DEATH OF BISHOP J. F. OLLER - Succumbs at Last to The Fatal Malady, Dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital Whether He Had gone for the third operation. End of an extended business career. A man of great business capacity and a useful member of the community. The Church Mourns His Loss.
BISHOP JACOB F. OLLER. one of the oldest, most prominent and best known citizens of this community died Saturday morning, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, after undergoing a surgical operation from, which he barely regained consciousness.
Bishop Oller, as was well known by our people had been a sufferer the past year from a complication of troubles, chiefly involving the bowels, and had previously undergone two operations which at the different times were considered highly successful.
Recently a return of the troubles in a aggravated form caused he and his friends considerable apprehension, and only after weighing the matter well and looking at it from every point of view did he decided to again return to the hospital for further treatment with a view to prolonging his life. Three weeks ago, on Wednesday afternoon, January 21st, accompanied by his son, J. J. Oller and son-in-law, S. E. Dubbel, he left for Baltimore, having decided the further operation necessary. Upon his arrival there the physicians deemed it necessary to defer the matter until the following week, and on Wednesday Jan. 27th, he again submitted to the use of the surgeons knife. This time, however, a more serious state of affairs existed and whilst for two and a half hours the patient remained on the operating table the physicians were not able to accomplish what they had hoped to do. It was then that those able, learned surgeons began to exhibit grave fears for the recovery of the brave man who so unflinchingly submitted to treatment that held out so little hope. It was some hours before he showed any signs of recovery from the effects of the anaesthetics and when he did so it was easily perceptible that his strength was failing him and that the chances were against him. He regained consciousness, however, and on Friday talked with Mr. Dubbel, and whilst he still hoped to gain the victory over disease, he was perfectly resigned to his fate and left it all with the Lord. From that on he grew weaker. The ordeal through which he had passed had overtaxed his remaining strength, and through the long vigil of the night it became plainly evident that death was hovering near, and that in a few short hours the spirit of this great man must return to the God who gave it. He continued to sink rapidly. The pulse became more feeble and the breathing less frequent and he was fast entering upon that step that knows no waking. The end came at 9:45 o'clock a.m. without a struggle, and the soul entered that great beyond from whence none ever return.
Bishop Oller was perhaps one of the best-known men in his community. His long successful business career brought him in contact with men from all parts of the country, and his prominence in the church of his chosen faith gave him an acquaintanceship that few men enjoy.
He was born in this township, January 18th, 1825, and had lived here his entire life. At the early age of twenty he began teaching school in the winter, working on the farm during the summer months. From that he came to Waynesboro, and entered into partnership with John Philips in the dry goods business where he remained about two years, after which he went to farming, continuing for a period of ten years or more. For a while thereafter he conducted a general merchandise business at Quincy. But greater fields awaited him in the business world, and when the firm of Geiser, Price & Co. was established Aug. 22, 1866, he became one of the partners and at once entered upon the active duties of the concern. The firm of Geiser, Price & Co., consisting at that time of Daniel Geiser, Jacob F. Oller, Benjamin E. Price and Josiah Fahrney, laid the foundation for the mammoth manufactory that today, stands prominent before the world, and is recognized as without a peer in its line in the United States, so well know as The Geiser Manufacturing Co. In January, 1869 the business of Geiser, Price & Co. was incorporated, under the name of "The Geiser Mf'g. Co.," with Mr. Oller as secretary and treasurer. In this position he developed a business capacity that soon placed him in the front ranks of the great financiers and business men of the country, and it is a well known fact that under his guiding hand his company was never allowed to be in financial straits. It mattered not how short the notice or how impossible the task might seem, he was ever ready to undertake it, and he knew no such word as fail. Later he became president of the company, a position he filled for many years. With the increasing weight of years and the offices of his church becoming more and more important, he asked to be relieved of the duties of president, but remained in the board of directors, an office he held from the organization of the works, until the time of his death. When The Bank of Waynesboro was organized two years ago Mr. Oller was chosen its president, a position he filled with marked ability, and the splendid condition of the already solid institution is largely the result of his labors. He was only recently reelected to that important position, and his familiar figure will be missed by the patrons of the bank, and his counsel by those who were his co-workers.
Possibly in no place will Mr. Oller be missed more than in his church. For forty years he had been an Elder in the German Baptist church. In 1883 he was elected Bishop and remained in this high office until the time of his death. He was active in church and charitable work and he never ignored a call to duty. He was a friend to the poor, and many received aid through his benevolence who knew not from whence it came. In his home Bishop Oller was an exceptional man. He was a most devoted husband, a kind, indulgent, loving parent, with the comfort and happiness for those about him always uppermost in his mind.
In the community he will be ever ready to foster any business enterprise that showed on its face the slightest hope of success and that tended toward the good of the town which his efforts had helped build up.
On July 20th, 1848 Mr. Oller was married to Miss Elizabeth Bonebrake, of this community. Besides the widow, six children; three sons and three daughters survive, as follows: J. J., treasurer of the Geiser Manfg. Co., Jesse R., Superintendent of the Geiser Manfg'. Co., John B., who holds a responsable position in New York City; Mrs. Rebecca, wife of C. C. Stall, Mrs. Susan, wife of J. E. Rohrer and Miss May, all of Waynesboro.
The body was brought to his home in this place on the 8 p.m. Western Maryland train, Saturday evening, where a large number of friends called to pay their last tribute of respect.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock in the German Baptist church, where the deceased had for many years been regular in ministering to the spiritual well fare of his people, and where he had officiated on many like occasions, conducted by Elder Jacob Snyder, assisted by Elders John Ruthrauff, Daniel Baker and R. B. Oelig. Elder Snyder's remarks were most appropriate to the occasion, and in eulogizing his dear friend and fellow co-worker he spoke feelingly and touchingly. Out of respect to his memory the Geiser Co. and the banks remained closed during the day, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the officers and employees of the great works, of which he so long had been the head, together with the officials of the banks attended in a body.
That the dead Bishop was more than esteemed, that he was loved by his friends of the church was evidenced by the strong men and countless women who stood over his bier and wept, wept like the sorrowing child for a fond lost mother. The church and the community will alike mourn his loss. Interment was made at Burns Hill. Peace to his ashes.
Source : The Village Record Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Thursday, February 4, 1897
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
They had issue:
(1.) Rebecca Oller b. 23 May 1850 attained the age of one hundred two years. She married Columbus C. Stull b. 1829-d. 1918.
(2.) Salina Ann Oller b. 9 July 1851-d. 7 August 1851 lies buried in the Bonebrake family burying ground on Conrad Bonebrake's homestead.
(3.) Susan E. Oller b. 1852-d. 1923 married Joseph E. Rohrer b. 1851-d. 1928.
(4.) Joseph Jacob Oller b. 2 March 1855 d. 35 August 1938. wed Myrtle b. 11 October 1869- d. 5 August 1938, daughter of Henry C. Funk.
(5.) William Boyer Oller b. 20 September 1960- d. 27 August 1862.
(6.) Jesse Rupp Oller b. 20 May 1860- d. 24 March 1904 married Ida, daughter of Dr, John A. and Helen (Bonebrake Royer.
(7.) Annie Grace Oller b. 1863-d. 1889 married Silas E. Dubbel b. 7 December 1861-died 20 May 1949, a druggist at Waynesboro.
(8.) Elizabeth Oller b. 5 October 1865-d. 17 June 1866.
(9.) May Bonebrake Oller b. 14 April 1867-d. 7 July 1962 wed David Maurice Wertz b. 7 October 1863- d. 19 March 1940 son of Hiram Emerick Wertz, of Quincy, PA.
(10.) John Bonebrake Oller married Adelaide Harley.
(11.) Edith Oller b. 22 March 1872-d. 29 January 1875.
Source:
THE BONEBRAKE FAMILY. Published
by the Antietam Ancestors, Volume III., number
4, Spring 1991, page 91. Waynesboro
Historical Society, 138 West Main Street, Waynesboro, PA. 17268
Todd Andrew Dorsett Editor and Publisher.
Compiled by Mike Hahn 46770538
DEATH OF BISHOP J. F. OLLER - Succumbs at Last to The Fatal Malady, Dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital Whether He Had gone for the third operation. End of an extended business career. A man of great business capacity and a useful member of the community. The Church Mourns His Loss.
BISHOP JACOB F. OLLER. one of the oldest, most prominent and best known citizens of this community died Saturday morning, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, after undergoing a surgical operation from, which he barely regained consciousness.
Bishop Oller, as was well known by our people had been a sufferer the past year from a complication of troubles, chiefly involving the bowels, and had previously undergone two operations which at the different times were considered highly successful.
Recently a return of the troubles in a aggravated form caused he and his friends considerable apprehension, and only after weighing the matter well and looking at it from every point of view did he decided to again return to the hospital for further treatment with a view to prolonging his life. Three weeks ago, on Wednesday afternoon, January 21st, accompanied by his son, J. J. Oller and son-in-law, S. E. Dubbel, he left for Baltimore, having decided the further operation necessary. Upon his arrival there the physicians deemed it necessary to defer the matter until the following week, and on Wednesday Jan. 27th, he again submitted to the use of the surgeons knife. This time, however, a more serious state of affairs existed and whilst for two and a half hours the patient remained on the operating table the physicians were not able to accomplish what they had hoped to do. It was then that those able, learned surgeons began to exhibit grave fears for the recovery of the brave man who so unflinchingly submitted to treatment that held out so little hope. It was some hours before he showed any signs of recovery from the effects of the anaesthetics and when he did so it was easily perceptible that his strength was failing him and that the chances were against him. He regained consciousness, however, and on Friday talked with Mr. Dubbel, and whilst he still hoped to gain the victory over disease, he was perfectly resigned to his fate and left it all with the Lord. From that on he grew weaker. The ordeal through which he had passed had overtaxed his remaining strength, and through the long vigil of the night it became plainly evident that death was hovering near, and that in a few short hours the spirit of this great man must return to the God who gave it. He continued to sink rapidly. The pulse became more feeble and the breathing less frequent and he was fast entering upon that step that knows no waking. The end came at 9:45 o'clock a.m. without a struggle, and the soul entered that great beyond from whence none ever return.
Bishop Oller was perhaps one of the best-known men in his community. His long successful business career brought him in contact with men from all parts of the country, and his prominence in the church of his chosen faith gave him an acquaintanceship that few men enjoy.
He was born in this township, January 18th, 1825, and had lived here his entire life. At the early age of twenty he began teaching school in the winter, working on the farm during the summer months. From that he came to Waynesboro, and entered into partnership with John Philips in the dry goods business where he remained about two years, after which he went to farming, continuing for a period of ten years or more. For a while thereafter he conducted a general merchandise business at Quincy. But greater fields awaited him in the business world, and when the firm of Geiser, Price & Co. was established Aug. 22, 1866, he became one of the partners and at once entered upon the active duties of the concern. The firm of Geiser, Price & Co., consisting at that time of Daniel Geiser, Jacob F. Oller, Benjamin E. Price and Josiah Fahrney, laid the foundation for the mammoth manufactory that today, stands prominent before the world, and is recognized as without a peer in its line in the United States, so well know as The Geiser Manufacturing Co. In January, 1869 the business of Geiser, Price & Co. was incorporated, under the name of "The Geiser Mf'g. Co.," with Mr. Oller as secretary and treasurer. In this position he developed a business capacity that soon placed him in the front ranks of the great financiers and business men of the country, and it is a well known fact that under his guiding hand his company was never allowed to be in financial straits. It mattered not how short the notice or how impossible the task might seem, he was ever ready to undertake it, and he knew no such word as fail. Later he became president of the company, a position he filled for many years. With the increasing weight of years and the offices of his church becoming more and more important, he asked to be relieved of the duties of president, but remained in the board of directors, an office he held from the organization of the works, until the time of his death. When The Bank of Waynesboro was organized two years ago Mr. Oller was chosen its president, a position he filled with marked ability, and the splendid condition of the already solid institution is largely the result of his labors. He was only recently reelected to that important position, and his familiar figure will be missed by the patrons of the bank, and his counsel by those who were his co-workers.
Possibly in no place will Mr. Oller be missed more than in his church. For forty years he had been an Elder in the German Baptist church. In 1883 he was elected Bishop and remained in this high office until the time of his death. He was active in church and charitable work and he never ignored a call to duty. He was a friend to the poor, and many received aid through his benevolence who knew not from whence it came. In his home Bishop Oller was an exceptional man. He was a most devoted husband, a kind, indulgent, loving parent, with the comfort and happiness for those about him always uppermost in his mind.
In the community he will be ever ready to foster any business enterprise that showed on its face the slightest hope of success and that tended toward the good of the town which his efforts had helped build up.
On July 20th, 1848 Mr. Oller was married to Miss Elizabeth Bonebrake, of this community. Besides the widow, six children; three sons and three daughters survive, as follows: J. J., treasurer of the Geiser Manfg. Co., Jesse R., Superintendent of the Geiser Manfg'. Co., John B., who holds a responsable position in New York City; Mrs. Rebecca, wife of C. C. Stall, Mrs. Susan, wife of J. E. Rohrer and Miss May, all of Waynesboro.
The body was brought to his home in this place on the 8 p.m. Western Maryland train, Saturday evening, where a large number of friends called to pay their last tribute of respect.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock in the German Baptist church, where the deceased had for many years been regular in ministering to the spiritual well fare of his people, and where he had officiated on many like occasions, conducted by Elder Jacob Snyder, assisted by Elders John Ruthrauff, Daniel Baker and R. B. Oelig. Elder Snyder's remarks were most appropriate to the occasion, and in eulogizing his dear friend and fellow co-worker he spoke feelingly and touchingly. Out of respect to his memory the Geiser Co. and the banks remained closed during the day, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the officers and employees of the great works, of which he so long had been the head, together with the officials of the banks attended in a body.
That the dead Bishop was more than esteemed, that he was loved by his friends of the church was evidenced by the strong men and countless women who stood over his bier and wept, wept like the sorrowing child for a fond lost mother. The church and the community will alike mourn his loss. Interment was made at Burns Hill. Peace to his ashes.
Source : The Village Record Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Thursday, February 4, 1897
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
They had issue:
(1.) Rebecca Oller b. 23 May 1850 attained the age of one hundred two years. She married Columbus C. Stull b. 1829-d. 1918.
(2.) Salina Ann Oller b. 9 July 1851-d. 7 August 1851 lies buried in the Bonebrake family burying ground on Conrad Bonebrake's homestead.
(3.) Susan E. Oller b. 1852-d. 1923 married Joseph E. Rohrer b. 1851-d. 1928.
(4.) Joseph Jacob Oller b. 2 March 1855 d. 35 August 1938. wed Myrtle b. 11 October 1869- d. 5 August 1938, daughter of Henry C. Funk.
(5.) William Boyer Oller b. 20 September 1960- d. 27 August 1862.
(6.) Jesse Rupp Oller b. 20 May 1860- d. 24 March 1904 married Ida, daughter of Dr, John A. and Helen (Bonebrake Royer.
(7.) Annie Grace Oller b. 1863-d. 1889 married Silas E. Dubbel b. 7 December 1861-died 20 May 1949, a druggist at Waynesboro.
(8.) Elizabeth Oller b. 5 October 1865-d. 17 June 1866.
(9.) May Bonebrake Oller b. 14 April 1867-d. 7 July 1962 wed David Maurice Wertz b. 7 October 1863- d. 19 March 1940 son of Hiram Emerick Wertz, of Quincy, PA.
(10.) John Bonebrake Oller married Adelaide Harley.
(11.) Edith Oller b. 22 March 1872-d. 29 January 1875.
Source:
THE BONEBRAKE FAMILY. Published
by the Antietam Ancestors, Volume III., number
4, Spring 1991, page 91. Waynesboro
Historical Society, 138 West Main Street, Waynesboro, PA. 17268
Todd Andrew Dorsett Editor and Publisher.
Compiled by Mike Hahn 46770538
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