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Caroline Martz Makley

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Birth	:	2 Mar 1833 Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	24 Sep 1930 Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery, Saint Marys, Auglaize County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5341988, -84.3946991
Description	:	Obituary - 25th Sept. 1930 -EVENING LEADER OLDEST ST. MARYS WOMAN DIES AT AGE 97 AT HER HOME, JAY ST. MRS. CAROLINE MAKLEY, BELOVED AND WIDELY KNOWN LOCAL RESIDENT, DIES SUDDENLY - WAS MOTHER OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND ALSO REARED FOUR ORPHANS. Mrs. Caroline Makley, St. Marys' oldest woman citizen, died at 4:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at her home on West Jay Street. She was 97 years old and would have been 98 had she lived until March 2. Her death was sudden. Although she had been failing health, having suffered five light strokes within the... Read More	Obituary - 25th Sept. 1930 -EVENING LEADER OLDEST ST. MARYS WOMAN DIES AT AGE 97 AT HER HOME, JAY ST. MRS. CAROLINE MAKLEY, BELOVED AND WIDELY KNOWN LOCAL RESIDENT, DIES SUDDENLY - WAS MOTHER OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND ALSO REARED FOUR ORPHANS. Mrs. Caroline Makley, St. Marys' oldest woman citizen, died at 4:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at her home on West Jay Street. She was 97 years old and would have been 98 had she lived until March 2. Her death was sudden. Although she had been failing health, having suffered five light strokes within the last few years, she seemed yesterday to be in better health than she had been for about a week. She died quietly while her daughter, Miss Barbara, who has tenderly cared for her for years, was out of her room for a few moments. Mrs. Makley was widely known and beloved by all who knew her. She was the mother of 15 children and also reared four orphan children, still she found time to be a real neighbor and to help anyone who was in need. Her pleasant disposition and her kindly ways caused her to be highly esteemed by everyone with whom she came in contact. She was the widow of George Makley, who died 26 years ago. Two sons and a daughter also preceded her in death as did the four orphan children whom she reared. The children surviving are: George, Andrew, of St. Marys, Joe of Celina, Ed, of St. Marys, Al of Tulsa, Okla., Tom, Montpelier, Oh., John, Louis, Mrs. J. W. Green, Mrs. Katherine Springer, Henry, and Miss Barbara Makley, of St. Marys. Harry and Bernard Kelly, her grandchildren, Harmon Hesse, and Guy Funk were the orphan step-children she reared. There are 29 grandchildren. Grandma Makley, as she was called by those who knew and loved her, was a native of Canton. From there she went as a child to Ft. Loramie. It was during her residence in Ft. Loramie that she saw the workmen building the Miami and Erie canal, the waterway which was to connect the Great Lakes and the Ohio river and which brought a great change in the territory about here. She was 13 years of age when she moved to St. Marys, then but a small village. The site where her home stands then was a dense woods and it was no uncommon sight to see wild animals lurking in it. Several times Mrs. Makley had seen Indians. At the time Mrs. Makley came to St. Marys there was no church of her faith, the Catholic, here. It was in her home that the Catholics for miles around would assemble for mass. A traveling priest would stop here to conduct services and word would be sent out of his arrival. Through the years Mrs. Makley has continued a devout Catholic, attending church regularly until her health no longer would permit her to attend services. Although nearing 100 years of age Mrs. Makley had remarkably good hearing and eyesight. Her mind was active and she could recount many of the interesting events of early St. Marys. She was humorous, and her reminiscences contained much of the humorous as well as the serious side of pioneer life. She was always of a jovial disposition. Members of the Married Ladies Sodality of Holy Rosary Church will assemble at the Makley home at 7:30 o'clock Friday night to recite the prayers for the dead. Funeral services for her will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at Holy Rosary church. Burial will be in Gethsemane cemetery. Contributor: Robert Makley (48822462) • [email protected] ************************** Notes: Daughter of George Martz and Elizabeth Backup. Wife of George W. Makley who was born July 17, 1827 in Germany and died Feb. 4, 1904 in St. Marys according to various research posted online. His full name, German version was George Wilhelm MOGLICH. They had 15 children, most of whom lived in St. Marys and are buried at either Elmgrove or Gethsemane. George A. Makley # 31846402 Charles F. Makley # 34629621 Caroline Makley Kelly (1859) Mrs. John Joseph Makley (1861-?) Andrew Makley # 34936983 Edward Makley # 108476419 Albert Makley # 107043787 Thomas P. Makley (1868-1940) John Makley # 17376914 Louis H. Makley # 47860560 Mary E. Makley Green Katherine Makley Springer # 84377392 Henry F. Makley # 90319632 Infant Makley (Mar. 01, '81-Aug. 12, '81) Barbara Margaret Makley # 108475498 ------------ Caroline Kelly apparently died bef. 1900 Infant Makley -- Shown as Aggertha on Ancestry Source: research of James Gerstner, Huber Hts. Ohio, 1997 ---------------- Caroline’s husband George Wilhelm Makley is buried in the “Old Catholic Cemetery” in St Mary’s Ohio. ID#191404735 Contributor: Robert Makley (48822462) • [email protected]

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Caroline Martz Makley death on 24 Sep 1930 in Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 40.5341988
Longitude: -84.3946991

Family Members:

Spouse

George Wilhelm Moglich/Makley

(1827 - 1904)

Children

Charles Francis Makley

(1857 - 1893)

(1862 - 1961)

(1865 - 1944)

(1871 - 1946)

(1873 - 1950)

Mary Elizabeth Makley Green

(1875 - 1956)

Kathrine Gertrude Makley Springer

(1878 - 1958)

Henry Fredrich Makley

(1880 - 1959)

Barbara Margaret Makley

(1882 - 1962)

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1. Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery
Saint Marys, Auglaize County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5341988, -84.3946991

2. Elm Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5327988, -84.3953018

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6. Old Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5443993, -84.3768997

7. Koop Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5111237, -84.3860703

8. Hudson Cemetery
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12. German Reformed Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4925880, -84.3186111

13. Arnett Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5325012, -84.2975006

14. Protestant Evangelical Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4878006, -84.3163986

15. Saint Thomas Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5828018, -84.3181000

16. Willow Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4606018, -84.3630981

17. Fountain of Living Waters Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 40.4742540, -84.3270550

18. German Protestant Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4533005, -84.3735962

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Coordinate: 40.4780998, -84.4796982

20. Oldtown Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5489006, -84.5156021

21. Saint Paul Churchyard
New Bremen, Auglaize County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4387170, -84.3857190

22. Neptune Cemetery
Neptune, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6011009, -84.4850006

23. Zion Cemetery
Moulton, Auglaize County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5571650, -84.2697550

24. Plank Road Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4364014, -84.3925018