Tombstone Tuesday: Anthony and Leona (Knob) Schroeder

Gravestone of Anthony and Leona Schroeder, Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio

This week's gravestone is that of Anthony and Leona Schroeder, who are two of my husband's paternal great-grandparents.  My husband was actually named after this great-grandfather and he also goes by 'Tony,' just as Great-Grandpa did.  Anthony was born in 1895 in Shelby County, Ohio to Joseph Schroeder and Anna Bernhold Schroeder.  He was Joseph and Anna's only son who lived past infancy.  Tony married Leona Knob on May 6, 1919.  She was the daughter of William Bernard Knob and Mary Watercutter, also residents of Shelby County, Ohio.  Anthony and Leona had five children; four girls - Norma, Dorothy, Carol, and Barbara - and one son, Walter, who is my husband's paternal grandfather.  The family lived in Sidney, Ohio, and Anthony worked as a molder for the Wagner Manufacturing Company.

Photo Source: FindaGrave.com, image owned by Matthew Patterson

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