MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
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October 4, 1909 Monday  The Daily News Signal, Middletown, Ohio IN THE RIVER The Remains of Clara Oblinger Are Found This Morning A Noble Woman Walks Into Miami's Depths to Escape the World's Burdens October 5, 1909 Tuesday  The Daily News Signal, Middletown, Ohio Funeral Tomorrow Miss Clara Oblinger Will be Buried in the Old Home Cemetery     The remains of Miss Clara Oblinger were taken to her home in Germantown yesterday. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock.     The death of this popular lady casts a gloom over the village where she spent her life and where many friends morn her sad death.     She was a member of one of Germantown's most prominent people the daughter of Orin Oblinger, a business man who in his day was rec(sp?) who committed suicide some nineteen years ago.     It has been learned that she requested Mrs. Vail not to sleep with her as was the custom as it made her nervous, and it is presumed that she had firmly resolved in her own mind to end her troubles as she did by repairing to the river when the family retired and end her misery. This closes the life of a once most beautiful and interesting young woman. vcm: Clara Belle OBLINGER born August 5, 1877 died October 3, 1909. She was the d/o Orion M. Oblinger and Belle Death (Dearth) that were married October 19, 1869 in Warren County, Ohio. This family can be found in the 1880 and 1900 Census of Montgomery Co, Ohio

by Vivian  Moon 27 April 2007

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