The Delph Sisters - Secondly, Julia M.

The second child of Philip and Elizabeth Witzgall Delph was named Julia, known as “Julie.”  Julie was born on September 11, 1873, in Monroe Township, Henry County, Ohio.  Julie married Mandus Spangler on December 9, 1894, and they lived in Malinta their whole married life, on Turkeyfoot Street by 1930.  Julie gave birth to one child who did not survive; they had no biological children.

Mandus had quite a few different jobs in his  lifetime – day laborer, carpenter on houses, laborer in a silo factory and by 1930, he worked on bridge construction. Mandus died on February 5, 1941, at about 74.  Julia, however, lived on in Malinta until she had to go to a nursing home in her later years.  She died on April 27, 1967 at the age of 93.  “Aunt Julie” is one I can vaguely remember visiting in her small home in Malinta.

Obituary - Northwest Signal, April 28, 1967

"Mrs. Julia Spangler

Mrs. Julia Spangler, 93, of Malinta, died at 10:30 on Thursday at the Adams Manor Rest Home in Bowling Green where she had been a patient since February 1960.  Friends may call at the Wesche Funeral Home from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.  Funeral services conducted by the Rev. Milton E. Peters, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Malinta, will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at the mortuary.  Interment will be made in Hoy Cemetery.

She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sue Robinson of Portage, Ohio.

A life-long resident of Henry County, Mrs. Spangler was born on September 11, 1873, the daughter of Philip and Elizabeth, nee Witzgall, Delph.  She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Malinta.  Her husband, Mandus, preceded her in death." 

Marie Julia Ordway




My grandmother, Dorothy Doty Ordway
and Marie Ordway Baker

 
Marie Julia Ordway was the youngest daughter and last child of Lemuel and Elizabeth Ordway.  Her middle name was the same as one of her mother's older sisters, Julia Delph Spangler.  Marie was born on 24 June 1904 in Monroe Township, Henry County, Ohio.

The 1930 census found Marie at age 25, still living at home with her parents in Malinta and employed as an assistant cashier at a bank.  I can remember Aunt Marie once telling me that she was working at a bank when it was robbed!  I am still searching for the clipping I once found of that incident and will post when it is located.



The census taker in 1930 visited in April, and by August 28th of that year, Marie married Charles J. Baker.  She was a homemaker and mother of two children, living much of her life in Liberty Center, Ohio.  She was, at one time, the clerk for the Village of Liberty Center, and a member of the Order of Eastern Star.


"Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Baker, Liberty Center, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their children at a dinner party held at the Holiday Inn, Napoleon.  An open house for the immediate family followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Baker.  The couple was married August 23, 1930, by the Reverend Stockmier, St. John's Reformed Church, Holgate.  They are the parents of Robert, Napoleon, and Sue, Nashville, Tenneseee.  There are six grandchildren."
(Another clipping from my mother, probably from the Northwest-Signal, undated)

Marie Ordway Baker died on 20 Dec 1997 at the age of 93, the last surviving child of Lem and Lizzie Ordway.  At the time of her death, she was at Country View Haven in Napoleon.  She is buried at Young's Cemetery, Liberty Center.