Frank Joseph & Rose Margaret (Wurm) Studer

Rose Margaret Wurm, daughter of Matthias Nathan and Martha Christine (Falter) Wurm, was born 16 April 1885 in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio and died 30 April 1975 at Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.  She married Frank Joseph Studer 13 Oct 1908 at St. Stephen Catholic Church in St. Stephen, Seneca County, Ohio.  He was born 27 Jan. 1884 to Philip and Magdalene (Wenzlick) Studer and died 20 April 1965.

Gravestone of Frank J. and Rose M. (Wurm) Studer - St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery, New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio

Obituary of Rose M. (Wurm) Studer - from papers of Germaine (Wurm) Flock
"Mrs. Rose M. Studer, 90, a resident of St. Francis Home for the Aged, died there Wednesday, April 30, 1975, following a lengthy illness.

A native of St. Stephen, Ohio, she was born April 16, 1885 to Mathias and Martha (Falter) Wurm.  She married Frank J. Studer in 1908 and he died in 1965.

She was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church in New Washington, where she lived most of her life, and was a charter member of its Rosary-Altar Society.

She if survived by a son, Virgil F. Studer of Tiffin; three daughters, Mrs. Milo (Martha) Norris of Shelby, Mrs. George (Josephine) Doran of Galion, and Miss Arvilla Studer of Tiffin; three sisters, Mrs. Charles (Lena) Schneider and Mrs. Otto (Florine) Faeth, both of Tiffin, and Mrs. A.W. (Bertha) Bechtel of New Washington, two brothers, Edmund Wurm of New Washington and Alphons Wurm of Bloomville; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The body is in the Secor Funeral Home in New Washington, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.  The Rosary will be recited there at 3 p.m. Friday.  The Rev. Omar Rethinger will conduct services in the church at 10 a.m. Saturday.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery."


Frank Joseph and Rose Margaret (Wurm) Studer had four children:

1 - Martha Ann Margaret Studer (1909-1994)
2 - Mary Josephine Studer (1912-1977)
3 - Arvilla Germaine Studer was born 22 June 1914 at New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio and died 5 Dec 1998.  Arvilla was never married.  She is buried in St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery at Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.
4 - Virgil Franklin Studer (1921-2011)


Obituary of Arvilla G. Studer - Advertiser Tribune, Tiffin, Ohio, 7 Dec 1998, page 5
"Arvilla G. Studer, 84, former of 19 Linwood Road, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, December 5, 1998, in St. Francis Home.

She was born June 22, 1914, in New Washington to Frank J. and Rose M. (Wurm) Studer.

A brother, Virgil F. Studer of Tiffin, and a special friend, Marguerite Kramer, also of Tiffin, survive.

Two sisters, Josephine Doran and Martha Norris, are deceased.

Miss Studer retired in 1979 as a payroll schedule clerk from the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Tiffin, where she had been employed for 37 1/2 years.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, its Rosary Altar Society, the Josephines, St. Francis Auxiliary and the Telephone Pioneers of America.

A funeral Mass in St. Joseph Church will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. James Say as celebrant.  The Rosary will be recited at the church at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.  Visitation at the Hannay-Traunero Funeral Home is 2-4 and 7-9 today.  Memorials may be made to St. Francis Home or Community Hospice Care, both of Tiffin."