ACGSI - Allen County Infirmary Deaths and Burials

Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana

P.O. Box 12003
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46862

Allen County Infirmary Deaths and Burials, 1937-1948

Introduction

We all get excited when a long lost record is suddenly discovered. As I prepared a manuscript for the bindery, I also had to create a title page. Scanning the pages, it became clear that this was an exciting find. The book contained deaths and burials at the Allen County Infirmary. There are 296 pages with 2042 names. Supposedly, those records did not exist!

In Lake-Washington-Perry Township Cemeteries, is the description of the Infirmary Cemetery. There are no markers. The 61 published names are from mortuary books in the Allen County Public Library.

The new book is entitled Allen County, Indiana, Infirmary Deaths and Burial Records, 1937-1973. As you have probably guessed, it was not indexed. Thank Betty Gantt for indexing the book.

A number of people who died in the Infirmary were buried in other cemeteries and that information is provided for each listing as is a funeral home for each person.

On a slip of C. M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Directors notepaper, between pages 66 and 67, it reads, "The county commissioners have requested that each undertaker have a minister for prayer at the grave".

The following is a list of 128 persons buried in the Infirmary cemetery. The lot numbers stopped 20 Sep 1948.

Records

Name	Age	Death Date	Section	Lot
Dr. E. C. Walton	77	28 Jun 1937	--	35
Nelson LeMoyne	66	12 Aug 1937	--	36
Chas. Kraus	62	20 Sep 1937	--	37
William Burgette	89	16 Oct 1937	--	38
Wm Winget	73	29 Dec 1937	--	42
Albert Briggs	44	31 Dec 1937	--	43
John Foster	86	4 Feb 1938	--	44
Wm Bartwick	80	27 Feb 1938	--	45
Chas Sibert	66	13 Mar 1938	--	46
Wm Garrett	80	30 Mar 1938	--	47
Roscoe Heintzelman	52	8 Jun 1938	--	48
Wm Johnson	49	9 Aug 1938	A	49
Joseph Hart	59	26 Sep 1938	A	50
John Lee	72	24 Oct 1938	A	51
Joseph Martin	65	27 Oct 1938	A	52
Homer Smith	48	18 Dec 1938	A	53
Victor Van	58	30 Dec 1938	A	54
Ruby Lugenbill	65	30 Jan 1939	A	55
John Coyne	73	5 Feb 1939	A	56
Paul Webb	69	27 Feb 1939	A	57
Minnie Martin	71	5 Mar 1939	A	58
Millin C. Cox	70	19 Mar 1939	A	59
Robert McLean	66	7 Apr 1939	A	60
Louise Bollman	65	18 May 1939	A	61
Henry F. Powell	63	25 May 1939	A	62
James Craig	54	27 Jun 1939	A	63
Peter Brushmaker	75	11 Jul 1939	A	64
Chas Seymour	61	2 Aug 1939	A	65
Albert Miller	79	19 Aug 1939	A	66
Henry Bollman	74	17 Sep 1939	A	67
Edward Smith	68	18 Nov 1939	A	68
Fred Joy	71	21 Nov 1939	A	69
Julius Chastik	58	31 Dec 1939	A	70
William Connors	73	6 Jan 1940	A	71
Charles Secrest	80	16 Jan 1940	A	72
Harold Perkins	55	6 Feb 1940	A	73
Ishmal Covell	63	28 Mar 1940	A	74
Marie Peterson	38	31 Mar 1940	A	75
James Bollers	66	1 Apr 1940	A	76
Fredrick Harles	75	9 Apr 1940	A	77
George Onica	77	8 Jun 1940	A	78
Samuel George Willey	74	30 Jun 1940	A	79
George Keene	77	10 Jul 1940	A	80
Emma Rogers	78	23 Jul 1940	A	81
Richard Poelvoorde	52	26 Jul 1940	A	82
John King	??	30 Jul 1940	A	83
Samuel Hobian	63	31 Jul 1940	A	84
Paul Rietseky	73	14 Aug 1940	A	85
William Myers	69	18 Sep 1940	A	86
Ida Guise	64	6 Oct 1940	A	87
Georgia "Birdie" Cooper	40	5 Dec 1940	A	88
Eli Welch	62	22 Dec 1940	A	89
David Allen Fisher	infant	21 Jan 1941	A	?? ink smear
Byearl Kent	47	9 Feb 1941	A	90
William Storms	70	20 Feb 1941	A	91
Wm Ballinger	64	27 Feb 1941	A	92
William B. Squires	87	28 Mar 1941	A	93
unknown, John Allen	??	8 Apr 1941	A	94
John Ward	68	16 Apr 1941	A	95
Franklin Buchanan	65	18 Apr 1941	A	96
Thomas Loving	80	14 May 1941	A	97
Chas Kearns	44	27 May 1941	A	98
Henry Buchanan	62	2 Jun 1941	A	99
Anthony Christ	71	10 Jun 1941	A	100
Charles Johnson	70	18 Jun 1941	A	101
Martha Myers	65	20 Jun 1941	A	102
Jesse Mosure	61	5 Jul 1941	A	103
John Kemp	80	2 Aug 1941	A	104
Fred Stewart	60	6 Aug 1941	A	105
David Wormcastle	75	9 Aug 1941	A	106
George Porter	55	7 Sep 1941	A	107
Emily Morgan	70	19 Sep 1941	A	108
Katie Smith	59	3 Oct 1941	A	109
* reserved for Charles Smith h/o Katie (note paper clipped to page)			A	110
Frank Sparks	65	15 Oct 1941	A	111
Charles Essex	76	23 Nov 1941	A	112
Fritz Doehrmann	66 or 77	6 Jan 1942	A	113
William Stewart	85	18 Apr 1942	A	114
Ralph Scott Weaver	66	4 May 1942	A	115
Andrew Peterson	72	17 May 1942	A	116
Myra Tenant	66	26 Jun 1942	A	117
Edward Sloan	74	12 Jan 1943	A	118
John Walter	66	14 Jan 1943	A	119
Arthur Starr	74	16 Jan 1943	A	120
Herman Robert Klutz	82	29 Dec 1942	A	121
Thomas Jones	58	28 Apr 1943	A	122
James Hobbs	71	6 May 1943	A	123
Joseph Hoggwood	57	11 May 1943	A	124
Darius Pavey	82	15 May 1943	A	126
Julius Behrens	88	26 May 1943	A	127
Mitso Stase	62	14 Jun 1943	A	128
John Pope	72	7 Aug 1943	A	129
Geo. Downs	64	25 Sep 1943	A	130
George Gaville	??	28 Sep 1943	A	131
Peter Wilson	87	25 Oct 1943	A	125
Wm Hoffer	50	4 Nov 1943	A	132
James Coar	83	17 Nov 1943	A	133
LeRoy Allen	63	25 Nov 1943	A	134
Jessie Thompson	??	30 Mar 1944	A	137
Wm Nomine	??	12 May 1944	A	136
Sam Meyers	??	13 May 1944	A	135
body of unknown man who was hit by a train * slip of paper		17 Aug 1944	A	138
John F. Forqurean	??	20 Dec 1944	A	139
Albert Leslie	??	23 Mar 1945	A	140
Edward Bowen	??	25 Mar 1945	A	141
Harry Davis	??	3 Apr 1945	A	142
Frank Beuttner	??	7 Apr 1945	A	144
Earl Stauft	??	27 Apr 1945	A	145
Lillian Ritter	??	28 Apr 1945	A	146
Maggie Gaffney	??	28 Sep 1945	A	148
Robert Scanlon	??	2 Nov 1945	A	149
Edward Paulsel	??	1 Dec 1945	A	150
Frank Homan	??	14 Dec 1945	A	151
Joseph Van Giesen	??	21 Dec 1945	A	152
John Hendler	??	23 Dec 1945	A	153
Charles Gibson	??	6 Aug 1946	A	143
Charles Bowers	??	11 Aug 1946	A	154
Walter White	??	14 Aug 1946	A	155
Thomas Rogan	??	19 Nov 1946	A	156
Edward Murray	??	18 Feb 1947	A	158
Mary Diffendorfer	??	25 Mar 1947	A	161
Martin Jinkins	??	22 Jun 1947	A	162
Harriet Romies	??	11 Aug 1947	A	159
Louis Maloney	??	15 Sep 1947	A	163
Gertrude Sparby	??	29 Sep 1947	A	164
Jesse Anderson	??	9 Oct 1947	A	165
Marco Brank--	??	19 Jan 1948	A	168
William Tucker	??	20 Sep 1948	-	172

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