Family of Jacob C ZEHR and Mary RADEL

Husband:	Jacob C ZEHR (1870-1959)
Wife:	Mary RADEL (c. 1880-1959)
Marriage		Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA

Husband: Jacob C ZEHR

Jacob C ZEHR

Name:	Jacob C ZEHR
Sex:	Male
Father:	Jacob ZEHR (1838-1899)
Mother:	Lena MOSHER (1849-1934)
Birth	Oct 18, 1870	Croghan, Lewis, New York, USA
Death	1959 (age 88-89)	Watertown, New York, USA

Wife: Mary RADEL

Mary RADEL

Name:	Mary RADEL
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	c. Dec, 1880	Illinois, USA
Death	Oct 12, 1959 (age 78)	Watertown, New York, USA

Note on Husband: Jacob C ZEHR

Children:

Gilbert Zehr (1900 - 1975)*

Burial:

Croghan Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Croghan

Lewis County

New York, USA

Note on Wife: Mary RADEL

Aged Couple Die in Week’s Time

Death came within a week to an elderly couple, both natives of Croghan, found in their locked home at Watertown Saturday. Jacob C. Zehr, 88, had been dead about six days when his son Gilbert of Bayville, N.J. arrived on a visit and had to force entry into the house. The wife, Mrs. Mary Radel Zehr, about 80, was unconscious on the floor of the kitchen. She died Monday in Mercy Hospital.

Authorities said Mr. Zehr had apparently died of a heart attack and his body fell to the bedroom floor. It is believed Mrs. Zehr collapsed when she made the discovery, fell and struck her head on the stove, and lay unconscious for days until her plight was discovered.

Mr. Zehr was born at Croghan, Oct, 18, 1870, a son of Jacob and Lena Moser Zehr. Mrs. Zehr also was born at Croghan, attended schools there. The couple was married in 1889 and went to Watertown to reside. Both were members of the Conservative Mennonite Church, Croghan.

The son, Gilbert, is the only survivor in the immediate family. The couple also leaves two grandchildrem Paul G. Zehr, Belleville, N.J. and Miss Roberta Zehr, Lowville, and a great granddaughter.

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Parents:

Joseph G Radel (1833 - 1898)

Elizabeth Bush Radel (1854 - 1936)