Lena Ferne SMELTZER

1900 - 1967  (66 years)

• Name	Lena Ferne SMELTZER
  Birth	7 May 1900	Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	15 Jun 1900	Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Residence	4 May 1910	Jackson Township, Union, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Attended School
  Death	28 Jan 1967	Marion County, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Mrs Willard Watkins Mrs. Lena Fern Watkins, 66, R.F.D. 2, Prospect, died Saturday at 3 pm in Community Memorial Hospital, Marion. Her husband, Willard, died in 1958 and she went to the Marion community nine years ago from Indianapolis, Ind. Born May 7, 1900 in Marion County, she was a daughter of John F. and Addie May Cratty Smeltzer. She had been married to Roy Adams who died in 1937. A registered nurse, she had been employed at one time in Toledo where she was a member of the Glenwood Lutheran church. She was a member of Starlight Temple of Pythian Sisters at Essex. Surviving are one step-son, Willard D Watkins, Indianapolis; a step-daughter, Mrs. Joseph Marks, Canton; eight step-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy C. Smeltzer, Prospect, and Roscoe, Buffalo, N.Y., and one sister, Mrs Gail Lauer, Prospect. A number of cousins reside in Logan county. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30 pm at the residence with Rev. Paul E. Dobberstein of the Prospect St. Lutheran Church in charge. Burial will be at Prospect. --------------- SOURCE: Bellefontaine Examiner for 31 January, 1967 on page 7, column 6.
  Burial	31 Jan 1967	Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I3371	Watkins
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	John Franklin SMELTZER,   b. 10 Feb 1867, Prospect, Marion, Ohio, United States d. 3 Dec 1964, Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Addie May CRATTY,   b. 3 Mar 1875, Prospect, Marion, Ohio, United States d. 11 Jun 1964, Prospect, Marion, Ohio, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1892	Ohio, United States   [2, 5]
  Residence	15 Jun 1900	Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Drayman
  	Census reported that they had been married for eight years and that all three children were still living.
  Residence	4 May 1910	Jackson Township, Union, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as John F and May A Smeltzer. They had been married for seventeen years and all four children were still living.
  Family ID	F2299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Roy H. ADAMS,   b. 30 Sep 1895   d. 28 Jul 1937 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1916	Marion County, Ohio, United States   [6]
  Residence	15 Jan 1920	Green Camp Village, Marion County, Ohio   [7]
  	Automobile mechanic
  Residence	24 Apr 1930	Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Auto mechanic at a garage
  	Address: 516 Davids Street
  Family ID	F2333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Willard Merrill WATKINS,   b. 19 Aug 1898, Edgerton, Williams, Ohio, United States d. 14 Mar 1958, Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1943  [9]
  Residence	13 Apr 1950	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States   [10]
  	Chemist, soy bean processing
  	Address: 3140 Delaware Street
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Attended School - 4 May 1910 - Jackson Township, Union, Ohio, United States Residence - Automobile mechanic - 15 Jan 1920 - Green Camp Village, Marion County, Ohio Residence - Auto mechanic at a garage,Address: 516 Davids Street - 24 Apr 1930 - Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States Residence - Chemist, soy bean processing,Address: 3140 Delaware Street - 13 Apr 1950 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Adams - Watkins Lena Ferne Smeltzer Adams Watkins is buried with her two husbands: 1. Roy H. Adams 2. Willard Merrill Watkins

  
  

• Sources

  [S362] Ohio Obituary Index. [S414] T, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Prospect, Marion, Ohio; Roll T623_1302; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 69. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio ED 156 Page 8A Dwelling 180. [S362] Ohio Obituary Index, Bellefontaine Examiner, p. 7, col. 6 - 31 Jan 1967. [S331] Find-A-Grave, MEMORIAL ID: 47015559. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 39592869. [S415] A, Dwe, Green Camp Township, Marion County, Ohio ED 113 Pg 9A Dwelling 75. [S86] ua, Marion, Marion County, Ohio ED 17 Page 17B Dwelling 377. [S153] The Prohibition Party, http://www.prohibitionists.org/Background/Wdwbio.htm. [S512] Family Search, U.S. Census, 1950, Indianapolis, Indiana Census Records, Sheet 13, No 3140, Family Search.