HARMON A. NEUBERT
OTTAWA, Feb. 22,--Funeral rites will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Countyline church at Ada for Harmon A. Neubert, 86, retired carpenter, who died at 3:55 p.m. Sunday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. John W. Frey, in Ottawa. The Rev. Gurthrie will be in charge of the services and burial will be made in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Ada.
Services in Ottawa will be held at the Frey residence at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Rev. Randall Rice after which the body will be taken to Ada.
Neubert had gained the attention of many residents of northwestern Ohio thru his annual trips on his bicycle. He rode about 600 miles each year on his bicycle during the last decade of his life and his trips took him as far west as Indiana and all over this part of Ohio.
Neubert lived at Pandora, Alger, Ada and Lima before he retired and came to Ottawa to live with his daughter 10 years ago.
Remaining besides the daughter in whose home he died are two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Newland and Miss Bessie Neubert of Lima; two sons, Robert and Irvin Neubert of Lima; one brother, Edward Neubert of Alger, two sisters, Mrs. Dora James of Kenton and Mrs. Mary Hughes of Alger, 10 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren.
The body was to be returned to the Frey residence Monday afternoon from the Pope Memorial home. THE LIMA NEWS obituary, Lima, Oh., Mon., 22 Feb. 1943 A.D.

The following was written about...the bearded man...better known as Harmon A. Neubert, or Granddad....
...So as the story goes, his (Harmon Neubert's) first (actually his 2nd-ed.) wife's name was Harriet. After she passed away he remarried a lady the name of Fronia and by her they had Lydia, Irvin, Bessie and Robert. They had a nice home on East High Street, Lima, Ohio. It was two blocks from the B & O railroad which ran north and south thru Lima.
At that time, he worked in the Lima Area. He was employed by the Moulton Lumber Co. which was located just northeast of the City Building and Police and Fire Station.
He ran the Sticker there, a high speed piece of wood working machinery which made moldings of variable lengths....
Later on in years he decided to move the family to the country for a better living. So he bought a farm with acreage just east of Lima and in line with East High Street. Being a good figurehead, he wanted to get to work easy.
...As time passed by, and the children grew up, Fronia, his wife, seemed to outgrow him, and it finally wound up in a divorce, so she got the farm and everything with it. He got his clothing, tools and the Model T Ford with acetylene lights on it.
Seems like our dad, John W. Frey, took heart for him and invited him to bivouac with us. Dad gave him the use of a one car garage, two doors, ganbrel roof and well painted for his workshop and sleeping quarters. We had him for meals and fraternity in the house, Fairview Ave at that time.
Going back to his young days, he had a master set of Barn Building tools and equipment. He worked through the settlements, building upwards of 101 Barns etc, eating and living with the families he worked for.
He learned to speak 7 (seven) different languages and read his German Bible. His German Bible was approx 6 (six) inches thick, so he built a nice reading stand for it. Early every morning I looked in on him, and there he stood with the open bible reading from it.
This man was classified as an experienced Millwright!! He could read the carpenters, joiners, finishers 2 (two) foot framing square like a book. His wood and timber cuts were laid out from this square and they fit the First Time, he was that good.
He told me that he got to work on the High Bank Boulding (the former Huntington Bank Building?-ed.) on the NW corner of the square in Lima He enjoyed that.
...He enjoyed visiting Glandorf Oh, as I did. Those German-Dutch catholic peoples are something else with their knowledge of works and crafts.
...In his wood shop he got real busy building one of the best coffins and cypress rough boxes a Funeral Director had ever seen. It was lined with blue velvet by his pattern of cuts, and sewn by Evelyn Lucille Frey (Ball); unbe-known (sic) to her what it was for...
The coffin was placed in the roughbox and his cot was placed on top, and that was where he slept the remaining days of his life....the roughbox was draped so no one suspected anything until later.
His maker called...and he was bedded down in our house...thence to Church of the Brethren..NW of Ada, Ohio.... Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery south of Ada...was planned many years ago. THE ANCESTORS..., Nancy (Ernsberger) Copley, July 1991, pgs. 45-47.