Elizabeth Jane Rinehart Steiner,
hubby's great-grandma
1834-1905
Thanks to the responsive librarians in the
Heritage Room of the Upper Sandusky (Ohio) Community Library, I have a copy of the obit for Elizabeth Jane
Rinehart Steiner.
Now I know she was one of four children of Joseph and Margaret (
Shanklin) Rinehart. I may even receive a copy of Joseph Rinehart's obit from the Heritage Room before December 9th, the day Joseph died in 1888.
Here's the obituary, transcribed from the
Wyandot Chief (Ohio), November 6, 1905:
Mrs. Elizabeth Steiner
Dies at home of her son-in-law and daughter at
noon Saturday
Another of Wyandot county's grand old ladies has passed
to that beautiful home where sorrow and sickness are unknown. At the
residence of ex-Auditor and Mrs. E.N. Halbedel, on North Fifth Street,
at 11:45 o'clock Saturday morning, the spirit of Mrs. Elizabeth Steiner
took its flight heavenward and a home is cast in deepest gloom. All her
daughters except one were at her bedside when final dissolution came.
Mrs. Steiner had been an invalid for five years. For the past six weeks,
she had been hovering between life and death. Demise came as a sweet
relief to a noble woman, who had bravely battled against the ravages of
disease for years.
Elizabeth Rinehart was born in Ashland
county, February 18, 1834, having passed the seventy-first milestone of
her life. She removed to Crawford County with her parents, Joseph and
Margaret Rinehart, when ten years of age. Here on August 7, 1857 [sic--year was actually 1851],
she was united in marriage with E. G. Steiner. Shortly after their
marriage they moved to Nevada [OH] where they resided for many happy
years. That village was then but a hamlet of perhaps a dozen houses.
Nine children blessed this union. Three preceded their mother to the
other shore. Mr. Steiner's death occurred in 1880. For a number of years
Mrs. Steiner has resided with her daughter, Mrs. E.N. Halbedel.
The
living children are Orville, of Marion; Mrs. E.D. Post, Knoxville,
Tenn.; Mrs. F.W. Rhuark, Topeka, Hansas; Mrs. E.N. Halbedel and Mrs.
J.N. Traxler, of this city; Mrs. B.L. McClure, of Bellefontaine. A
brother, Hugh Rinehart of Antrim township, and two sisters, Mrs. Samuel
Hilborn of Nevada [OH] and Mrs. Nannie R. Gregg of Bellefontaine,
survive her. She also leaves three grandchildren: Mrs. John Rummell, of
Galion; Mrs. A.T. Welborn, of Detroit; and Edgar Traxler.
Mrs.
Steiner had been a kind/christian wife and mother, a woman who loved her
home and she was never happier than when surrounded by her children.
Her dear, kindly face will be missed here on earth, but the heavenly hosts have already rejoiced in its coming.
The last sad rites over the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Steiner occurred from the home of Ex-Auditor and Mrs. E.N. Halbedel, on North Fifth Street, at 1:30 o'clock, Monday afternoon. Rev. J.W. Holland conducted the services. A choir, composed of Miss Mildred Hughey, Mrs. Geo. F. Pierman, Mrs. W.C. Teter, and Miss Lottie Hutter, accompanied by Miss Alice Blaser at the piano, sang several selections. The floral tributes were very beauiful. Burial was made at Old Mission [cemetery], where Rev. T.D. Fidler had charge of the ceremony. The pallberarers were Capt. G.W. Hale, William Gregg, Judge Allen Smalley, Jonas J. Hulse, H.W. Peters and W.H. Frater.
