Dorothy Elizabeth 10 BIGELOW
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Fort Jennings, Putnam County, OH
15923.47A25 Dorothy
Elizabeth 10 BIGELOW, dau of William Allen 9 ( James Owen 8 (
Jonathan 7 , Freedom 6 , Isaac 5 , Isaac 4, Isaac 3, Samuel 2, John
1 ) and Josephine (SANDERS) BIGELOW,
was born 12 June 1906 Ottoville, Putnam County, OH. She married 24
June 1924, in Ottoville, Edward Horstman. He was born i16 Apr 1902
in Fort Jennings, Putnam County, OH, and died 04 May 1966 (aged
64) in Fort Jennings, OH. Dorothy died 28 January 1992 (aged 85)
in Fort Jennings, OH. (see below)
Children of Edward and Dorothy (Bigelow) Horstman:
15923.47A25.1 Harold Horstman, b
15923.47A25.2 Denelda Horstman, b
15923.47A25.3 Rita R. Horstman, b
15923.47A25.4 Delores Horstman, b
15923.47A25.5 Euletta Horstman, b
15923.47A25.6 Agatha M. Horstman, b
15923.47A25.7 Carl Horstman, b
15923.47A25.8 Gerald Edward Horstman, b
The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol. II Page ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
various censuses OH;
Buckland cemetery records, OH.
Bigelow Society Library Notes from Frances Catherine (Bigelow)
Keifer, and Ralph Frank Bigelow;
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a Grave
Dorothy E. Horstman, 85,
Delphos, died at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, January 28, 1992, at Lima
Manor Nursing Home.
She was born June 12, 1906, in Ottoville to William A. and
Josephine (Sanders) Bigelow. Dorothy married Edward F. Horstman on
June 24, 1924, in Ottoville, and he died on May 4, 1955.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Richard (Denelda) Brokamp,
Ft. Jennings, Mrs. Paul (Rita) Hemker, Delphos, Delores Meeker,
Lima, Mrs. Robert (Euletta) Von Sossanm, Ft. Jennings, and Mrs.
George (Agatha) Kerns, Ft. Jennings; one sons, Gerald E. Horstman,
Delphos; 23 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Vera Wieging, Ft. Jennings, Frances Kiefer, Swanton, and Mrs.
Howard (Irene) Spencer, Ottoville.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Carl and Harold Horstman;
one granddaughter; one grandson-in-law; five brothers, Joseph
Sanders, and Ralph, William, Walter, and Hilary Bigelow; and two
sisters, Esther Metzger, and Margareta Bigelow.
Mrs. Horstman was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church, Ft. Jennings. She was also a member of Ft.
Jennings alter Rosary Society, Catholic Ladies of Columbia and the
Sacred Heart League.
Mass if Christian Burial will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St.
Joseph Catholic Church, Ft. Jennings. Rev. John Shanahan will
officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday (today) and 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Kolkmeyer-Helmkamp-Siferd Funeral
Home, Delphos. There will be a parish wake service at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday evening. (Obituary contributed by Charles Horstman)
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