I am trying to flesh out a family tree and am finding it difficult to pin down a death date for Noble Swartz born in 1900 in Deshler Ohio. He married Mildred Egbert and lived in Chicago for a while. I have Mildred as passing away in 1947 in Chicago. I found records for her and her son Lyle Swartz who passed away in 1970 both listed on your website under the Obituaries is the Deshler Flag. I found a tombstone on the Find A Grave website with Mildred and Noble Swartz but no dates. Do you know of any way I can find death records for Noble Swartz? I am working through ancestry.com and I can find him in the 1940 census in Chicago. Also there are records that he worked for the railroad. But there is nothing about when he died. Any info you can share would be much appreciated. I am related through the common ancestors of Aaron Swartz and Sarah Jane Hogbin.
Mary Ellen Splinter
Mary Ellen,
I’ll repeat here what I will send you via email, in case others are interested in this family.
You are correct that both Mildred and Noble are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bartlow Township, Henry County, Ohio. Unfortunately, there are no dates on their stone. Because neither of them died in Henry County, there is no death record on file for either of them at the Health Department.
What I have done to help you in your research is this: I have transcribed all the obituaries in the Deshler Flag that pertain to Egberts and Swartzes. If you now go to the Deshler Flag Obituary index at http://www.henrycountyohiogenealogy.org/FlagObits/obits.php you can find those obits by searching on either Swartz or Egbert. There probably are some obits there that you have not seen.
If I find any other related information, I will post it here in a follow-up posting.
Jim Rebar
Henry County Genealogical Society