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Mary "Doris" (Krick) Hertel |
Mary "Doris" (Krick) Hertel (or "Hurdle" or "Hertle") was born in March 1875 or near Monroeville, Allen County, IN, the daughter of Emanuel and Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" (Minerd) Krick.
In about 1893, when Doris was age 17, she 21-year-old married Joseph Clinton Hertel (1871-1933), the son of Joseph and Mary (Lampe) Hertel of Van Wert County, OH.
The Hertels had at least three children -- Wilma H. Sponseller, Viola F. Hertel and Richard F. Hertel, born between 1896 and 1900.
When the federal census was taken in 1900, the Hertels lived on Griffin Street in Toledo, Lucas County, OH. Joseph's occupation was marked as "day laborer."
By 1910, according to the census, they had moved to a farm near Scott, Van Wert County. The observant census-taker recorded that their residence was along the "improved road."
During the 1910s, Joseph and Doris moved again into the city of Van Wert, on South Harrison Street. Joseph had obtained employment as a grocery salesman, a position that probably produced more steady income than farming. During the 1920s, he bought or otherwise became manager of a Van Wert restaurant, and was marked as such in the 1930 census. In 1930, their home was on North Jefferson Street in Van Wert.
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| Van Wert's Main Street, looking west. Note the tall, Victorian era county courthouse tower |
Later still, they made their home at 233 West First Street in Van Wert. In all, Joseph worked as a farmer for 20 years, and as the proprietor of a grocery business for 18 years.
Joseph passed away after suffering from endocarditis on June 10, 1933, at the age of 60. He was laid to eternal rest in Van Wert's historic Woodland Cemetery. On his official Ohio death certificate, daughter Wilma Sponseller served as the informant.
Circa 1947-1967, Doris made her home in Van Wert. Her residence was on 224 North Second Street. At the death of her sister Eva Jane Plumley in 1967, Doris became the sole surviving sibling of the eight original Kricks. Her final fate is not yet known.
~ Daughter Wilma H. (Hertel) Sponseller ~
Daughter Wilma H. Hertel (1896- ? ) married (?) Sponseller.
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Daughter Viola "Faith" (Hertel) Kline ~
Daughter Viola "Faith" Hertel (1898-1966) wed Lawrence Kline in about 1917.
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are seen together at left. At right, Faith as a young woman,
presumably prior to her marriage.
They resided in Ohio City and had two children -- Kate Kline and Richard Kline.
Faith passed away in 1966 at the age of 68.
Son Richard Kline married Christine Painter. They had three children -- Kay Kline Nichols, Daniel Kline and Kim Kline. Sadly, daughter Kim died when she was just the tender age of three.
~ Son Richard Hertel ~
Son Richard Hertel (1900- ? ) married (?). In September 1932, when his uncle John W. Krick tragically was killed in an automobile accident, Richard and his wife traveled to Paulding, Paulding County, OH for the funeral, according to a short article in the Van Wert Daily Bulletin.
Copyright © 2009 Mark A. Miner