struck Clyde on the head with a hammer, killing him instantly. The murderer is in jail awaiting his trial. Clyde's friends remember him kindly. Card of Thanks We desire to thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy, those who furnished machines, those who sent floral offerings and Rev. J.H. Bolton for his consoling words. Mrs. Wm. Keller ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:33:22 -0400 From: Beth MacDonald Subject: Obituary: Gurwell/Partee Defiance/Williams Counties Obituary--Partee Ann Gurwell was born in Crawford county, Ohio, August 19, 1823, and removed with her parents to Williams county when quite young. November 19, 1841, she was married to George Partee and settled in Tiffin township, this county, in which township they lived until the time of her death, which occurred at her home February 13, 1894, aged 70 years, 5 months, and 24 days. There were ten children born to them, six of whom, with the aged husband and ten grandchildren, still survive her. She was converted to the Christian faith when but sixteen years of age, and throughout her long life endeavored to train her family in the truths it teaches. Neither has her labor been in vain. For the past twenty years she has been a member of the Church of God. Rev. Hunter, of that church, from Ney, preached the funeral sermon from the text Isaiah 40: 8. February 19, 1891, Mrs. Partee received a paralytic stroke in her right side, disabling her almost entirely and rendering all speech unintelligible. From this time to her death she was practically helpless and a great sufferer, only partially relieved by a free use of opiates. All that could be done by a loving family and friends was done to care for the patient sufferer, the loving ministrations of her daughter-in-law, Mary, deserving especial mention. Since coming into the home about two and a half years ago, she was a constant and untiring nurse, watchful and careful of every need day and night. Together with the aged husband she waited by the bedside, and bore the care and duties of the household, and when the death angel came in the early morning was watching alone. "Aunt Ann", as she was familiarly called, had herself been a welcome guest in the room of many in sickness and suffering, and when her own time of departure came, she painlessly sank to rest. She simply ceased to breathe and was not. During all her long sufferings, nearly three years, the Bible was her constant delight and her wish to hear it read was freely gratified by her attendants. The funeral occurred the 15th day of the month from her home and was attended by a large company of sorrowing relatives and friends who yet "sorrow not as those who have no hope." The interment was in the Buck cemetery west of Evansport. The white-haired husband, aged seventy-five, who the same week also suffered the bereavement of a brother, awaits the summons to join her on the eternal shore of that country where sorrow and separation do not come. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:34:50 -0400 From: Beth MacDonald Subject: obituary: Purtee/Keller Defiance County Lovetta Purtee Keller Obituary: The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, April 26, 1923 Among those called here by the funeral of Mrs. Keller were her sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Purttee and son Geo. Purtee and wife and Mrs. Ed Purtee and daughter of Greenville; Grady Purtee and wife and Mrs. Bugg of Detroit, children of John Purtee; her sister, Mrs. John Hanna and Mr. Hanna of Auburn, their sons Kit C. Hanna and family of New Haven, Chas. Hanna and family of Angola, John Hanna and family of Defiance; Mrs. Barbara Keller, Theodore Keller, Joe Keller, George Keller and their wives and sister, Mrs. Ota Sproull, of Defiance, George Motter and sister Nora, of Defiance. Rev. L.D. Fauber, a former M.E. pastor, preached the sermon; the male quartette of A.C. Garver, Clifford Replogle, Mason Shook, G.E. Yeagley, with Mrs. F.M. Stailey at the piano furnished excellent music. The pall-bearers were nephews, Theodore, Joseph and George Keller and John, Kit and Charles Hanna. Mrs. Loretta Purtee Kellar, wife of George Kellar of Pittsford, Mich., whose death occurred April 16, at Hudson, Mich., from the anesthetic administered aby a dentist, and whose funeral took place here at the M.E. church, Thursday afternoon, was an old school mate of the writer. She was the youngest of four daughters in a family of five sons also, of George and Anna Keys Gurwell Purtee of Tiffin township, and married George Kellar of Washington township, July 4, 1875. They had two sons and one daughter Clyde of Hudson and Donald G (who died in infancy, Nov. 4, 1880), and Anna M. (Mrs. Forrest A. Doud) of Pittsford, Mich. They lived in and about Ney until a few years ago when they moved to near Pittsford, Mich. She leaves the husband, son, daughter, several grandchildren, three brothers John W. Purtee, of Manchester, Tenn, Jacob M., in Canada, Frank S., near Greenville, O., two sisters, Mesdames Addie Carter of Sherwood and Elizabeth (John Hanna) of Auburn, Ind., and many other relatives and a host of friends who regret the passing of a good friend, neighbor, wife and mother. She united with the Church of God under the ministry of Rev. Geo. T. Kimmel in 1874, later becoming identified with the M. E. church. In her social and religious life she was a steadfast earnest worker and was a patron or all that was good and uplifting. Lovetta Purtee Keller Lovetta V. Purtee-Keller was born in Tiffin township, Ohio, March 17, 1855. She was married to George W. Keller July 4th, 1875. To this union were born three children, Donald E. who died in infancy, Clyde who resides in Detroit, Maud at Pittsford, Mich. She was converted to the Christian faith when about 16 years of age, and united with the Church of God at the Bethel. Later she united with the Methodist church at Ney, where they resided until about 12 years ago when they moved to Michigan, where she departed this life April 16 at Hudson. She was a loving wife and mother always unselfish and very considerate of others and always having a kind word for everyone. She was one of ten children, three having preceeded her to the better world. She leaves the husband, one son, one daughter, three grandchildren, Raymond P., Randel C., Estella I. Doud. Three brothers, John W., of Almira, Wash., Jacob, of Alberta, Canada, Frank, of greenville, Ohio. Two sisters, Elizabeth, of Auburn, Ind., Addie of Sherwood, Ohio, besides nieces and nephews and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Hudson: Mrs. George Keller Dies The people who know Mr. and Mrs. George Keller are sorry to hear of Mrs. Keller's death. She had gone to Hudson to have some dental work done and had taken an anaesthetic to relieve the pain. The effect of the anaesthetic was toomuch for her and she died in the chair. Her body will be taken to the former home in Ohio Thursday where it will be buried. A whort service will be held at the home of her daughter Mrs. Doud by Rev. G. A. Emerich early Thursday morning. Card of Thanks We desire to express our sincere thanks to relatives, neighbors and friends for their kind assistance and beautiful floral offerings at the death of our beloved wife and mother. We also thank Rev. Fauver for his consoling words and the male quartette and pianist for their singing. George Keller Clyde Keller Mr. and Mrs. Artie Doud and family -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #280 *******************************************