Obituaries
These obituaries were extracted from newspapers or personal non-published obituaries.

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RENBARGER, Darrell Dean
The Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas); Thursday 11 June 1964; pg. 12 col. 7

CRASH KILLS .  KANSAS TEENAGERS

             DOVER, Kan. (AP)—Three teen-aged Kansas youths were killed and others were injured in a grinding two-car collision one and a half miles northwest of Dover near the Shawnee-Wabaunsee county line Wednesday night.
            Dead are Robert Eddy, 16, of Maple Hill, Kans.; Darrel Dean Renbarger, 17, of Topeka; and Jerry Lee Herrick, 16, of Burlingame, Kan.
            The injured are Thomas Long, 16, of Dover, Wayne Childres, 16, of Topeka; and Ronald Mitchell, 16, of Eskridge.
            Investigators said one of the cars wen into a ditch following the collision and the other struck a telephone pole. The accident occurred on the Willard-Dover Road.

Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan); Friday 12 June 1964; pg. 1 cols. 2-4

[PHOTO—Front page photo with caption below, no article—ALH]

AND THEY FOUND THEIR SON WAS DEAD—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Renbarger reach scene of accident near Dover, Kan., to find their son a victim of crash. A neighbor turns Mrs. Renbarger away from the sight. The father inspects wreckage. The couple had been away over night and was returning when they passed the scene of the crash, which took the lives of four teen-age boys, classmates at Dover high school. Their son was Darrel Dean Renbarger, whose body was pinned behind the wheel.  (AP Wirephoto)

RENBARGER, Luther A.
The Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Saturday 10 July 1915; pg. 10 col. 4

SERIOUSLY INJURED—TRIES TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO STREET CAR AND IS KNOCKED OFF

            The first serious accident to result from passengers trying to force their way into the closed doors of the new pay-as-you-enter street cars occurred at 11:30 o'clock last night when L.A. Renbarger, of Ridgeville, tried to board a South Wayne street car at Baker street and hung on to the handles at the entrance, with the doors closed, until he was knocked off by a support of the Pennsylvania elevation at Calhoun street. Neither Motorman A.L. Crews nor Conductor D.B. Cone saw the man hanging onto the steps and evidently the man, a stranger in the city, was not looking for the supports to the superstructure.
            Renbarger sustained a crushed hip and may be suffering from internal injuries. He was rushed to the Lutheran hospital immediately after the accident, where Dr. Edward H. Kurse was summoned to attend to the man's injuries. His condition today was reported as being very serious.

The Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Monday 12 July 1915; pg. 2 col. 5

CONDITION SERIOUS—L.A. RENBARGER, OF RIDGEVILLE, CRITICALLY ILL FROM INJURIES

            L.A. Renbarger, of Ridgeville, who was badly injured Friday night when knocked from the step of a South Wayne car at the Calhoun street elevation, is in a very critical condition at the Lutheran hospital. Attendants say that his injuries are very severe and may prove to be fatal. A broken and badly crushed thigh is his most serious injury.

The Fort Wayne Daily News (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Thursday 15 July 1915; pg. 5 col. 5

INJURIES PROVE TO BE FATAL—L.A. RENBARGER, OF RIDGEVILLE, DIES THIS MORNING—WAS FATALLY INJURED WEEK AGO, WHEN THROWN FROM STREET CAR STEPS.

             L.A. Renbarger, of Ridgeville, who was fatally injured last Friday night, when knocked from the steps of a South Wayne street car by a support to the Pennsylvania elevations, at Calhoun street, died today at the Lutheran hospital, where he had been confined since his accident.
            Renbarger, a stranger in the city, had tried to board one of the pay-as-you-enter cars at Baker street after the door had been closed and the car started. Hanging onto the side of the car, he tried to make the conductor and motorman hear him, but was unable to do so. As the car passed under the elevation the clearance between the car and the supports being small, the man's hold was loosened and he was thrown to the street. He sustained a broken hip, crushed thigh, bad bruises and internal injuries, and was taken to the Lutheran hospital in the police ambulance. It was seen immediately that his condition was critical, and the attending physicians saw that there was small chance for his recovery.
            His relatives, of Ridgeville, were notified immediately, and arrived the day after the accident. They were at the bedside when the injured man passed away this morning.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Thursday 15 July 1915; pg. 1 col. 6

INJURIES ARE FATAL TO RIDGEVILLE MAN—L.A. RENBARGER WHO WAS KNOCKED FROM CAR AT CALHOUN SUBWAY DIES

            Luther A. Renbarger, aged 30 years, of Ridgeville, Ind., died at 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning at the Lutheran hospital from injuries which he suffered Wednesday night while attempting to board a car near the Calhoun street subway. The accident occurred when Mr. Renbarger tried to get on the car at Baker street, but the doors had been closed and he was hanging on the side of the car as it went down grade under the elevation. The first support struck him and he was thrown with violence to the pavement. The car was immediately stopped and the injured man was taken to the Lutheran hospital where death followed.
            Mr. Renbarger, who had been in Detroit, had just returned from that city and was standing at Calhoun and Baker streets when he saw his niece on the car. The street car had already started down grade when he attempted to get on. He suffered a broken hip, crushed thigh and internal injuries.
            The deceased was formerly a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad and was well known by railroad men in this city. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Renbarger, he is survived by a daughter, Mildred, aged 6 years, and two brothers and one sister, Alva M. and Ada L. Renbarger and Mrs. Ollie Shilling, all of Ridgeville.
            The remains were shipped to Ridgeville over the G.R. & L. at noon Thursday by Getz & Cahill.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Saturday 4 December 1915; pg. 5 col. 5

DAMAGE SUITS FOR $25,000 ARE FILED IN COUNTY COURTS

             Damage suits totaling $25,000 were filed in the circuit court yesterday, one against the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction company filed by Alva M. Rensbarger [sic], administrator of the estate of Luther A. Rensbarger [sic], for $10,000...[omitted other cases]
            The suit against the traction company alleges that young Rensbarger attempted to board a car just this side of the Pennsylvania elevation on Calhoun street and, that before he could get inside, the motorman closed the door on him. It is alleged that the piers under the elevation are fourteen feet apart and 36 inches from the tracks. As the car passed under the elevation, Rensbarger was knocked against one of the piers and broke his hip, crushed his body and injured him so badly that he died eight days later. The company is charged with negligence. William E. Clapham is the attorney for the plaintiff...[omitted rest of article].

RENBERGER, Harriet F. (Michael)
The Logansport Pharos Tribune (Cass Co., Indiana); Friday 1 February 1957; pg. 1 col. 5

FORMER LOCAL WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT GARY

             Mrs. Harriet (Michaels) Renberger, 90, the widow of Clem V. Renberger and a former Logansport resident, died Friday morning at a nursing home in Gary.
            A native of this city and a resident here for a number of years, she had been at Gary for the past six months, residing with daughters in Illinois and Michigan before going there.
            Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Rachael Pritchard of Gary, Mrs. Bessie Bradford of Decatur, Ill., and Mrs. Fern Fitch of Cassopolis, Mich.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
            The body is being returned to the McCloskey-Hamilton funeral home where final rites are pending.

RENNAKER, Hiram
From Rennaker Family Reunion Files 15 December 1980

            Hiram Rennaker was born July 14, 1833.  died Nov. 5, 1908 at the ripe age of seventy-five.  He was married to Susan Pritchard March 13, 1856, who died March 6, 1867. He was again married to Susan Wise. As a result of these two unions twenty children were born, to the first, and fifteen to the last. Mr. Rennaker was an upright, honorable man, a kind husband and father, a good citizen and neighbor. He was an old soldier and many of his old comrades assembled at the grave to pay the last tribute of respect. Funeral services were held at the home after which the body was buried in the old cemetery at Clarence [Missouri]. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community. E.M. Crow.

RENNAKER, Susan (Wise)
From Rennaker Family Reunion Files 15 December 1980

[Written on article:  Died Oct. 1, 1934]

BROUGHT HER FOR BURIAL

            The body of Mrs. Susan Ann Rennaker was brought to Clarence Tuesday for burial, after he death had occurred Monday evening. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.C. Pooley, of Holt’s Summitt, where she had made her home for the past four years.
            She formerly resided near Clarence and had made her home in this community for about 50 years.
            Susan Ann Rennaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wise, was born in Indiana July 13, 1838 and was past 96 years of age at the time of her death.
            She was married to Hiram Rennaker in Indiana and they came in their early married life to Shelby county, Mo., and resided on a farm five miles northeast of Clarence. He preceded her in death 25 years ago.
            She had a host of friends who regret to learn of her death, and was admired by young and old. She was a faithful church member and lived a consistent Christian life.
            She was the mother of fifteen children, eleven of whom survive namely Wm. Rennaker, Canton; Charles and Mrs. Lillie Henry, Grennough, Mont.; Grace Farabee, Butte, Mont.; Henry, Greenville, Iowa; Frankie, Curlew, Iowa; Viola Long, Weaver, Iowa; Dora Adams, Mapleville, Ill.; Mrs. T.C. Pooley, Holt’s Summitt; Dollie Adams, Viola, Kans.; Porter Rennaker, of near Anabel, and Mrs. Jessie Hunsaker of Clarence.
            Funeral services will be held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Hunsaker, conducted by Rev. Danny Martin, and burial will be made in the old city cemetery.