JOHN LENHART EXPIRES AT 88-SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS WILL BE CONDUCTED FRIDAY

John Lenhart, 88 year old retired farmer, died of infirmities of age at his home, 834 Washington Avenue, Tuesday at 7 p.m., after being bedfast for ten days. Solemn requiem high Mass will be celebrated Friday at 930 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church, followed by burial in St. Michael's Ridge cemetery. Mr. Lenhart was born in Defiance on April 12, 1854, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lenhart. He resided most of his life on a farm at St. Michael's Ridge and he had lived in Defiance since 1921. He was married Jan. 14, 1880 to Mary Elizabeth Coressel, who died March 13, 1938. Mr. Lenhart leaves four daughters and five sons Sister Margaret Mary, R.S.M., Mercy Hospital, Toledo; Mrs. Mary Grimes, Toledo; Mrs .Lloyd(Coletta G.) Kretz, St. Michaels; Mrs. Floyd(Cevilla) Weaver, Defiance; John P., Frank A., and Cletus V., all of St. Michaels, and George W., Brunersburg, and Louis J., Defiance. Three children preceded Mr. Lenhart in death Sister Mary Veronica, R.S.M., who died Sept. 5, 1933, and Rosalia and Cecelia, who passed away in infancy. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and of the Holy Name Society.(date of death 28 Apr. 1942)