Richland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Sarah (Hollenbaugh) Laughbaum January 27 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman vcjfreeman@aol.com May 22, 2003, 6:21 am "Shelby Daily Globe" "Shelby Daily Globe" Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio Tuesday, January 30, 1906 Funeral of Mrs. Levi Laughbaum The funeral of Mrs Levi Laughbaum was held at the family residence south of Shelby Monday Jan. 29th, 1906 at 10 a.m. Rev. A. E. Winter, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Shelby, officiating. The remains were interred in the family lot in Oakland cemetery beside her husband. Her pastor. Rev. Winter read the following sketch of the life of the deceased. "Sarah Hollenbaugh, was born March 10, 1840 and departed this life Jan 27th, 1906. Aged 65 years, 10 months and 17 days. She lived through the entire period of her early life within the bounds of Richland county, Ohio She was united in marriage to Levi Laughbaum of Richland county, Ohio in 1868. One child was born to this union. By hard toil and economic management they succeeded in building up for themselves a beautiful home and a competence sufficient to keep them comfortable all their days. For many years she has been a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Shelby, Ohio. Her husband was called to his eternal home in the winter of 1898. Besides her son, Leroy Laughbaum residing on the old homestead, Mrs. Laughbaum is survived by a sister, Mrs. Amos Crall of Shelby, Ohio, and five brothers as follows: Jacob Hollenbaugh, of Fostoria, O., Samuel Hollenbaugh, of Williams county, O., David Hollenbaugh of Defiance, O. John Hollenbaugh living in the state of Indiana, and Isaac Hollenbaugh of Shiloh, O. Our deceased sister possessed a retiring and unostentacious disposition rather shrinking from publicity, but was a kind good neighbor loved by all who knew her. * "Shelby Daily Globe" Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio Monday, January 29, 1906 The funeral of Mrs. Levi Laughbaum was held this morning from the residence three miles south of Shelby at 10 o'clock and the burial occurred this morning in the Oakland cemetery. Additional Comments: Submitted by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman vcjfreeman@aol.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb