Melba Leona Zerger

1899 - 2003  (104 years)

• Name	Melba Leona Zerger
  Born	12 Jun 1899	Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 2003	Ohio, USA   [2]
  Buried	McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I89310	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob William Zerger,   b. 28 Oct 1871, Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 15 Jul 1962, Ohio, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Emma M. Seebach,   b. Mar 1878, Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1961, Ohio, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1898	Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F37813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paul Henry Avers,   b. 1896, Ohio, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1954, Ohio, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1922
  Children	1. Reverend Robert Paul Avers,   b. 19 Jul 1933, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 2012, Saint Ann's Hospital, Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA  (Age 79 years)   2. Reverend James W. Avers
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F39941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Melba L Zerger Home in 1900: Summit, Monroe, Ohio Age: 11/12 Birth Date: Jun 1899 Birthplace: Ohio Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: William J Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Name: Emma Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Marital Status: Single Residence : Lewisville Village, Monroe, Ohio [S927] Obituary. MELBA LEONA AVERS Melba Leona Avers, 104, formerly of Clyde, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2003, at Elmwood Nursing Home in Green Springs. She was a resident of Clyde from 1943 to 1978 and lived at Kiwanis Manor in Tiffin from 1978 to 1999. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clyde and the Missionary Circle. She was a former Sunday School teacher at Lewisville, Cleveland and Clyde and was known as the story lady with Scene-o-Felt pictures and Bible stories. She was a member of the former Welcome Farms Women Club, Religious Education School Release Time in Tiffin and she taught a week-long course at Lutheran Chautauqua in Lakeside for five years. She was a graduate of Lewisville High School and Bliss Business College in Columbus, receiving the Gregg shorthand teacher's certificate. From 1920 to 1932 she was stenographer to the chief bank examiner of National Bank Examiners at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. From 1951 to 1956 she worked in the cafeteria at the South Main St. School in Clyde. She was the recipient of the Exchange Club Book of Golden Deeds in Clyde in 1970. She was born June 12, 1899, in Lewisville to the late William and Emma Sebach Zerger and was predeceased by four brothers, Francis, Bernard, Paul and Walton Zerger. She married Paul Henry Avers Oct. 12, 1922, and he died Feb. 27, 1954. She is survived by two sons, the Rev. Robert P. (Joanne) Avers of Tiffin and the Rev. James W. (Linda) Avers of Fremont; a foster daughter, Ruby Miller of Marysville; six foster grandchildren; and 10 foster great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clyde. The Rev. Gerry Gosnell will officiate and burial will be at the McPherson Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Mitchell-Auxter Funeral Home in Clyde. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Melba Leona Zerger (I89310)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I89310&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: Burial: McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, USAMelba is here; www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20163194I checked and this cemetery is within the boundaries of the City of Clyde.Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA