The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase. Please email me for corrections, additions, questions or if you have special personal requests)
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Donald Albert "Tank" ELCHERT
	Birth	31 October 1927	Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation	between 1956 and 1982	fireman for the Fostoria Fire Department;
	Death	6 October 1997	Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Obituary	8 October 1997	Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune;
	Burial	9 October 1997	St. Wendelin Cemetery, Fostoria, Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
	SSN		269-24-5328 (Ohio, bef. 1951). Last residence: Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio;
	Marriage	15 November 1958	St. Wendelin Catholic Church, Fostoria, Loudon Township, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Alexander Anthony "Alex" ELCHERT
	Mother	Corinne Marie RUMSCHLAG
WIFE Donna Wilma RITZLER
	Birth	1 January 1929	Upper Sandusky, Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
	Graduation	1947	St. Wendelin High School, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
	Death	19 March 2017	Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA (Bridge Home Health and Hospice)
	Burial	23 March 2017	St. Wendelin Cemetery, Fostoria, Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
	Occupation		employee of National Carbon Company, Gutknecht & Echelbarger, Attorneys, and Samuel F. Hammonds, Attorney;
	Father	Charles Frederick RITZLER
	Mother	Mary E. VOLZ
CHILDREN
M	Stephen William "Steve" ELCHERT
	Birth	31 October 1960	Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	29 November 1986	Kathy Marie SCHROEDER; Putnam County, Ohio, USA
M	Mark Allen ELCHERT
	Birth	2 January 1964	Fostoria, Ohio, USA
	Marriage	25 July 1992	Donna Jean BROOKMAN; Seneca County, Ohio, USA