Tuesday, April 6, 1954
FRANK SHEETS DIES LATE MONDAY NIGHT
Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon
Frank O. Sheets, 71, retired farmer residing seven miles southwest of Convoy, O., died at 11:30 o'clock Monday night at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton after an illness of several months. He had been hospitalized since Jan. 18.
He was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, O., Dec. 5, 1882, a son of George and Susanna Mentzer-Sheets, and was a lifelong resident of the township. He was married to Maude Manley Aug. 28, 1910.
Mr. Sheets was a lifelong member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Harrison township.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Gale and Carl Sheets, both of Harrison township; four grandchildren; two brothers, Otto Sheets of Convoy and Peter Sheets of Van Wert, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Knavel of Convoy and Mrs. Susie Springer of Harrison township. One daughter, two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. (EST) Thursday at the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Harrison township, the Rev. Guy M. Lubold officiating. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert. The body was brought to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call this evening. The body will be removed to the residence, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday until 1:30 p.m. Thursday when it will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of the services.
Tuesday, April 6, 1954
FRANK SHEETS DIES LATE MONDAY NIGHT
Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon
Frank O. Sheets, 71, retired farmer residing seven miles southwest of Convoy, O., died at 11:30 o'clock Monday night at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton after an illness of several months. He had been hospitalized since Jan. 18.
He was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, O., Dec. 5, 1882, a son of George and Susanna Mentzer-Sheets, and was a lifelong resident of the township. He was married to Maude Manley Aug. 28, 1910.
Mr. Sheets was a lifelong member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Harrison township.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Gale and Carl Sheets, both of Harrison township; four grandchildren; two brothers, Otto Sheets of Convoy and Peter Sheets of Van Wert, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Knavel of Convoy and Mrs. Susie Springer of Harrison township. One daughter, two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. (EST) Thursday at the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Harrison township, the Rev. Guy M. Lubold officiating. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert. The body was brought to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call this evening. The body will be removed to the residence, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday until 1:30 p.m. Thursday when it will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of the services.
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