NAPOLEON - Gale Emerson Salsbury, 95, of Napoleon, died Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Napoleon.
Born in Williams County on Dec. 2, 1905, to Effie (Peyton) and Herbert Salsbury, he was married to Geneva Wasnich on March 31, 1929, and she survives.
A longtime farmer, he worked until his retirement at the Farm Bureau Co-op. He then worked at the Lougheed Furniture Store in West Unity and volunteered at the Henry County Hospital Gift Shop.
A member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon, he helped with the church newsletter, the St. Paul Epistle. He was formerly a member of the Pulaski and Faith United Methodist churches, where he taught Sunday School. He was also a member of The Gideons International. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Marilyn) Elling of Napoleon; three sons, Herbert of Maumee, Larry of Brookfield, Wis., and David of Norcross, Ga.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three sisters, Helen Wheeler and Mrs. Ralph (Jean) Ely, both of Bryan, and Wanda Lougheed of Montpelier. Preceding him in death was a brother, Cleland Salsbury.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2-6 p.m. at the Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home in Napoleon, and Monday from 10-11 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the church, with Rev. Norm Koy and Rev. Peter Marcis officiating. Interment will follow at the Shiffler Cemetery in Pulaski.
Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Home, The Gideons International, the American Cancer Society, or the St. Paul Lutheran Church Altar Guild
Born in Williams County on Dec. 2, 1905, to Effie (Peyton) and Herbert Salsbury, he was married to Geneva Wasnich on March 31, 1929, and she survives.
A longtime farmer, he worked until his retirement at the Farm Bureau Co-op. He then worked at the Lougheed Furniture Store in West Unity and volunteered at the Henry County Hospital Gift Shop.
A member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon, he helped with the church newsletter, the St. Paul Epistle. He was formerly a member of the Pulaski and Faith United Methodist churches, where he taught Sunday School. He was also a member of The Gideons International. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Marilyn) Elling of Napoleon; three sons, Herbert of Maumee, Larry of Brookfield, Wis., and David of Norcross, Ga.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three sisters, Helen Wheeler and Mrs. Ralph (Jean) Ely, both of Bryan, and Wanda Lougheed of Montpelier. Preceding him in death was a brother, Cleland Salsbury.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2-6 p.m. at the Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home in Napoleon, and Monday from 10-11 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the church, with Rev. Norm Koy and Rev. Peter Marcis officiating. Interment will follow at the Shiffler Cemetery in Pulaski.
Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Home, The Gideons International, the American Cancer Society, or the St. Paul Lutheran Church Altar Guild
NAPOLEON - Gale Emerson Salsbury, 95, of Napoleon, died Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Napoleon.
Born in Williams County on Dec. 2, 1905, to Effie (Peyton) and Herbert Salsbury, he was married to Geneva Wasnich on March 31, 1929, and she survives.
A longtime farmer, he worked until his retirement at the Farm Bureau Co-op. He then worked at the Lougheed Furniture Store in West Unity and volunteered at the Henry County Hospital Gift Shop.
A member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon, he helped with the church newsletter, the St. Paul Epistle. He was formerly a member of the Pulaski and Faith United Methodist churches, where he taught Sunday School. He was also a member of The Gideons International. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Marilyn) Elling of Napoleon; three sons, Herbert of Maumee, Larry of Brookfield, Wis., and David of Norcross, Ga.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three sisters, Helen Wheeler and Mrs. Ralph (Jean) Ely, both of Bryan, and Wanda Lougheed of Montpelier. Preceding him in death was a brother, Cleland Salsbury.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2-6 p.m. at the Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home in Napoleon, and Monday from 10-11 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the church, with Rev. Norm Koy and Rev. Peter Marcis officiating. Interment will follow at the Shiffler Cemetery in Pulaski.
Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Home, The Gideons International, the American Cancer Society, or the St. Paul Lutheran Church Altar Guild
Born in Williams County on Dec. 2, 1905, to Effie (Peyton) and Herbert Salsbury, he was married to Geneva Wasnich on March 31, 1929, and she survives.
A longtime farmer, he worked until his retirement at the Farm Bureau Co-op. He then worked at the Lougheed Furniture Store in West Unity and volunteered at the Henry County Hospital Gift Shop.
A member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon, he helped with the church newsletter, the St. Paul Epistle. He was formerly a member of the Pulaski and Faith United Methodist churches, where he taught Sunday School. He was also a member of The Gideons International. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Marilyn) Elling of Napoleon; three sons, Herbert of Maumee, Larry of Brookfield, Wis., and David of Norcross, Ga.; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three sisters, Helen Wheeler and Mrs. Ralph (Jean) Ely, both of Bryan, and Wanda Lougheed of Montpelier. Preceding him in death was a brother, Cleland Salsbury.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2-6 p.m. at the Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home in Napoleon, and Monday from 10-11 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the church, with Rev. Norm Koy and Rev. Peter Marcis officiating. Interment will follow at the Shiffler Cemetery in Pulaski.
Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Home, The Gideons International, the American Cancer Society, or the St. Paul Lutheran Church Altar Guild
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