Herman STROUSE

Birth:
5 Nov 1897
of Michigan
Death:
7 Jul 1967
Michigan
Burial:
of Edgerton, Williams, Ohio
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   DEATH
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                           Certificate Number: 01227
                           Volume Number: 0010
                           Sex: Male
                           Race: White
                           Name: STROUSE, HERMAN A
                           County of Death: Out-of-State
                           City of Death: Out-of-State
                           County of Residence: Williams County
                           City of Residence:  
                           Date of Death: July 07, 1967
                           Age of Death: 69 Years
                           Marital Status: Divorced

Helen said....He was German........Opal divorced him when she was in her 60ies.
She was in her 70ties when she died..

Linda Little sent Near Bible Information...Stated:  Opal and Herman Strouse   1940 Bryan,Ohio

They had no children.

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Social Security Death Index:382-09-0933
Born: 5 Nov 1897  Prob:Michigan as that is the state that the Soc.Sec. number was issued from.
Death date: July 1967..Death Residence: Edgerton,Williams,Ohio
State of Issuance of Social Security Number: Michigan

His first wife died after a miscarriage  and left him with 7 children.  Opal married him and raised his children as well as her own from her marriage to Swindler. They were our neighbors to the Strouses....Helen was baby sitting the children when the mother died....Troy, Michigan

Names of his children:
Russell
Betty
Ruth
Marian
Arthur
Ray
June
Still four of them living....
They all moved to the farm in Ohio....
Most graduated from Edgerton High School, Ohio.
                  
Opal Edith LAW
Birth:
24 Mar 1893
Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio
Death:
23 Nov 1971
Edgerton, Williams, Ohio
Burial:
26 Nov 1971
White Chapel Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, Michigan
Sources:
Family Bible
Notes:
                   Sources:  Interviews with my father, Theodore T. Law; Uncle Richard Law; Funeral program; Family Bible Records.

Opal also married Herman Strouse who had been married previously, wife died and left him with  7 children.  Opal took those children and raised them with all of hers.   She divorced Strouse due to his drinking but raised all the children and put them through Edgerton, Ohio High School.  They all thought the world of her.  Opal never remarried after that.
Also in sources:
Defiance County, Ohio Birth Registration  Index:
Law, Opal   year:1893  Month: Mar  Day:24  State: Ohio.    County: Defiance    City,Town or TP: Milford  
Female      White
Father: Jason Law     Mother:  Edna Hulbert    Residence of Parents:  Milford Twp.

DIVORCE:
Marie Swindler Green Book....stated "Strouse Herm & Opal....divorced Nov 1961.

Confidential....
Unknown father:   had one child Leona Patricia . Leona (Pat) considered Gordon her father and corresponded with him.....
According to Helen Swindler Renell 8-7-99 She said that her mother, Opal, said that William Francis Gordon was not the father of Leona. Opal  never told who the father was.  She was embarrassed about her mistake and did not disclose who the father was.  Gordon evidently stated that he was the father of Leona.  No one really knows for sure.  
NEED to send for Birth Certificate...


Herman Strouse built the house that burned at Christmas time 1937....children accidently set the fire...one of his kids was playing with matches. They got out with their lives and that was about all that was saved.
                  
Children
Marriage
No Children Recorded
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Herman Strouse - Opal Edith Law

Herman Strouse was born at of Michigan 5 Nov 1897.

He married Opal Edith Law . Opal Edith Law was born at Milford Twp, Defiance, Ohio 24 Mar 1893 daughter of Jason Andrew Law and Edna Celestia Hulbert .

Herman Strouse died 7 Jul 1967 at Michigan .

Opal Edith Law died 23 Nov 1971 at Edgerton, Williams, Ohio .