Defiance Crescent News Dec. 09, 1929-AGED DEFIANCE WOMAN EXPIRES

Mrs. Lucy Hemlinger Rites will be held here Wed. Mrs. Lucy Arvilla Hemlinger, 85, widow of Milton Hemlinger, who had lived in Definace since 1900, died today at 6 a.m. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. L. E. Eitniear, 909 Wesley St., after being in failing health for 5 years due to infirmities of age. The funeral will be held Wed. at 230 p.m. at the Mansfield funeral home, Jefferson Ave. and 5th St. with Rev. F.M. Swinehart, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will be made in Sherwood Cemetery. Mrs. Hemlinger was born in Morrow Co. on Apr. 1, 1844, a daughter of the late Joseph(Job) and Sarah (Hardman) Foust. When 12 years old, she moved with her parents to Van Wert Co. At the age of 21, she was married to John Knestrick, who died in Van Wert Feb. 5, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Knestrick had 5 children who survive Horace Knestrick, Mt. Gilead; Willis Knestrick, Defiance; Mrs. John Eller, Van Wert; Mrs. Hugh Davidson, Detroit; and Ishe(Isaac) Knestrick, Ft. Wayne, IN. In July 1883, Mr. and Mrs. Hemlinger were married at Van Wert and had 3 children Mrs. Eitniear, Defiance; Mrs. E.A. Wheaton, Sherwood and Louis Hemlinger, who was killed here May 22, 1918 when a team of horses ran away at the Turnbull Wagon Co. There are 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren surviving. Mrs. Hemlinger also leaves a brother Chauncey Foust, South Bend, Ind.