Martha May (Beatty) Weidner (1893 - 1970)

Born 29 Oct 1893 in Brady Township, Williams, Ohio, United States

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Died 11 Jul 1970 at age 76 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Martha May Beatty was born 29 Oct 1893 in Brady Township, Williams, Ohio. She died 11 July 1970 in Toledo City, Lucas, Ohio at age 76.

Daughter of Melvin Theodore Beatty (1855–1939) and Ella Maria Blinn (1857–1933).

Martha May Beatty married John Jessie Weidner on 11 August 1915 in Williams, Ohio.

Children:

1. Gretchen Marie Weidner (1917–1992).
2. Rachel Louise Weidner (1918–2001).
3. Jack Junior Weidner (1919–1999).
4. Richard Beatty Weidner (1920–1985).
5. Robert William Weidner (1923–1976).

From "The Blade", Sunday July 12, 1970, Sec. A, P.10, C 1: Mrs. Martha B. Weidner, 76, of 2402 Portsmouth Ave., a former dramatic arts teacher, died Sunday in Spencer Manor Nursing Home after a two year illness. Born in West Unity, Ohio, Mrs. Weidner lived in Montpelier, Ohio for 31 years before moving to Toledo in 1946. She was a dramatic arts teacher in her own art school in Montpelier for 12 years. Following that, she was a sales lady in the better dress department of Lamson's for 18 years, retiring 6 years ago.

Mrs. Weidner was a member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Lamson's Retiree Club, the Lucas County Republican Club, and the Notre Dame Educational League.

Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Gretchen Alain, of Toledo, and Mrs. Rachel Schoonover of Harper Woods, Mich; sons, Jack, of Dearborn, Mich; Jack of Portsmouth, N.H., and Robert of Fostoria, O.; 22 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Blanchard Mortuary, with burial in Floral Grove Cemetery, West Unity. The body will be in the mortuary after 7 tonight.

The family requests that any tributes be in the form of contributions to the Aldersgate United Methodist Church building fund.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHC1-4S7
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• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXG-5KH : Thu Oct 05 10:54:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin F Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDZ-6G8 : Fri Oct 06 09:45:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Melvin T Beatty and Ella M Beatty, 1910.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8H4-TY4 : Wed Oct 18 15:21:23 UTC 2023), Entry for John J. Weidner and Martha M. Beatty, 11 Aug 1915.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6M4-TTT : Fri Dec 22 21:52:35 UTC 2023), Entry for John J Weidner and Martha Weidner, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X48M-77S : Wed Oct 04 16:06:43 UTC 2023), Entry for John J Weidner and Martha Weidner, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWGK-C7V : Tue Nov 28 18:51:36 UTC 2023), Entry for John Weidner and Martha Weidner, 1940.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-XXLJ : 17 July 2020), Martha May Beatty Weidner, 1970; Burial; citing record ID 89055234, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKVH-G75 : 29 June 2021), Martha B Weidner, 1970.