CELINA - Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Lutheran Church in Celina for Dr. Ralph W. Schlenker, 67, Celina veterinarian, who died at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday in Otis Hospital following a brief illness. The Rev. F. T. Florstedt will officiate with burial in North Grove Cemetery.
Dr. Schlenker was born in Liberty Township, Mercer County, and when a small child moved to Celina with his parents.
Dr. Schlenker was military aide to Gov. Martin L. Davey during his two terms as governor.
He was a graduate of the Kansas City Veterinarian School in Missouri with the class of 1910 and was a member of the Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge F & AM 241, a charter member of the American Legion Post 210 and a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his widow, Marie; one brother, Urban of Celina; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Becker of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Frank Spriggs of Celina.
Friends may call at the Vale Funeral Home in Celina after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
(published in The Lima News, Wednesday, August 22, 1956)
CELINA - Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Lutheran Church in Celina for Dr. Ralph W. Schlenker, 67, Celina veterinarian, who died at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday in Otis Hospital following a brief illness. The Rev. F. T. Florstedt will officiate with burial in North Grove Cemetery.
Dr. Schlenker was born in Liberty Township, Mercer County, and when a small child moved to Celina with his parents.
Dr. Schlenker was military aide to Gov. Martin L. Davey during his two terms as governor.
He was a graduate of the Kansas City Veterinarian School in Missouri with the class of 1910 and was a member of the Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge F & AM 241, a charter member of the American Legion Post 210 and a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his widow, Marie; one brother, Urban of Celina; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Becker of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Frank Spriggs of Celina.
Friends may call at the Vale Funeral Home in Celina after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
(published in The Lima News, Wednesday, August 22, 1956)
Gravesite Details
Army- from the Veterans Grave registration
Family Members
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Fredrick Schlenker
1870–1940
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Rosa Ann Schlenker Becher
1871–1964
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Mary L Schlenker Becher
1875–1951
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Emma Schlenker Coate
1877–1901
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Jacob Schlenker
1880–1949
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Benjamin Edward Schlenker
1882–1949
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Lucille "Lucy" Schlenker Abrams
1884–1952
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Carl R Schlenker
1886–1917
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Urban F. Schlenker
1891–1959
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Lela Freda Schlenker Spriggs
1893–1981
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