ELMORE OHIO DECEMBER 28, 1984
A. C. Damschroder
Funeral Thursday
A. C. Damschroder, 58, one of
Elmore's prominent business men
took his own life shortly after 11
A M. Christmas day when he shot
himself in the head with a revolver.
The act was committed while in a
fit of despondency caused by ill
health. He had been confined to
his home by illness for the past two
weeks. Mr. Damschroder fired the
fatal shot while his wife was pre¬
paring the Christmas dinner, sev¬
eral relatives having been invited
to spend the day in the Damschrod¬
er home.
He was the proprietor of the A. C.
Damschroder department store for
the past 14 years, having purchased
the business from his brother, the
late John H* Damschroder, and a
^ou&Ui, Einier DamschrotfeYT His
father had founded the store some
60 years ago.
Besides his wife and little daugh¬
ter, Ethel, 4 years old, he is surviv¬
ed by three brothers, Edward of
Toledo, Henry of Denver, Colo.,
Charles of Elmore; and three sisters,
Mrs. Chas. Whiteman of Curtice,
Ohio, Mrs. Dora Wixom of Toledo,
and Mrs. Clara Lupton of near
Hessville. Ohio.
Funeral services were held from
his late residence on Huron street
Thursday afternoon, Rev. D.
Worthman, pastor of St. Paul's M,
E. church, officiating. Burial was
made in Union cemetery.
Mr. Damschroder was a member
of the local Masonic lodge and was
a 32 degree Mason. The Elmore
Masons attended the funeral in a
body and held their rites at the
grave He was born in Elmore,
June, 24, 1876, and lived here the
greater part of his life.
All business places were closed
during the funeral hour, and all the
business men went to the home in a
body Thursday morning.
