Leona Gehres

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1910 Liberty, Van Wert co, OH Leona Gehres age 4 and Esther Gehres age 8 are living with their maternal grandparents: Conrad Hoverman b. Aug 1850 OH and Mary b. May 1856 OH. The Hoverman's daughter was probably Emma A born Oct 1878 who died 27 May 1907 in Liberty, OH

1920 Willshire, Van Wert Co, OH Frederick J. Gehres b. 1873 OH is widowed and his 2 daughters, Leona age 13 and Ester age 17 are living with him.

SSDI LEONA STRAW 27 Feb 1906 12 Sep 1994 45874 (Ohio City, Van Wert, OH) issued: Ohio

Ohio death index Name:Leona Straw [Leona Gehres] Birth Date:27 Feb 1906 Birth County:Van Wert Birth State:Ohio Birth Country:United States Gender:Female Race:White Death Date:12 Sep 1994 Death Time:12:50 AM Hospital of Death:Long-Term Care Facilities City of Death:Van Wert County of Death:Van Wert Certificate:074889 Age at Death:88 Hospital Status:Other/Nursing Home Father's Surname:Gehres Mother's Maiden Name:Hoverman Marital Status:Married Education:12 Industry of Decedent:Own Home/At Home Occupation of Decedent:Housewife/Homemaker

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 94426873
Newspaper obituary dated 9/13/1994. (Van Wert Times-Bulletin - Van Wert, OH)
OHIO CITY - Leona Straw, 88, of Ohio City, died at 12:50am Monday in Van Wert Manor Nursing Home.
She was born Feb. 27, 1906, in Glenmore, the daughter of Fred J. and Dora Elizabeth (Hoverman) Gehres. On April 10, 1924, he married Richard Rex Straw, who survives.
Other survivors include two sons Jason D. Straw of Ohio City and Robert Rex Straw of Winter Park, Fla; a daughter, Mrs. Beth Ann Davis of Auburn, Ind.; 15 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a stepmother, Caroline (Hoverman) Gehres; a sister, Esther Josephine Harmon and a great-grandson, Russell William Straw.
Mrs. Straw was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Harrison Township.
Services and arrangements by Cowan & Sons Funeral Home, with the Rev. Melinda Lacefield of St. Paul's United Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City.

Leona married Richard Rex Straw, son of Loren Russell Straw and Nancy Angeline Nora Brown, in Apr 1924 in Ohio. (Richard Rex Straw was born on 22 Aug 1906 in Van Wert County, Ohio, died on 31 Jan 1995 in Ohio City, Van Wert County, Ohio and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Ohio City, Ohio.)