Mary Ann was the daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat. She was Baptized 22nd Sep 1851 in Holy Trinity Church, North Canton, Ohio, Pastor J.J. Fast.
1866--Emigrated from Canton, Ohio to Goshen, Indiana.
On 4th Mar 1875 she married George N. SWEITZER in Home of Isaac Sloat, "..on a farm west of (Elkhart, Indiana), near Osceola".
4th Mar 1875--Residence in Elkhart, Indiana. They had three children:
Oliver Henry II
Clara Alma
DeNora Lucretia "Nora"
10th May 1877--Birth of son Oliver H. SWEITZER II in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana.
2nd May 1879--Birth of daughter Clara Alma SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Indiana.
9th Oct 1882--Birth of daughter DeNora Lucretia SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Idiana.
1884--Emigrated from Goshen, Indiana to Elkhart, Indiana.
3rd Aug 1927--She Died in Elkhart, Indiana.
05 AUG 1927--Buried in Gracelawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana; R39; N4140.912W08557.291.
Resident in Canton, OH; Goshen, IN 1866-; Elkhart 1884-; Baugo Twp, Elkhart, IN; 349 Hickory St., Elkhart, IN.
Church Affiliation: member First Evangelical Church for nearly 50 years.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) in "Complications . . . health had been failing for a year and was confined to her bed for 9 weeks.".
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RESIDENTS FOR 36 YEARS, WED HALF A CENTURY
[March 3, 1925 newspaper article]
"Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sweitzer Celebrate Tomorrow.
Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. the doors of their home, at 349 Hickory street will be open in old-fashioned hospitality for all the friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweitzer, residents of Elkhart for 36 years, who may wish to offer congratulations on their golden wedding anniversary.
Nearly 75 relatives by blood or marriage will be entertained at the Sweitzer home in the evening for a picnic supper and program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer will renew their marital vows at a reproduction of their wedding ceremony.
The original wedding was held 50 years ago at the home of the bride'sfather, Isaac Sloat, who lived on a farm west of town, near Osceola.
Two days before the wedding a snow storm began that obliterated all familiar land marks, topped the fences, and drifted treacherously over the gullies. Wedding guests took roundabout roads, starting early in the morning to arrive in time for the service at 2 in the afternoon.
The late Rev. John Biddle read the marriage service. The bride worea gown of bright blue, trimmed in lace.
"Married in blue,
Always live true,"
she quoted today.
"Living true" has meant to her always staying in the home where her husband and children might find her at a moment's notice, and caring for their welfare constantly. She is altogether a "home body," caring for little outside contact except that received at the Evangelical church with which denomination both of the Sweitzers have been actively associated for 47 years.
"In my coffin put a bottle of George's medicine, a spoon, a few flannels, and a warm brick," says she for she expects to continue her housewifely duties after she reaches glory.
She first saw Mr. Sweitzer at a singing school one evening. He was slated, with three other young men, to appear in a quartet. He walked grandly out onto the stage to make his bow before beginning the song, and found that he was alone. Unable to sing a quartet, he retired in confusion. A week later, on a bob party he sought out the young lady who had made so much sport of his discomfiture, and in a few months had persuaded her to become Mrs. Sweitzer.
The first 13 years of their married life were spent on a 200-acre farm owned by Mr. Sweitzer, west of the city. Selling the farm, he later bought a meat market on Main street and moved to Elkhart. For another 13 years he operated the market, then sold, and for a number of years he clerked in grocery and meat stores. For the last six years Mr.Sweitzer has been a tax assessor.
Mrs. John Emerson and Mrs. Earl Parker, both of Elkhart, are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer. Their only son, Oliver Sweitzer, managerof the Elkhart Stationery company, now residing in Chicago, will makehis home in Elkhart after the first of April.
Five grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Hager, LaPorte, daughter of Mrs. Emerson, Harold and George Van Alstine, sons of Mrs. Parker, Winton and Oliver Sweitzer, Jr., sons of Oliver Sweitzer and two great-grand children, Robert and Dixie - Van Alstine, have been invited to attend the merrymaking tomorrow.
Addison Sloat, whose home in on the Oakland avenue road, John Sloat on the Nappanee road, Manias Sloat, on Hickory street, Sam Sloat, alsoon the Nappanee road, Mrs. Cyrus Whittaker, south of Elkhart, are theyounger brothers and sisters of Mrs. Sweitzer, who probably will attend the affair tomorrow. Only one child in the Sloat family, an infant, is not living.
Mr. Sweitzer's only brother, Ollie Sweitzer, died 11 years ago.
The majority of the guests will be from the Thornton family, a connection of Mrs. Sweitzer's."
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BEGIN THEIR SECOND HALF CENTURY TOGETHER
[March 5, 1925 newspaper article]
"Yesterday was the very happiest day of my life," said Mrs. George Sweitzer this morning, when asked how she and Mr. Sweitzer, at 349 Hickory street, spent Wednesday, their golden wedding anniversary.
"With so many people around, and no fuss or bother or nervousness, itseemed just like old times," she declared, speaking of the scores of people who swarmed into the home yesterday afternoon to offer congratulations. Eight large bouquets of flowers, several boxes of candy, andnumerous gifts covered the tables this morning, mute evidence of a wide circle of friends.
Nearly 75 family connections at a picnic supper last evening witnessed the couple renew their marital vows.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloat, of Nappanee, made the longest trip to attendthe celebration. They were overnight guests of the Sweitzers, and returned to their home this morning. Mrs. Earl Parker and Mrs. John Emerson, daughters of the couple, assisted their mother in the arrangements and entertaining.
Callers who signed the guest book yesterday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. John Nadolny, Silliam Spicher, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gemberling, Mrs. Catherine Fuller, the Rev. and Mrs. George Pullman, Mrs. Stella Wilson. L.C. Inebnit, Mrs. George W. Frederick, Mrs. J.S. Mather, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moore, Mrs. C.H. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson, Mrs. Peggy Rodgers, Mrs. Phoebe Cloutier, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sloat, Mrs. Louisa G. Boyer, Mrs. Catherine Pletclier,Mrs. A. H. Swarts, Mrs. Adaline A. Shafer, Mrs. Lovina Hill, Earl G. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mrs. Rugh Thornton, Mrs. B.F. Gemberling, Miss Sadie L. Willson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloat, George Fan Alstine, and Mrs Clara Miller.
Mrs. A.M. Bickel, confined to her home on St. Joe street, called early Wednesday morning to offer her congratulations by telephone. A note was received from Mrs. O.H. Sweitzer, 1207 South Main Street."
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MRS. MARY ANN SWEITZER OBITUARY--
"Mrs. Mary Ann Sweitzer, wife of George N. Sweitzer, 349 Hickory street, died at 8:45 o'clock today. Death was caused by complications. Mrs. Sweitzer's health had been failing for a year and she had been confined to her bed for nine weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Friday and will be in charge of the Woodmen circle. The Rev. A.H. Doescher, pastor of the First Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Sweitzer was a member,will conduct the services and the burial will take place at Gracelawn cemetery.
Mrs. Sweitzer, who was a daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat, was born at Canton, O., Aug 13, 1851. In 1866 the family moved to a farm north of Goshen, and 43 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer located in Elkhart.
Surviving Mrs. Sweitzer in addition to her husband are a son, Oliver H. Sweitzer, 814 Cedar street; two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Emerson, 1718 Roys avenue, and Mrs. Earl Parker, 804 Middlebury Street; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Addison and Samuel Sloat,who live on the Oakland avenue road just south of Elkhart, John Sloatof Nappanee and Manias Sloat of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Miller of Elkhart and Mrs, John Whittaker, whose home is just southwest of the city.
Mr. Sweitzer, who is 72 years old, and in poor health, has been prostrated by the death of his wife.
Winton Sweitzer told Greg Sweitzer that when Winton was a boy, Mary would bake large sugar cookies when he and Oliver visited and hand themto the boys on the sly, whispering with a wink, 'don't tell anybody.'"
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1866--Emigrated from Canton, Ohio to Goshen, Indiana.
On 4th Mar 1875 she married George N. SWEITZER in Home of Isaac Sloat, "..on a farm west of (Elkhart, Indiana), near Osceola".
4th Mar 1875--Residence in Elkhart, Indiana. They had three children:
Oliver Henry II
Clara Alma
DeNora Lucretia "Nora"
10th May 1877--Birth of son Oliver H. SWEITZER II in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana.
2nd May 1879--Birth of daughter Clara Alma SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Indiana.
9th Oct 1882--Birth of daughter DeNora Lucretia SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Idiana.
1884--Emigrated from Goshen, Indiana to Elkhart, Indiana.
3rd Aug 1927--She Died in Elkhart, Indiana.
05 AUG 1927--Buried in Gracelawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana; R39; N4140.912W08557.291.
Resident in Canton, OH; Goshen, IN 1866-; Elkhart 1884-; Baugo Twp, Elkhart, IN; 349 Hickory St., Elkhart, IN.
Church Affiliation: member First Evangelical Church for nearly 50 years.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) in "Complications . . . health had been failing for a year and was confined to her bed for 9 weeks.".
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RESIDENTS FOR 36 YEARS, WED HALF A CENTURY
[March 3, 1925 newspaper article]
"Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sweitzer Celebrate Tomorrow.
Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. the doors of their home, at 349 Hickory street will be open in old-fashioned hospitality for all the friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweitzer, residents of Elkhart for 36 years, who may wish to offer congratulations on their golden wedding anniversary.
Nearly 75 relatives by blood or marriage will be entertained at the Sweitzer home in the evening for a picnic supper and program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer will renew their marital vows at a reproduction of their wedding ceremony.
The original wedding was held 50 years ago at the home of the bride'sfather, Isaac Sloat, who lived on a farm west of town, near Osceola.
Two days before the wedding a snow storm began that obliterated all familiar land marks, topped the fences, and drifted treacherously over the gullies. Wedding guests took roundabout roads, starting early in the morning to arrive in time for the service at 2 in the afternoon.
The late Rev. John Biddle read the marriage service. The bride worea gown of bright blue, trimmed in lace.
"Married in blue,
Always live true,"
she quoted today.
"Living true" has meant to her always staying in the home where her husband and children might find her at a moment's notice, and caring for their welfare constantly. She is altogether a "home body," caring for little outside contact except that received at the Evangelical church with which denomination both of the Sweitzers have been actively associated for 47 years.
"In my coffin put a bottle of George's medicine, a spoon, a few flannels, and a warm brick," says she for she expects to continue her housewifely duties after she reaches glory.
She first saw Mr. Sweitzer at a singing school one evening. He was slated, with three other young men, to appear in a quartet. He walked grandly out onto the stage to make his bow before beginning the song, and found that he was alone. Unable to sing a quartet, he retired in confusion. A week later, on a bob party he sought out the young lady who had made so much sport of his discomfiture, and in a few months had persuaded her to become Mrs. Sweitzer.
The first 13 years of their married life were spent on a 200-acre farm owned by Mr. Sweitzer, west of the city. Selling the farm, he later bought a meat market on Main street and moved to Elkhart. For another 13 years he operated the market, then sold, and for a number of years he clerked in grocery and meat stores. For the last six years Mr.Sweitzer has been a tax assessor.
Mrs. John Emerson and Mrs. Earl Parker, both of Elkhart, are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer. Their only son, Oliver Sweitzer, managerof the Elkhart Stationery company, now residing in Chicago, will makehis home in Elkhart after the first of April.
Five grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Hager, LaPorte, daughter of Mrs. Emerson, Harold and George Van Alstine, sons of Mrs. Parker, Winton and Oliver Sweitzer, Jr., sons of Oliver Sweitzer and two great-grand children, Robert and Dixie - Van Alstine, have been invited to attend the merrymaking tomorrow.
Addison Sloat, whose home in on the Oakland avenue road, John Sloat on the Nappanee road, Manias Sloat, on Hickory street, Sam Sloat, alsoon the Nappanee road, Mrs. Cyrus Whittaker, south of Elkhart, are theyounger brothers and sisters of Mrs. Sweitzer, who probably will attend the affair tomorrow. Only one child in the Sloat family, an infant, is not living.
Mr. Sweitzer's only brother, Ollie Sweitzer, died 11 years ago.
The majority of the guests will be from the Thornton family, a connection of Mrs. Sweitzer's."
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BEGIN THEIR SECOND HALF CENTURY TOGETHER
[March 5, 1925 newspaper article]
"Yesterday was the very happiest day of my life," said Mrs. George Sweitzer this morning, when asked how she and Mr. Sweitzer, at 349 Hickory street, spent Wednesday, their golden wedding anniversary.
"With so many people around, and no fuss or bother or nervousness, itseemed just like old times," she declared, speaking of the scores of people who swarmed into the home yesterday afternoon to offer congratulations. Eight large bouquets of flowers, several boxes of candy, andnumerous gifts covered the tables this morning, mute evidence of a wide circle of friends.
Nearly 75 family connections at a picnic supper last evening witnessed the couple renew their marital vows.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloat, of Nappanee, made the longest trip to attendthe celebration. They were overnight guests of the Sweitzers, and returned to their home this morning. Mrs. Earl Parker and Mrs. John Emerson, daughters of the couple, assisted their mother in the arrangements and entertaining.
Callers who signed the guest book yesterday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. John Nadolny, Silliam Spicher, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gemberling, Mrs. Catherine Fuller, the Rev. and Mrs. George Pullman, Mrs. Stella Wilson. L.C. Inebnit, Mrs. George W. Frederick, Mrs. J.S. Mather, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moore, Mrs. C.H. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson, Mrs. Peggy Rodgers, Mrs. Phoebe Cloutier, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sloat, Mrs. Louisa G. Boyer, Mrs. Catherine Pletclier,Mrs. A. H. Swarts, Mrs. Adaline A. Shafer, Mrs. Lovina Hill, Earl G. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mrs. Rugh Thornton, Mrs. B.F. Gemberling, Miss Sadie L. Willson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloat, George Fan Alstine, and Mrs Clara Miller.
Mrs. A.M. Bickel, confined to her home on St. Joe street, called early Wednesday morning to offer her congratulations by telephone. A note was received from Mrs. O.H. Sweitzer, 1207 South Main Street."
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MRS. MARY ANN SWEITZER OBITUARY--
"Mrs. Mary Ann Sweitzer, wife of George N. Sweitzer, 349 Hickory street, died at 8:45 o'clock today. Death was caused by complications. Mrs. Sweitzer's health had been failing for a year and she had been confined to her bed for nine weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Friday and will be in charge of the Woodmen circle. The Rev. A.H. Doescher, pastor of the First Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Sweitzer was a member,will conduct the services and the burial will take place at Gracelawn cemetery.
Mrs. Sweitzer, who was a daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat, was born at Canton, O., Aug 13, 1851. In 1866 the family moved to a farm north of Goshen, and 43 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer located in Elkhart.
Surviving Mrs. Sweitzer in addition to her husband are a son, Oliver H. Sweitzer, 814 Cedar street; two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Emerson, 1718 Roys avenue, and Mrs. Earl Parker, 804 Middlebury Street; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Addison and Samuel Sloat,who live on the Oakland avenue road just south of Elkhart, John Sloatof Nappanee and Manias Sloat of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Miller of Elkhart and Mrs, John Whittaker, whose home is just southwest of the city.
Mr. Sweitzer, who is 72 years old, and in poor health, has been prostrated by the death of his wife.
Winton Sweitzer told Greg Sweitzer that when Winton was a boy, Mary would bake large sugar cookies when he and Oliver visited and hand themto the boys on the sly, whispering with a wink, 'don't tell anybody.'"
http://erniet.org/genealogy/indiI00189.html
Mary Ann was the daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat. She was Baptized 22nd Sep 1851 in Holy Trinity Church, North Canton, Ohio, Pastor J.J. Fast.
1866--Emigrated from Canton, Ohio to Goshen, Indiana.
On 4th Mar 1875 she married George N. SWEITZER in Home of Isaac Sloat, "..on a farm west of (Elkhart, Indiana), near Osceola".
4th Mar 1875--Residence in Elkhart, Indiana. They had three children:
Oliver Henry II
Clara Alma
DeNora Lucretia "Nora"
10th May 1877--Birth of son Oliver H. SWEITZER II in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana.
2nd May 1879--Birth of daughter Clara Alma SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Indiana.
9th Oct 1882--Birth of daughter DeNora Lucretia SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Idiana.
1884--Emigrated from Goshen, Indiana to Elkhart, Indiana.
3rd Aug 1927--She Died in Elkhart, Indiana.
05 AUG 1927--Buried in Gracelawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana; R39; N4140.912W08557.291.
Resident in Canton, OH; Goshen, IN 1866-; Elkhart 1884-; Baugo Twp, Elkhart, IN; 349 Hickory St., Elkhart, IN.
Church Affiliation: member First Evangelical Church for nearly 50 years.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) in "Complications . . . health had been failing for a year and was confined to her bed for 9 weeks.".
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RESIDENTS FOR 36 YEARS, WED HALF A CENTURY
[March 3, 1925 newspaper article]
"Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sweitzer Celebrate Tomorrow.
Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. the doors of their home, at 349 Hickory street will be open in old-fashioned hospitality for all the friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweitzer, residents of Elkhart for 36 years, who may wish to offer congratulations on their golden wedding anniversary.
Nearly 75 relatives by blood or marriage will be entertained at the Sweitzer home in the evening for a picnic supper and program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer will renew their marital vows at a reproduction of their wedding ceremony.
The original wedding was held 50 years ago at the home of the bride'sfather, Isaac Sloat, who lived on a farm west of town, near Osceola.
Two days before the wedding a snow storm began that obliterated all familiar land marks, topped the fences, and drifted treacherously over the gullies. Wedding guests took roundabout roads, starting early in the morning to arrive in time for the service at 2 in the afternoon.
The late Rev. John Biddle read the marriage service. The bride worea gown of bright blue, trimmed in lace.
"Married in blue,
Always live true,"
she quoted today.
"Living true" has meant to her always staying in the home where her husband and children might find her at a moment's notice, and caring for their welfare constantly. She is altogether a "home body," caring for little outside contact except that received at the Evangelical church with which denomination both of the Sweitzers have been actively associated for 47 years.
"In my coffin put a bottle of George's medicine, a spoon, a few flannels, and a warm brick," says she for she expects to continue her housewifely duties after she reaches glory.
She first saw Mr. Sweitzer at a singing school one evening. He was slated, with three other young men, to appear in a quartet. He walked grandly out onto the stage to make his bow before beginning the song, and found that he was alone. Unable to sing a quartet, he retired in confusion. A week later, on a bob party he sought out the young lady who had made so much sport of his discomfiture, and in a few months had persuaded her to become Mrs. Sweitzer.
The first 13 years of their married life were spent on a 200-acre farm owned by Mr. Sweitzer, west of the city. Selling the farm, he later bought a meat market on Main street and moved to Elkhart. For another 13 years he operated the market, then sold, and for a number of years he clerked in grocery and meat stores. For the last six years Mr.Sweitzer has been a tax assessor.
Mrs. John Emerson and Mrs. Earl Parker, both of Elkhart, are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer. Their only son, Oliver Sweitzer, managerof the Elkhart Stationery company, now residing in Chicago, will makehis home in Elkhart after the first of April.
Five grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Hager, LaPorte, daughter of Mrs. Emerson, Harold and George Van Alstine, sons of Mrs. Parker, Winton and Oliver Sweitzer, Jr., sons of Oliver Sweitzer and two great-grand children, Robert and Dixie - Van Alstine, have been invited to attend the merrymaking tomorrow.
Addison Sloat, whose home in on the Oakland avenue road, John Sloat on the Nappanee road, Manias Sloat, on Hickory street, Sam Sloat, alsoon the Nappanee road, Mrs. Cyrus Whittaker, south of Elkhart, are theyounger brothers and sisters of Mrs. Sweitzer, who probably will attend the affair tomorrow. Only one child in the Sloat family, an infant, is not living.
Mr. Sweitzer's only brother, Ollie Sweitzer, died 11 years ago.
The majority of the guests will be from the Thornton family, a connection of Mrs. Sweitzer's."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BEGIN THEIR SECOND HALF CENTURY TOGETHER
[March 5, 1925 newspaper article]
"Yesterday was the very happiest day of my life," said Mrs. George Sweitzer this morning, when asked how she and Mr. Sweitzer, at 349 Hickory street, spent Wednesday, their golden wedding anniversary.
"With so many people around, and no fuss or bother or nervousness, itseemed just like old times," she declared, speaking of the scores of people who swarmed into the home yesterday afternoon to offer congratulations. Eight large bouquets of flowers, several boxes of candy, andnumerous gifts covered the tables this morning, mute evidence of a wide circle of friends.
Nearly 75 family connections at a picnic supper last evening witnessed the couple renew their marital vows.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloat, of Nappanee, made the longest trip to attendthe celebration. They were overnight guests of the Sweitzers, and returned to their home this morning. Mrs. Earl Parker and Mrs. John Emerson, daughters of the couple, assisted their mother in the arrangements and entertaining.
Callers who signed the guest book yesterday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. John Nadolny, Silliam Spicher, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gemberling, Mrs. Catherine Fuller, the Rev. and Mrs. George Pullman, Mrs. Stella Wilson. L.C. Inebnit, Mrs. George W. Frederick, Mrs. J.S. Mather, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moore, Mrs. C.H. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson, Mrs. Peggy Rodgers, Mrs. Phoebe Cloutier, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sloat, Mrs. Louisa G. Boyer, Mrs. Catherine Pletclier,Mrs. A. H. Swarts, Mrs. Adaline A. Shafer, Mrs. Lovina Hill, Earl G. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mrs. Rugh Thornton, Mrs. B.F. Gemberling, Miss Sadie L. Willson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloat, George Fan Alstine, and Mrs Clara Miller.
Mrs. A.M. Bickel, confined to her home on St. Joe street, called early Wednesday morning to offer her congratulations by telephone. A note was received from Mrs. O.H. Sweitzer, 1207 South Main Street."
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MRS. MARY ANN SWEITZER OBITUARY--
"Mrs. Mary Ann Sweitzer, wife of George N. Sweitzer, 349 Hickory street, died at 8:45 o'clock today. Death was caused by complications. Mrs. Sweitzer's health had been failing for a year and she had been confined to her bed for nine weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Friday and will be in charge of the Woodmen circle. The Rev. A.H. Doescher, pastor of the First Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Sweitzer was a member,will conduct the services and the burial will take place at Gracelawn cemetery.
Mrs. Sweitzer, who was a daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat, was born at Canton, O., Aug 13, 1851. In 1866 the family moved to a farm north of Goshen, and 43 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer located in Elkhart.
Surviving Mrs. Sweitzer in addition to her husband are a son, Oliver H. Sweitzer, 814 Cedar street; two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Emerson, 1718 Roys avenue, and Mrs. Earl Parker, 804 Middlebury Street; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Addison and Samuel Sloat,who live on the Oakland avenue road just south of Elkhart, John Sloatof Nappanee and Manias Sloat of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Miller of Elkhart and Mrs, John Whittaker, whose home is just southwest of the city.
Mr. Sweitzer, who is 72 years old, and in poor health, has been prostrated by the death of his wife.
Winton Sweitzer told Greg Sweitzer that when Winton was a boy, Mary would bake large sugar cookies when he and Oliver visited and hand themto the boys on the sly, whispering with a wink, 'don't tell anybody.'"
http://erniet.org/genealogy/indiI00189.html
1866--Emigrated from Canton, Ohio to Goshen, Indiana.
On 4th Mar 1875 she married George N. SWEITZER in Home of Isaac Sloat, "..on a farm west of (Elkhart, Indiana), near Osceola".
4th Mar 1875--Residence in Elkhart, Indiana. They had three children:
Oliver Henry II
Clara Alma
DeNora Lucretia "Nora"
10th May 1877--Birth of son Oliver H. SWEITZER II in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana.
2nd May 1879--Birth of daughter Clara Alma SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Indiana.
9th Oct 1882--Birth of daughter DeNora Lucretia SWEITZER in Elkhart County, Idiana.
1884--Emigrated from Goshen, Indiana to Elkhart, Indiana.
3rd Aug 1927--She Died in Elkhart, Indiana.
05 AUG 1927--Buried in Gracelawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana; R39; N4140.912W08557.291.
Resident in Canton, OH; Goshen, IN 1866-; Elkhart 1884-; Baugo Twp, Elkhart, IN; 349 Hickory St., Elkhart, IN.
Church Affiliation: member First Evangelical Church for nearly 50 years.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) in "Complications . . . health had been failing for a year and was confined to her bed for 9 weeks.".
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RESIDENTS FOR 36 YEARS, WED HALF A CENTURY
[March 3, 1925 newspaper article]
"Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sweitzer Celebrate Tomorrow.
Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. the doors of their home, at 349 Hickory street will be open in old-fashioned hospitality for all the friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweitzer, residents of Elkhart for 36 years, who may wish to offer congratulations on their golden wedding anniversary.
Nearly 75 relatives by blood or marriage will be entertained at the Sweitzer home in the evening for a picnic supper and program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer will renew their marital vows at a reproduction of their wedding ceremony.
The original wedding was held 50 years ago at the home of the bride'sfather, Isaac Sloat, who lived on a farm west of town, near Osceola.
Two days before the wedding a snow storm began that obliterated all familiar land marks, topped the fences, and drifted treacherously over the gullies. Wedding guests took roundabout roads, starting early in the morning to arrive in time for the service at 2 in the afternoon.
The late Rev. John Biddle read the marriage service. The bride worea gown of bright blue, trimmed in lace.
"Married in blue,
Always live true,"
she quoted today.
"Living true" has meant to her always staying in the home where her husband and children might find her at a moment's notice, and caring for their welfare constantly. She is altogether a "home body," caring for little outside contact except that received at the Evangelical church with which denomination both of the Sweitzers have been actively associated for 47 years.
"In my coffin put a bottle of George's medicine, a spoon, a few flannels, and a warm brick," says she for she expects to continue her housewifely duties after she reaches glory.
She first saw Mr. Sweitzer at a singing school one evening. He was slated, with three other young men, to appear in a quartet. He walked grandly out onto the stage to make his bow before beginning the song, and found that he was alone. Unable to sing a quartet, he retired in confusion. A week later, on a bob party he sought out the young lady who had made so much sport of his discomfiture, and in a few months had persuaded her to become Mrs. Sweitzer.
The first 13 years of their married life were spent on a 200-acre farm owned by Mr. Sweitzer, west of the city. Selling the farm, he later bought a meat market on Main street and moved to Elkhart. For another 13 years he operated the market, then sold, and for a number of years he clerked in grocery and meat stores. For the last six years Mr.Sweitzer has been a tax assessor.
Mrs. John Emerson and Mrs. Earl Parker, both of Elkhart, are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer. Their only son, Oliver Sweitzer, managerof the Elkhart Stationery company, now residing in Chicago, will makehis home in Elkhart after the first of April.
Five grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Hager, LaPorte, daughter of Mrs. Emerson, Harold and George Van Alstine, sons of Mrs. Parker, Winton and Oliver Sweitzer, Jr., sons of Oliver Sweitzer and two great-grand children, Robert and Dixie - Van Alstine, have been invited to attend the merrymaking tomorrow.
Addison Sloat, whose home in on the Oakland avenue road, John Sloat on the Nappanee road, Manias Sloat, on Hickory street, Sam Sloat, alsoon the Nappanee road, Mrs. Cyrus Whittaker, south of Elkhart, are theyounger brothers and sisters of Mrs. Sweitzer, who probably will attend the affair tomorrow. Only one child in the Sloat family, an infant, is not living.
Mr. Sweitzer's only brother, Ollie Sweitzer, died 11 years ago.
The majority of the guests will be from the Thornton family, a connection of Mrs. Sweitzer's."
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BEGIN THEIR SECOND HALF CENTURY TOGETHER
[March 5, 1925 newspaper article]
"Yesterday was the very happiest day of my life," said Mrs. George Sweitzer this morning, when asked how she and Mr. Sweitzer, at 349 Hickory street, spent Wednesday, their golden wedding anniversary.
"With so many people around, and no fuss or bother or nervousness, itseemed just like old times," she declared, speaking of the scores of people who swarmed into the home yesterday afternoon to offer congratulations. Eight large bouquets of flowers, several boxes of candy, andnumerous gifts covered the tables this morning, mute evidence of a wide circle of friends.
Nearly 75 family connections at a picnic supper last evening witnessed the couple renew their marital vows.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloat, of Nappanee, made the longest trip to attendthe celebration. They were overnight guests of the Sweitzers, and returned to their home this morning. Mrs. Earl Parker and Mrs. John Emerson, daughters of the couple, assisted their mother in the arrangements and entertaining.
Callers who signed the guest book yesterday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. John Nadolny, Silliam Spicher, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gemberling, Mrs. Catherine Fuller, the Rev. and Mrs. George Pullman, Mrs. Stella Wilson. L.C. Inebnit, Mrs. George W. Frederick, Mrs. J.S. Mather, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moore, Mrs. C.H. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson, Mrs. Peggy Rodgers, Mrs. Phoebe Cloutier, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sloat, Mrs. Louisa G. Boyer, Mrs. Catherine Pletclier,Mrs. A. H. Swarts, Mrs. Adaline A. Shafer, Mrs. Lovina Hill, Earl G. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mrs. Rugh Thornton, Mrs. B.F. Gemberling, Miss Sadie L. Willson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloat, George Fan Alstine, and Mrs Clara Miller.
Mrs. A.M. Bickel, confined to her home on St. Joe street, called early Wednesday morning to offer her congratulations by telephone. A note was received from Mrs. O.H. Sweitzer, 1207 South Main Street."
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MRS. MARY ANN SWEITZER OBITUARY--
"Mrs. Mary Ann Sweitzer, wife of George N. Sweitzer, 349 Hickory street, died at 8:45 o'clock today. Death was caused by complications. Mrs. Sweitzer's health had been failing for a year and she had been confined to her bed for nine weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Friday and will be in charge of the Woodmen circle. The Rev. A.H. Doescher, pastor of the First Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Sweitzer was a member,will conduct the services and the burial will take place at Gracelawn cemetery.
Mrs. Sweitzer, who was a daughter of Isaac and Katherine Sloat, was born at Canton, O., Aug 13, 1851. In 1866 the family moved to a farm north of Goshen, and 43 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer located in Elkhart.
Surviving Mrs. Sweitzer in addition to her husband are a son, Oliver H. Sweitzer, 814 Cedar street; two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Emerson, 1718 Roys avenue, and Mrs. Earl Parker, 804 Middlebury Street; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Addison and Samuel Sloat,who live on the Oakland avenue road just south of Elkhart, John Sloatof Nappanee and Manias Sloat of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Miller of Elkhart and Mrs, John Whittaker, whose home is just southwest of the city.
Mr. Sweitzer, who is 72 years old, and in poor health, has been prostrated by the death of his wife.
Winton Sweitzer told Greg Sweitzer that when Winton was a boy, Mary would bake large sugar cookies when he and Oliver visited and hand themto the boys on the sly, whispering with a wink, 'don't tell anybody.'"
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