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Katter, Clara E.

Female 1913 - 2005  (91 years)


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  • Name Katter, Clara E. 
    Born 20 Nov 1913  Shawnee, Perry County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 May 2005  Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

    •      Chandra A. (Miller) Hoffman provided the following transcription of Clara's obituary:

           Wapakoneta
           CLARA E. DEBELL, 91, died at 9:55 p.m. May 17, 2005, at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home, Wapakoneta.
           She was born Nov. 20, 1913, in Shawnee, Perry County, to Frederick and Mahala Griesinger Katter, who preceded her in death. On June 19, 1938, she married Howard R. Debell, who died April 6, 1986.
           Mrs. Debell was a homemaker and had retired in 1965 from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., St. Marys, after 15 years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moulton. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, cooking, reading and crocheting.
           Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn (Murlin) Doseck and Sharon (Arnold) Benny, both of Wapakoneta; a son, James (Diane) Debell of Wapakoneta; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-granddaughters; a sister, Evelyn (Emmett) Shoup of Wapakoneta; a sister-in-law, Cecile Katter of Sarasota, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
           She was preceded by a son, Howard L. Debell Jr; a grandson, Todd Debell; two brothers, John and Robert Katter; and two sisters, Margaret Schmidt and Opal Crusie.
           Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moulton. Pastor Joy Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, near Moulton.
           Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Long & Folk Chapel of Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, Wapakoneta, and one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
           Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rita's Hospice.
    Buried 21 May 2005  Moulton, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moulton and Clara was buried nearby in Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
    Person ID I4924  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

    Father Katter, Fred,   b. Abt 1883, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Griesinger, Mahala,   b. Abt 1888, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [4] 
    Family ID F1605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Debell, Howard R.,   d. 6 Apr 1986 
    Married 19 Jun 1938  Moulton, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Debell, Marilyn
     2. Debell, Sharon
     3. Debell, James
     4. Debell, Howard R. Jr.,   d. Bef May 2005
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Chandra Anne (Miller) Hoffman, Genealogical research.
      Modified Register report entitled "Descendants of Herman Heinrich Schroer" emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 August 2006. Clara E. Katter, child of Fred Katter and Mahala Griesinger. Born 20 November 1913 in Shawnee, Perry County, Ohio (pages 4, 6). Chandra cites: "Lima News, Ohio. 5/20/2005" (footnote 104, page 9). For the text from this source, see the notes for Clara's death.

    2. [S158] Chandra Anne (Miller) Hoffman, Genealogical research.
      Modified Register report entitled "Descendants of Herman Heinrich Schroer" emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 August 2006. Clara E. (Katter) Debell died 17 May 2005 at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home in Wapakoneta, Ohio (pages 4, 6). Chandra cites: "Lima News, Ohio. 5/20/2005" (footnote 104, page 9). A transcription by Chandra Hoffman of Clara E. Debell's obituary from the Lima News was included on page 6 of Chandra's report.

    3. [S158] Chandra Anne (Miller) Hoffman, Genealogical research.
      Modified Register report entitled "Descendants of Herman Heinrich Schroer" emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 August 2006. From a transcription by Chandra Hoffman on page 6 of her report of an obituary for Clara E. (Katter) Debell from the Lima (Ohio) News, appearing 20 May 2005 [i.e., a Friday]. Clara died on 17 May 2005 [i.e., a Tuesday]. "Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday [i.e., on 21 May 2005] at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moulton. Pastor Joy Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, near Moulton." For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Clara's death.

    4. [S158] Chandra Anne (Miller) Hoffman, Genealogical research.
      Modified Register report entitled "Descendants of Herman Heinrich Schroer" emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 August 2006. Fred Katter and Mahala Griesinger married (p. 4). No date or place given. No sources.

    5. [S158] Chandra Anne (Miller) Hoffman, Genealogical research.
      Modified Register report entitled "Descendants of Herman Heinrich Schroer" emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 August 2006. Howard R. Debell and Clara E. Katter married 19 June 1938 in Moulton, Ohio (page 6). For the name, Chandra cites: "Lima News, Ohio. 5/20/2005" (footnote, page 9) - for a transcription of this source, see the notes for Clara E. (Katter) Debell's death. For the date and place of the marriage, Chandra cites: "Ancestry.com Historical Newspapers, Lima News, Ohio. 24 June 1938" (footnotes 105 and 107, page 9).


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