HARBOR, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER % 1949
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A. O. Dehn, County
Superintendent, Dies
Funeral services for county superintendent A. 0,
Dehn, 67, 217 E. Main St., Oak Harbor, were held
Thursday, December 1 at 2 p. m. from the Gak
Harbor Methodist Church. Rev. Ira Benton offi¬
ciated. Burial was in Elliston cemetery.
Mr. Dehn died early Monday morning at his
residence. —: ■ , '
He was born in Trowbridge,
September 28, 1882, the son of
Carl and Henrietta Zuhlke Dehn.
A resident of Ottawa county dur¬
ing his entire life, he was gradua¬
ted from the University of Toledo
and received his Master's degree
from Ohio Stae.
A teacher in Ottawa county
schools, Mr. . Dehn served almost
two terms as county auditor be¬
fore he was named county super¬
intendent in 1914. He was the
first superintendent ever appoint¬
ed in the county and the only one
Ottawa county has had. He was�����the last of the original county
superintendents in the state of
Ohio.
During Mr. Dehn's long career
in the field of education he was
instrumental in starting the first
county sight-saving class in the
United States. Through his ef¬
forts Ottawa county schools se¬
cured the services of a full-time
nurse. When he took over his
post in 1914 there were over 100
separate schools in the county.
Through his efforts, they were
centralized and, at the present
time, there are 13 county schools,
including three on the islands.
Mr. Dehn was past president of
the Northwestern Ohio Teachers^
Association, past president of the
Northwestern Ohio County Super-
; intendents Association and a
\ member of the following organi¬
zations: National Education As-
. soci&tion, National School Ad¬
ministrators Association, Ohio E-
• ducation Association, Oak Har¬
bor Methodist Church and Official
Board, Oak Harbor Masonic
Lodge, F and AM, Wo. 495, Oak��Harbor Royal Arch Masons, No.
162, the Chamber of Commerce,
Business Men's Association and
district commissioner for Ottawa
County Boy Scouts.
In 1909 Mr. Deta was married
to Elizabeth Markley, who surviv¬
es him. He is also survived by
two sons, Ralph E., Oak Harbor
and Lt. (jg) Emerson C.
Washington, D. C. a brother, Fred
W., Trowbridge five sisters, Mrs.
William Guth, Williston, Mrs.
Herman Schutte, Oak Harbor,
Mrs. Fred Gruenke, Trowbridge,
Mrs. George Marklev. Oak Har¬
bor and Mrs. Louis Flick, Gray¬
town. Two brothers and one sis¬
ter are deceased.
A meeting of the county Board
of Education has been scheduled
for 10 a. m. Friday to appoint a
successor to Mr. Dehn. Elizabeth
Offerman, Oak Harbor, assistant
superintendent, is serving as tem¬
porary head of the department.
Mrs. Sarah M. Durdel'
ELMORE, 0.—Mrs. Sarah M.
Durdel, 80, Elmore, died Sat¬
urday at 10 p.m. at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Robert
Crozier, where she made her
home. She was the widow of
Harmon Durdel.
Mrs. Durdel was a member
of Trinity Lutheran church, the
Women of the Church and the
Ladies Aid.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Crozier, and Mrs. Vernice Ren-
wand, both of Elmore; nons,
Gilbert, Walter and Edward, all
of Toledo; sisters, Mrs. Elnora
Zulch, Toledo; Mrs. Edith Wei-
mer, Milton Center, and one
brother, Jacob Sprunk, Wyan¬
dotte, Mich.; 27 grandchildren,
and several great-grandchil¬
dren.
Friends may call at the Sa-
broske and Myers funeral home |
until Tuesday noon when the
body will be taken to Trinity I
Lutheran church for services at
2 p.m. The Rev. Ervin W.
Gietz will conduct the services
with burial to be in Union]
cemetery.
The family asks that memo¬
rials be contributions to the
building fund of the church.
The deceased was born Oc¬
tober 4, 1883, in Rocky Ridge,
daughters of Fred and Lydia
