Samuel Ernsberger, 89, Liberty Center, died Monday morning in Heller Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Putnam County on February 22, 1891, to Frank and Almeda (McKibben) Ernsberger. On November 10, 1914, he married Maggie Blair, who died on December 28, 1973.

The deceased had been a farmer and an employee of the Auto-Lite Company of Toledo, retiring in 1956.

Surviving are two sons, Earl L. and Glen H., both of Liberty Center; a daughter, Mary, Liberty Center; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; a brother, Lee, Ottawa; and a sister, Flossie Weller, Continental.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Croll-Wright Funeral Home, Liberty Center, the Reverend Thomas Hanover officiating. Interment will be in Young’s Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Colton Methodist Church.