Marcus Limb & Helen Weidner
1937 ▸ MRL named assistant state fire marshall by Governor Martin L. Davey.
1937 ▸ July 17. M.R. Limb died in Columbus, Ohio, while on business.
1938 ▸ Helen L. Limb graduated Wooster High School.
1938 ▸ Helen L. Limb enters Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
1940 ▸ Census. Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. Household includes Helen (widow) with daughters Helen Louise (19) and Nancy (17) and George Weidner (27) brother of Helen Weidner Limb.
1940 ▸ Nancy J. Limb graduated Wooster High School.
1940 ▸ Nancy J. Limb enters Wooster College for 2 years.
1941 ▸ Helen A. Limb sold household furniture and items. See article dated May 1, 1941.
1941 ▸ July. Nancy J. Limb began 6-month training at Jewish Hospital Nursing School, Cincinnati.
1942 ▸ February. Nancy J. Limb returned for second term at Jewish Hospital Nursing School, Cincinnati.
1943 ▸ September 5. Helen L. Limb married to Aubrey Arnold Larsen, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
1950 ▸ Helen A. Limb sold M.R.L. properties. See article dated March 4, 1950.
1950 ▸ Census. April 19. Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH. 1961 Ford Drive, #7. Theta Chi Belford House, Boarding Home for the Aged, College Fraternity. Household includes Head of household Millicent A. Swain (73) and Partners Sarah F. Barrow (73) and Helen W. Limb (54).
1950 ▸ Census. April 19. Occupation: Manager of Employment Office, Electric Man.
1972 ▸ February 10. Helen A. Limb died in Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio.
Notes left by Helen L. Larsen, daughter of M.R. Limb: “MRL died in Columbus, Ohio, at Grant Hospital following surgery for colon and stomach cancer. I was told that he survived the operation, resulting in a colostomy, but died of a heart attack. He had been doctoring for years for heart problems — at the Crile Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and at the VA hospital in New Orleans.
“He was returned to Wooster and the coffin was placed in front of the mantle in the music room which was to the left of our front door as we entered the house. A few months later, a heavy truck shook the house enough to cause a very large picture in a heavy gilt frame to fall. It would have fallen directly on the casket.
“The casket was moved to the Masonic Lodge for the first part of the funeral.
“Rev. Hering [Rev. Charles D. Hering, St. James Episcopal Church] gave the Eulogy.
“Sir Knights conducted the rites of the order: Sir Knight Limb was a past commander and Prelate for many years. He conducted the annual Easter Service.
“He was a Maj. with Company D
“Veterans of old Company D were pallbearers:
Julius Stark
Edward Ross
Abe Brenner
James Boigegrain
Joseph Lucci
Walter Yost
“After the service in the Masonic Lodge, the military took over. The casket was placed on a caisson drawn by a horse or horses, and it and men marched to Wooster Cemetery, not an unusual situation since parades often transversed this distance on Memorial Day.
“At the cemetery, he was placed in a mausoleum because my mother did not want to choose a cemetery lot without putting some thought into it. Although there were two other lots for the LIMB family, there might have been a question of space. Possibly there was space for MRL on the lot where his mother and brothers and sisters were buried or were to be buried, but it is doubtful that there was space for Helen W., Helen L., and Nancy Limb. So the family needed an additional lot.
“There was a __ gun salute and taps.
“HWL bought a ___ grave lot in a newly opened section 20. MRL was buried with a 12 x 18” gray granite headstone (raised), for a marker. My mother landscaped the lot. Later, she was told that landscaping was not allowed and had it removed. Why, I don’t know. If she had looked around she would have seen other graves landscaped. She should have left it and forgotten about it.
“In 1955, mother called to say that Uncle George [George S. Limb] had died 11-27-55. She said that Aunt Laura did not want him buried with his mother, brothers, and sisters as there was no place for her and Jane. She asked if he could be buried on the plot mother bought at the time of MRL’s death. Mother asked Nancy and me — it seemed all right, so George was buried in the front row. Aunt Laura bought a headstone somewhere like the one mother bought for MRL and about the same size. She bought some shrubbery. [George and Laura Limb were great gardeners.]
“In 1965, mother called to say that Jane had died and Aunt Laura wondered if she could be buried next to Uncle George. Well — yes. She added more shrubbery around the two graves.
“Then, in 1970, mother advised that she had given Wooster Cemetery written permission for Aunt Laura to be buried next to Jane. Aunt Laura died 7-29-74, about two years after mother died.
“Mother died 2-17-72 in the hospital (______) in Columbus, O. She was cremated, which was what she wanted. She had joined ______, signifying her intentions. She did not want any kind of service. I bought a bronze urn for her ashes. George Weidner (her brother) and I found the ashes of Seri, her little chihuahua in the garage of his duplex, and we drove to Wooster with mother and Seri’s ashes. We left mother’s ashes with cemetery personnel to be buried when they could dig into the ground. Seri’s ashes we sprinkled over the gravesite. I bought a gravestone like MRL’s for mother’s grave.
“In 1987, after looking at this gravesite during a number of visits, I finally decided to buy a large 4 part stone, base and 3 sections. The middle section reads LIMB. The righthand section — smaller than the middle, reads LARSEN. In back, the names of all the LIMBS are inscribed on the center section. The smaller headstones I had laid flat in the ground. When the plot was purchased, only the use was paid for. The cemetery owns the ground. The use included perpetual care, so sinking the headstones makes mowing easier. I moved all the shrubbery to the lot-line and had it arranged in a bed around the front and sides of the headstone.
“Anyone in my immediate family may be buried there. There is room for ___ caskets, including mother’s gravesite, and for ___ cremation urns which may be buried 3 to a casket; head, middle, and foot. This makes it easier for the family if they want to be buried there: they can have a service where ever they choose — and ship the casket or urn to Wooster. For a nominal fee, the casket or urn will be interred.
“A.A. Larsen and Helen L. Larsen intend to be cremated in Evansville, In. The ashes will be sent to Wooster Cemetery for burial. There will be a gathering in the reception area of the guest house in St. Joseph Cemetery on St. Joseph Avenue. That will be the only service.
“Wooster Cemetery Association meets periodically and I receive cards giving meeting dates; vote for board of directors members, etc. The address of the cemetery is: Wooster Cemetery, 983 Madison Avenue, Wooster, Ohio, 44691. Phone: 264-9090.
