Minnie Ellen Kline

Minnie Ellen Kline

THE CHILDREN OF 

JOHN WESLEY KLINE

&

DORA TENA MYERS KLINE

Daniel F. -  (1872 - 1948)

Caroline Elizabeth - (1874 - 1955)

Mary Jane - (1876 - 1955)

Christ William - (1878 - 1928)

Mariah Margaret - (1880 - 1899)

Barnhart Albert - (1881 - 1927)

Minnie Ellen - (1883 - 1955)

Eliza Catherine - (1886 - 1967)

Emma Favority - (1888 - 1889)

John Wesley Jr. - (1890 - 1936)

The seventh child of John Wesley and Dora Kline, Minnie was born on the day after Christmas, December 26, 1883, in Good Hope Township, Hocking County.  At age 24, she married Perry A. Schaffner, who was four years younger, born January 30, 1887, in Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio.  

After their marriage, Perry, the son of Edwin and Mariah Urbin Schaffner, enlisted in the army on September 4, 1918 in Basil, Fairfield County, Ohio, their residence.  He served first in the 4th Company Training Battalion, 158th Depo Brigade until November 11, 1918 when he was called to Company H, 319th Infantry where he served until his discharge as a private on December 12, 1918.

The couple had no children and lived on the Main Street of Liberty, Fairfield County until 1940 when they were once again enumerated in Basil.  Perry died first in November, 1951.  His obituary appeared in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette on November 23, 1951:

  " PERRY A. SCHAFFNER, 64, Basil, died early this morning in Doctors Hospital Columbus, where he was rushed Wednesday afternoon after suffering a stroke in his home. 

Members of the Basil Fire Department's emergency squad administered oxygen to Mr. Schaffner enroute to the hospital  The deceased was an employee of Fairfield Paper and Container Company

Surviving are his widow, Minnie E.; his stepmother, Mrs Ed Schaffner, Lancaster, several nieces and nephews..."

Services were in the Harold F. Weaver funeral home in Basil with interment in St. Michael's Cemetery.  According to his death certificate, Perry died at age 64 of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by vascular arteriosclerosis.  Minnie was the informant for the certificate.

Not much could be found of Minnie's life after Perry's death, except that she stayed in her home in Basil until she fell ill in 1967 and had to be taken to the hospital.  The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, August 8, 1955, page 2:

"MRS. PERRY SCHAFFNER, 71, Basil, widow of Perry Schaffner, died Sunday at 1:30 in Doctors Hospital, Columbus, after a short illness.  She is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Caroline Nutter of Gore and Miss Eliza Kline Rockbridge; a number of nieces and nephews  The funeral is arranged for 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Harold F. Weaver funeral home, Basil, with Rev. Waldo J. Bartels of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church presiding.  Burial will take place in St. Michael's Reformed Cemetery."