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Obituaries


Services will be held at St. John's Church,
Bellair AT 2 P. M.; Rev. A. W.
Borchardt To Officiate

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon (Friday) at 2:00 o'clock for Mrs. Elizabeth Ellinghausen, at the St. John Lutheran church, Bellair. Rev. A. W. Borchardt, pastor of St. John's will conduct the services. Burial will be in the church cemetery, Fitch Bros. in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Mrs. Ellinghausen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Koetkemeyer, on Main street, Lawrenceburg, Tuesday at 8:35 a.m., after a long illness. May 29, of last year she broke her hip and was in a Cincinnati hospital for three weeks. She returned later to her daughter's home but later was taken back to the hospital in November for additional treatment. For the past three weeks she was very seriously ill.

Mrs. Ellinghausen was born in Manchester Township, October 27, 1852, the daughter of Ernest and Wilhelmina Lange Reinking. She was married to Dietrich Ellinghausen, Sept. 22, 1877, at St. John's Church, Bellair. Mr. Ellinghausen passed away in October, 1929. Following her husband's death she came to Lawrenceburg to make her home.

Mrs. Ellinghausen was the oldest member of St. John's Church, joining when it was founded and was a member of the Ladies' Aid. She was a woman of fine Christian character, beloved not only by her family but by everyone who knew her.

She leaves four sons, Henry D. Ellinghausen, Bellair; John G. Ellinghausen, Tulsa, Okla.; William A. Ellinghausen, Great Falls, Mont.; and Edwin A. Ellinghausen of Sapulpa, Okla.; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Eberhart, Dayton, O.; Mrs. Henry Andrews, Trivoli, Ill.; Mrs. Arthur Koetkemeyer, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son died in infancy.

A brother, Henry Reinking, died a number of years ago.