"MRS. MARY WISDA
Mary Wisda died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Clemens, near Domersville, on Saturday, October 12, 1895, at 1 o'clock p.m. of infirmities due to old age.
She was born in Klattan county, Bohemia, in 1817, and was 79 years old at her demise. She came to this country with her husband and family in the spring of 1854, in a sailing vessel, the voyage occupying 42 days, and settled in Sandusky county where her husband John Wisda, Sr. was killed in 1862 by a falling tree, leaving her a widow with a family of six children, of which John, the oldest, was 18 years of age.
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| Photo, courtesty of C. C. Brown |
She managed to keep the family together and soon the debt of $150 on the homestead of 40 acres was paid off and another 40 was purchased and added to the farm. In 1871, the family sold their property and removed to Defiance county in Tiffin township, later she removed to Adams township, where she has since resided.
She had been unusually vigorous up to about one year ago when she began to fail and on Saturday, heart failure closed the scene. Her maiden name was Schleger. She was united in marriage in 1843 to John Wisda, Sr.
Six children were the fruits of this union, viz: John Jr., Joseph J., Albert who is at present in South Africa, James W. of Ord, Neb., Mary, wife of Charles Clemens and Anna, wife of M. J. Shondel of Holgate.
The funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at North Ridge Catholic church, conducted by Rev. J. B. Heiland; interment in the Catholic cemetery on the Ridge. A large circle of friends mourn her loss."
The Defiance Democrat - October 17, 1895
The burial was at what is now called St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
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| This is a tombstone full of the symbolism of the time. Mary's name is written on the book of life; the IHS cross of Christ is at the head of the tree of life, the sawed off branches and the vine - "I am the vine; you are the branches." |
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