Living in Canton, Stark Co., OH in Sep 2000.
Obituary: SOURCE: Canton Repository . . . 3 Sept 2000
Howard J. Schott, age 84 of Canton, passed away September 2, 2000 in Laurels of
Massillon following a short illness. He was born May 25, 1916 in Fulda, OH. the son of
the late William B. Schott and Louvina (Schafer) Schott. He had lived most of his life in
Canton, a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He retired from LTV Steel after 38
years of service.
Preceded in death by his wife, Pearl M. (Crock) Schott to whom he had been married
52 years; two brothers, Herman and James Schott; a sister, Wilma Paulus; son-in-law, Dennis
Burk. Survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Mary Burk of Canton and Diane and
James Evans of Canton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph and June Schott of Canton,
Dean and Sandy Schott of Glenview, IL.; nine grandchildren, eight grandchildren; three
sisters, Louella Heppner of Louisville, Rita Minyo of Columbus, Jean Hickman of Newark;
two brothers, Ellis Schott of Pleasanton, CA., Vernon Schott of Bolivar.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday September 6, at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s
Catholic Church with Fr. Gerald Sommer, MSC as celebrant. Calling hours will be Tuesday 6-9
p.m. in the Kreighbaum-Sanders Funeral Home on South Cleveland Ave., Burial in Calvary
Cemetery.
He was a kind and gentle man who loved children, gardening and woodworking. He will
deeply missed by all who loved him. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to
the Stark County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
From Pg 5 of The Zanesville Signal, 23 Jan 1939
Miss Pearl Crock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Crock, Harriettsville, who
has made Zanesville her home for two years, and Howard Schott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. V. Schott, Fulda, will be married at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, Jan.
31 in St. Henry's Catholic church, Harriettsville. A wedding dance will follow
and will be in the Palace Hotel, Harriettsville.
In 1920, 34 year old Clem Burkhart lived on a farm in Malaga Twp., Monroe Co., OH with his wife Rebecca (30), and four children: Francis (8), Lillie (5), Edna (2), and Adra (10 months). Also living in the house was Clem's widowed uncle Simon Weisent (61).
At the time of the 1930 census, Clemmence (42) and Rebecca (40) Stephens owned a farm in Malaga Twp. Living with them were their eight children: Francis (18), Lillian (15), Edna (13), Audrey (11), Everett (9), Luzelda (7), Virginia (4 yrs 1 mo), and Joseph (2 yrs 4 mos). All the children attended school except Francis, who worked on the farm. The adjacent farm in the census was that of Clement's first cousin once removed, Mary Rosa (Burkhart) Biedenbach, and her husband, Casper Biedenbach.
Cause of death is difficult to read on death certificate. It looks like
congenital debility
from congrestion cold & grip
In 1910, 38 year old Nicolaus Burkhart owned a farm in Seneca Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his wife of ten years, Mary (33), and children Loretta (10), Josephine (8), Andrew (6), Clementine (4), and Goldine (2). Only Loretta and Josephine attended school. Nicolaus' farm was next to his parents' in the census.
At the time of the 1930 census, widower Nicholas Burkhart (38) owned a farm in Seneca Twp. where he lived with his children Andy (25), Joseph (18), Pauline (15), and Mary E. (12). Pauline and Mary attended school.
Nicholas Burkhart's obituary appeared on page 4-B of the Zanesville Times Recorder on 09 Feb 1966.SUMMERFIELD -- Nick I. Burkhart, 94, a retired farmer, died at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday
(Feb 8) at his home after a long illness. Mr. Burkhart was born in Monroe County Sept. 6
1871, a son of Anton and Hannah Kuhn Burkhart. He spent his lifetime in the Lewisville
area. His wife, Mary Ann Haren Burkhart, died in 1920.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. James (Loretta) Zwick of Lewisville, Mrs. Clem
(Josephine) Zwick of Louisville, Mrs. George (Clementine) Kinnen of Caldwell, Mrs.
Howard (Goldine) Hill of Canton, Mrs. Lyle (Pauline) Weisend of Lewisville, and Mrs.
Carl (Nancy) Crum of Louisville, two sons, Andy and Joseph Burkhart, both of the home;
24 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. A son preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Brubach Funeral Home in Summerfield from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Mass will be sung at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Burkhart.
Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery near Burkhart. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home.
Records conflict on year of birth: Anderson (citing Monroe Co. birth records) gives 1904. Social Security Death Index has 1903. Anthony Burkhart never married.
Joseph Burkhart never married. He was a resident of Monroe Co., OH at the time of his death.
Obituary:
Joseph N. Burkhart 65, of Lewisville, Route 1, died
Thursday evening, December 30, 1976, at 6:30 o'clock, in a
Cambridge Nursing Home. He was born at Burkhart, Monroe
County, Ohio, on October 15, 1911, the son of the late Nicholas
I. and Mary Ann Haren Burkhart. Mr. Burkhart was a retired
farmer.
Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. James (Loretta) Zwick
and Mrs. Lyle (Pauline) Weisend of Lewisville; Mrs. Howard
(Goldine) Hill of Canton; Mrs. Clem (Josephine) Zwick and Mrs.
Carl (Mary) Crum of Louisville, Stark County. He was preceded
in death by two brothers and one sister.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday morning at
ten o'clock in St. Joseph Catholic Church at Burkhart, with the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Robert A. Brown officiating. Burial was in Chapel Hill
Cemetery wtih the Brubach Funeral Home of Summerfield in
charge. Rosary devotions were held in the funeral home on Sun-
day evening.
Dates of birth and death (from Social Security Death Index) are not proven.
In 1900, 22 year old Edward Schwallie lived with his divorced mother and nine siblings on the family farm in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. He was employed as a house carpenter.
In 1920, 41 year old farmer Edward C. Schwallie lived on a rented farm in Summit Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio with his 35 year old wife Elizabeth. Living with them were their children Edmon (10), Lawrence (8), George (6), Mildred (4), Raymond (2), and Clarence (1). Also living in the household was Edward's 41 year old unmarried brother Peter, a carpenter.
The following note appeared in the Zanesville Signal on 27 Aug 1932:
SOLD FARM
Summerfield - W. C. Guiler has sold his farm on Wills creek, north of here, to Edward
Schwallie, Fulda, and possession will be given on December 1.Obituary (source unknown. provided by B. Hartley):
Edward C. Schwallie, 72, died on Sunday, August 27th [1950], at his home on Lewis-
ville Route 2. Mr. Schwallie was a farmer by occupation and was a life resident of Monroe
County. He was the son of the late Peter and Teresa Ulrich Schwallie.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Emma Crum, of Caldwell, and Mrs. Mildred Crum,
of Pittsburgh, PA.; six sons, George, Raymond, Clarence and Lawrence Schwallie, all of
Canton; and Edmond and Andrew Schwallie, of the home; two sisters, Miss Florentine
Schwallie and Mrs. Cecelia Burkhart, of Lewisville, Route 1; five brothers, Frank and John
Schwallie, of North Canton; Ignatius Schwallie, of Louisville, Ohio; Theodore A. Schwallie,
of Temperanceville, and Vincent Schwallie of Woodsfield. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Burkhart
Schwallie, preceded him in death January 4, 1949.
A Requiem High Mass was solemnized in St. Joseph’s Catholic church at Burkhart Wed-
nesday morning at nine o’clock, with the Rev. Joseph Finan officiating. Burial was in Chapel
Hill cemetery with the Brubach Funeral Home, Summerfield in charge.
Sisters Elizabeth and Cecilia Burkhart married brothers Edward and Ignatius Schwallie.
Obituary from :
LEWISVILLE -- Mrs. Elizabeth Schwallie, age 65 died at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday morning
on January 4, 1949 at her home in Lewisville Route one, after becoming ill on Monday
night.
Surviving are her husband, Edward C. Schwallie; two daughters, Mrs. Emma Crum, of
Caldwell, and Mrs. Mildred Crum, of Pittsburgh; five Sons, Lawrence, George, Raymond,
Clarence and Andrew, of Canton; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Teresa of Wheeling,
and Mrs. Cecelia Schwallie, of Louisville; and a brother, Simon Burkhart, in Montana.
Mrs. Schwallie was the daughter of the late Andrew and Rosa Burkhart, and was a life
resident of the Burkhart community.
Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at nine o’clock in St. Joseph’s Church at
Burkhart, with Rev. C. 1. Finan officiating. Interment will be in the Chapel Hill cemetery with
the Brubach funeral home, Summerfield, in charge.
Lawrence Schwallie never married.
Raymond Schwallie was a corporal in World War II. He never married.
Living in Canton in 2005.
Bernard (pronounced BERN-erd) Hohman grew up on the family farm a few miles from Fulda. He met Leona Crum at a church dance around 1934 and, according to Leona, "it was you-know-what at first sight." Leona, who had recently graduated high school, had a job, but Bernard didn't so wedding plans were put on hold. Bernard eventually found work in Stark County. He bought the Hohman family farm his parents and subsequently went overseas in World War II. Bernard's father passed away while Bernard was in Europe, and he was not able to come home for the funeral. Not long after his father's death, Bernard landed at Normandy on D-Day. The event disturbed him so much that he never spoke about his experiences during the war.
Bernard and Leona married shortly after he was discharged, and they moved onto the farm that had once been his parents'. The farm had a battery operated radio, but it did not have a phone, and there was no electricity until shortly before their third child, Andy, was born. Immediately after they got electricity (on 14 Feb 1949), the Hohmans went out and bought three appliances: a refrigerator, a stove and an iron. It was a Valentines Day that Leona long remembered.
Bernard was a brittle diabetic. Despite the fact that he took insulin shots daily, diabetic shock and coma were always a concern. When Bernard worked the farm on the tractor, Leona frequently went with him so that he would not go into a potentially fatal diabetic shock alone.
A terrible snowstorm hit the county in the winter of 1950. Snow drifted as high as the second story windows on the farm. Bernard had a difficult time getting to the barn to care for the cattle. After a few days, Bernard began to run low on insulin. Reaching town -- 15 miles away by road -- was out of the question, and they had no phone. The Hohmans waded through the deep snow to the crest of a hill, where their yells could be heard at the neighboring farm. The neighbors then struggled through the snow to the next hill where they yelled to the next farm. The message continued via "yell-o-phone" until it was finally relayed to town. At that point, a county employee came to the farm with insulin for Bernard.
One day in the early 1950s, Bernard had taken the three oldest boys (who were small children at the time) out on an errand. Upon their return, Bernard spotted something as he drove up to the house. "Look, boys! A cat! Can you catch it?" he asked. The children tumbled out of the car and gave chase. Sadly, they caught it, and (as Bernard well knew), it wasn't a cat; it was a skunk. This adventure did not earn Bernard any brownie points with Leona. It took many days to get the stench off the boys.
Shortly after their youngest child was born, the Hohmans bought Leona's parents farm about two and a half miles from Caldwell on Route 564 in Noble County.
The Crum farm was on lower ground than the Hohman farm had been, and some of the land was swampy. Bernard contacted the county Soil Conservation department to rectify the situation. They began to dig a drainage ditch. Bernard wasn't convinced that the county employees were doing the best possible job, and he went into the ditch to inspect it. The ditch collapsed, burying Bernard. By the time his sons were able to dig him out, an ambulance was on the scene and took him to the Intensive Care Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. Initially, he appeared to be making a recovery, but after a week he took a turn for the worse and he eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Bernard Hohman's obituary appeared in The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) newspaper on October 19, 1973 CALDWELL MAN DIES Bernard F. Hohman, 58, of Caldwell route 4 died at 10:30
p.m. Wednesday in Good Samaritan Medical Center where
he had been a patient three weeks. He was admitted after
sustaining injuries in an earth cave-in at his home where he
was digging a drainage ditch to the house. Born in Noble County, Oct. 12, 1915, he was a son of
Maurice and Teresa Heil Hohman. Mr. Hohman was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church
at Fulda. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his widow, the former Leona Crum; three
sons, John, a teacher at Rosecrans High School, James of
Marietta and Andrew of St. John Vianney Seminary at Bloom-
ingdale; four daughters, Mrs. Patrick (Teresa) Paul of Corning,
Mrs. Terry (Mary) Finley of Rehoboth Beach, Dela., Mrs. Lyn
(Martha) Goslin of Caldwell and Miss Rita of the home; four
grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Clara Smithberger of Caldwell
Route 1, Sister Benita Marie of Good Samaritan Medical
Center, Miss Eulalia Hohman of Akron, Sister Cordea of St.
Nicholas School and Mrs. Rose O Brien of California; five
brothers, Albert of Akron, George of Canton, Francis of Louis-
ville, Joseph of Caldwell route 4 and Clement of East pike, a
brother, Fr. Andrew Hohman and a sister Nora Warner, are
deceased. The body is at Brubach Funeral Home in Summerfield and
will be taken to Murphy Funeral Home in Caldwell where friends
may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and where Rosary will be
recited at 8 p.m. today. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's
church at Fulda with Rev. Fr. Walter A. Heinz officiating. Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Leona Crum grew up on the family farm on 564 near Caldwell. The family attended church in Caldwell. Leona held several jobs after graduating from high school. She worked as a legal secretary, and for the soil conservation office, and she occasionally worked as a substitute teacher.
When the war came, all three of Leona's brothers were in the service. She left her job and came back home to help her widowed mother on the farm. Shortly after she moved back home, the local War Price and Rationing Office came and asked Leona to come work for them. The told her that there was no one else in the area who had the office qualifications and background that she did. Leona declined, saying that she would not be able hold down a job and still help her mother. The Rationing Office persisted, however, and eventually they wore Leona down. She went to work for them until Bernard Hohman was discharged.
Leona lived on the farm with her youngest daughter Rita (who has Downs Syndrome) for seven years after Bernard's death. In 1982, her children were concerned for her and Rita, so they helped find a house in Zanesville for her.
In 2000, Leona underwent open heart surgery. Doctors later told her that she nearly died and they had to revive her twice during the operation. Leona credits her survival with her desire to continue caring for Ruth.
Leona M. Hohman, 98 of Zanesville, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Beckett House in New Concord following a brief illness. She was born Friday, November 5, 1915 in Noble County, Ohio the daughter of John Crum and Agnes (Shockling) Crum. She married Bernard F. Hohman on Tuesday, January 8, 1946. Leona was a faithful and dedicated Catholic. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fulda for 65 years and a current member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church. She was a member of St. Nicholas Women’s Guild. Leona was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. Leona devoted the last 60 years of her life to caring for her daughter: Rita Marie. Leona is survived by three sons: John Hohman from Zanesville, James (Mary Jo) Hohman of Hudson and Andrew (Donna Proctor) Hohman of Indianapolis; four daughters: Teresa (Patrick) Paul of Zanesville, Mary (Terry) Finley of Zanesville, Martha (Lyn) Goslin of Newark and Rita Marie Hohman of the home; fifteen grandchildren: Jessica Hohman, Amy Figliuolo, Andrew (Jaylene) Hohman, Xiamara Hohman, Benjamin Hohman, Moriah Hohman, Nicholas Hohman, Stephanie (Nick) D’Amico, Brian (Kelley) Paul, Tara (Nat) Phillips, Jennifer (Robert) Ziel, Meghan Finley, Michael Goslin, David Goslin, Michelle Goslin;20 great grandchildren; one brother: Paul (Stella) Crum of Woodsfield; one sister-in-law: Mary Crum and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, Leona was preceded in death by her husband: Bernard Hohman who died October 17, 1973; two brothers: Andrew Crum and Walter Crum and one sister: Lucy Kress. Friends may call Sunday, April 13, 2014 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM with a 6:45 PM Christian Vigil at The Hillis, Combs & Nestor Funeral Home, 935 Forest Avenue, Zanesville. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 AM Monday at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church with Fr. Martin J. Ralko as celebrant. Committal Prayers with visitation will be offered between 12:30 and 1:00 PM St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 43700 Fulda Road, Caldwell. Leona will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband in St. Mary’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Bishop Rosecrans High School, 1040 East Main Street, Zanesville, or St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 925 East Main Street, Zanesville Ohio, 43701 in Leona's memory.
Rita Hohman has Downs Syndrome and lives with her mother in Zanesville, Ohio.
In 2003, Paul and Stella Crum lived near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
Paul G. Crum, 92, of 36796 County Road 2 East, Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Woodsfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Woodsfield, Ohio.
He was born near Caldwell, Ohio on June 17, 1922 a son of the late John and Agnes Schockling Crum.
Paul was a farmer and a retired maintenance carpenter for the Ormet Corporation, Hannibal, Ohio. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Miltonsburg, Ohio where he was a member of the St. Francis Society. He was also a U.S. Army Veteran of WW II.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers; Walter and Andrew Crum. Two sisters; Leona Hohman and Lucy Kress. A daughter-in-law; Robin Crum.
Surviving are his wife, Stella Burkhart Crum whom he married on September 9, 1950. Four daughters; Joann (Clifford) Swearman of Kingwood, Pennsylvania, Mary Crum of Gahanna, Ohio, Elizabeth (Timothy) Betts of Hebron, Ohio, Jane (Andrew) Bare of Liberty Township, Ohio, Five sons; Dr. Robert (Jennylind) Crum of Woodsfield, Ohio, Dr. Ed Crum of Wheeling, West Virginia, Joseph (Susan) Crum of New Albany, Ohio, John (Patricia) Crum of Wooster, Ohio, James (Lynn) Crum of Pataskala, Ohio. Twenty four grandchildren, Four great- grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Watters Funeral Home, 37501 State Route 78 West, Woodsfield, Ohio from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. with Vigil services at 7:30 P.M. Monday, July 21, 2014.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 A.M. Tuesday, July 22 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Miltonsburg, Ohio with Rev. Fr. David Gaydosik as the Celebrant.
Burial will follow in the St. Sylvester Catholic Cemetery, Woodsfield, Ohio.
On 12 Sep 1918, 45 year old self-employed farmer Aloysius Burkhart filled out a US Draft Registration card. He gave is date and place of birth as 21 Jun 1873 in Kuhn, Monroe Co., Ohio. His next of kin was Ceclia B. Burkhart of Kuhn. Aloysius was described as being of medium height and build, with grey eyes and dark grey hair. He had no obvious physical disabilities.
Obituary:
Zanesville Times Recorder, pg 1, 8 Feb 1954
LEWISVILLE FARMER DROPS DEAD REACHING HOME
FROM HOSPITAL
SUMMERFIELD, Feb. 7 - Aloysius Burkhart, 80, returned to his
home on Lewisville Rt. 1 from Good Samaritan hospital and dropped
dead at 4:30 p.m. today [7 Feb 1954]. He had been in the hospital for
the past week undergoing a checkup and while walking from the car
to the door of his home complained of shortness of breath. He laid
down as soon as he stepped into the house and died within several
minutes.
Mr. Burkhart was the last of nine children born to Theobold and Cath-
erine Wahl Burkhart and had resided in the Lewisville vicinity all of his
life. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Cecilia, of the home; three daughters, Mrs.
Constantine Burkhart of near Lewisville, Mrs. Stella Crumm of Woodsfield
Rt. 3 and Sister Joan, of St. Mary’s hospital, Kansas City, Mo.; three sons,
Lucien. Leander and Cyril, all of Rt. 1 Lewisville.
The body will be returned Tuesday to the residence from the Brubach
funeral home here. Time and date of the services will be arranged upon
arrival of the daughter from Kansas City, but services will be in St. Joseph’s
Catholic church at Burkhart with Rev. Fr. Joseph Finan in charge. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.Zanesvilel Times Recorder, 9 Feb 1954 pg 2
RITES WEDNDESDAY FOR LEWISVILLE MAN
Funeral services for Aloysius Burkhart of Lewisville Rt. 1 will be held from
the St. Joseph church at Burkhart at 9:30 Wednesday morning with Fr.
Joseph Finan officiating.
Mr. Burkhart died suddenly Sunday morning while returning to his home
from the Good Samaritan hospital. Burial will be in the Chapel Hill cemetery
by the Brubach funeral home.
Obituary (from Charlie Burkhardt, dated Feb 1955; exact source unknown)
Mrs. Cecelia Burkhart, age 72, of Lewisville,
Route one,died at five o'clock Sunday morning
at Good Samaritian Hospitial in Zanesville after
an illness of two weeks. She was admitted to the
hospitial Friday.
Her husband, Aloysius Burkhart, died one year
ago.
Mrs. Burkhart was a member of St. Joseph's
Catholic Church at Burkhart.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Constantine
Burkhart, of thehome; Mrs. Stella Crum, of near
Woodsfield, and Sister Joan of St. Margaret's Hos-
pitial at Kansas City; three sons, Lucian, Leander
and Cyril Burkhart, all of Lewisville, Route 1, and
a number of grandchildren.
The body was taken to the late home on Monday
morning where friendsmay call.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning in St.Joseph's Church at Burk-
hart, with Rev Joseph Finian officiating.Internment
will be in the Chapel Hill cemetery with the Brubach
Funeral Home of Summerfield in charge.
Obituary (from Charlie Burkhardt; exact source unknown)
LUCIAN BURKHART KILLED WHEN TRACTOR
OVERTURNED ON HIM
Funeral services were held Saturday morning
at nine o'clock in St.Joseph's Church at Burkhart
for Lucian R. Burkhart, 39, who was killed instantly
on Wednesday afternoon, April 13th at 1:30 o'clock
when a tractor upset on him while he was plowing
on his farm on Lewisville Route 1.
Rev Joseph Finan officiated. Burial was made
in Chapel HillCemetery, with the Brubach Funeral
Home of Summerfield in charge.
Dr. M. H. Webster, Monroe County coroner, returned
a verdict of accidential death.
Billy, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bach,
who live nearthe Burkhart Home, saw the tractor over-
turn and told his mother. Help was summoned, but Mr.
Burkhart was dead when neighbors reached the scene.
Mr. Burkhart was the son of the late Aloysius and Ce-
cilia Schallie Burkhart. He had lived alone at the family
home since the death of his mother on February 6th. His
father died in February, 1954.
Surviving are his three sisters, Mrs. Constantine Burk-
hart, of Lewisville, Route 1; Mrs. Paul (Stella) Crum, of
Woodsfield, Route 3, andSister Joan, of St. Margaret's
Hospital at Kansas City, and two brothersLeander and
Cyril Burkhart, both of Lewisville, Route 1.
Obituary (from Charlie Burkhardt; exact source unknown)
Mr and Mrs. Aloysius Burkhart were notified by the
War Department last Thursday of the death of their son,
Pfc. Herman J.Burkhart, who was reported slightly
wounded in action in France on June18th. He is now
reported to have died 10 days later. This is the first boy
from our neighborhood to have paid the supreme sac-
rifice and the entire comunity extends deepest sympathy
to his family.
Leander Burkhart was living in Lewisville, Monroe Co., OH in 2002. His obituary appeared on the website of the Watters Funeral Home (Woodsfield, OH) <http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=181690&fh_id=11048&s_id=58516A35D61943A4E30ECB4AEE78591E>
Leander A. Burkhart (August 4, 1919 - May 12, 2008)
Leander A. Burkhart, 88, of 30821 T.R. 61, Lewisville, Ohio died
Monday, May 12, 2008 at his residence. He was born near Lewisville,
Ohio on August 4, 1919 a son of the late Aloysius and Cecilia
Schwallie Burkhart. He was a retired farmer; a U.S. Army veteran
of World War II. He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church
near Lewisville, Ohio and was a member of the V.F.W. Post 5303,
Woodsfield, Ohio.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one sister,
Constantine Burkhart and two brothers, Lucian and Herman Burkhart.
Surviving are two sisters: Stella (Paul) Crum of Woodsfield, Ohio and
Sister Joanna Burkhart of Cincinnati, Ohio; one brother: Cyril (Rosemary)
Burkhart of Lewisville, Ohio; several nieces, nephews, great nieces
and great nephews.
Friends will be received at the Watters Funeral Home, 37501 State
Route 78 West, Woodsfield, Ohio from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May
15, 2008. Funeral liturgy with Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 16, 2008 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church near Lewisville,
Ohio with Rev. Fr. David Gaydosik as celebrant. Burial will follow in the
Chapel Hill Cemetery near Lewisville, Ohio with military services. Vigil
services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Also known as Genevieve, Joanna Burkhart entered the convent and took the name Sister Joan. The obituary of ther brother Leander identifies her as Sister Joanna. She lives in Cincinnati, OH.