Eli A Smeltzer

1864 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	Eli A Smeltzer
  Birth	4 Sep 1864
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1939
  Burial	South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I16912	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family	Mina J Price,   b. 13 Jan 1868   d. 19 Mar 1950 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1888
  Children	1. Olan Smeltzer   2. Guy Smeltzer   3. Arlene Marie (Finch) Smeltzer,   b. 30 Dec 1899, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA d. 1 Aug 1990, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA (Age 90 years)   4. Ivan E Smeltzer,   b. 1892   d. 27 Aug 1912, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA (Age 20 years)   5. Elsie Smeltzer,   b. 1902   d. 1989 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F5773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Eli A Smeltzer, son of Abraham Smeltzer & his wife Susan Clouse Smeltzer Crone ************ Eli A Smeltzer, 74, who had been ill for several years with diabetes, died suddenly Sunday evening in his home, two and a half miles south of Wakarusa. He became ill following a heart attack Sunday morning. Mr Smeltzer, who lived in Locke township most of his life, was a member of the Christian church, where he taught the Women's Sunday school class for four years. The son of Abraham and Susan Clouse Smeltaer, he was born in Locke township, Sept 4, 1864. On Sept 4, 1888, he married Mina Jane Price. She survives, with two sons, Ohlen of Locke township and Guy of Wakarusa; two daughters, Mrs Elsie Overholser at home and Mrs Arlene Raider of Elkhart; 12 grandchildren; a brother, Josiah of Nappanee; a sister, Mrs Saloma Kensinger of Bisby, N Dak.; two half-sisters, Mrs Melvin Goss of Nappanee and Mrs Charles Buss of Teegarden, and a half-brother, Ed Crone of Teegarden. A son, Ivan Eugene Smeltzer, died in 1912, at the age of 20 years. The funeral was held Wednesday, at 1:30 pm, at the home, and at 2 pm at the Christian church in Wakarusa. The Rev. Gordon Kemble officiated. Burial in the South Union cemetery. Wakarusa Tribune 19 Jan 1939

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90155334/eli_a_smeltzer.