HERSBERGER, Milton

Milton — KERR, Clara J.. Clara was born 30 Oct 1850, West VIrginia; died 20 Oct 1881, Pendleton, Madison, Indiana, USA; was buried East Grove Lawn Cemetery, Pendleton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Milton married KNODE, Mollie Clay 16 Jun 1885. Mollie (daughter of KNODE, George M. and HERSPERGER, Mary Catherine) was born 29 Mar 1862, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bayard K. Hersberger obituary, The Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, 11
September 1948, p. 1, col. 3-4 and p. 2, col. 3. The large first page article
included a photograph.

Bayard K. Hersberger, 71, Dies after Year's Illness
Bayard Kerr Hersberger, 71, of 1424 Cincinnati avenue, died shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday at St. John's hospital following an illness extending over the past year, and as a result of two falls which he sustained since the first of the year. Mr. Hersberger, who was forced to retire as a telegraph editor of the Anderson Herald following a fall on the ice last winter, suffered a broken hip when he fell three weeks ago yesterday. Because of his failing health, Mr. Hersberger failed to respond to treatment at the hospital where he was taken following his most recent accident and his condition was regarded as critical throughout yesterday.

He had served in editorial department capacities on the Herald at various times for 32 years. He also had been employed on newspapers in several other cities including Dayton, O., Terre Haute, and Indianapolis, and represented an Indianapolis paper in this city for several years.

Surviving Mr. Hersberger are the widow, Mrs. Edith Hersberger, two daughters, Mrs. Lois Smith, Mattoon, Ill., and Mrs. Alice Durgan, 2526 Lincoln street, Anderson; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Agnes Goble, Phoenix, Ariz.; his stepmother, Mrs. Mollie Hersberger, 905 West Ninth street; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Henning, 1901 Central avenue, and Mrs. Bernice Seipel, 1813 Meridian street; three brothers, Milton, Put-in-Bay, O.; Alvin Hersberger, R.R. 3, Anderson, and Esmond Hersberger, Chicago. Seven grandchildren also survive.

Mr. Hersberger's body was taken to the Albright funeral home, pending completion of funeral arrangements.

Mr. Hersberger was born in Pendleton June 15, 1877, and came to Anderson when a youth. He had a wide variety of interests and activities, having attended Indiana University and subsequently studying for the ministry. He was also associated with his father, the late Milton Hersberger, Sr., in the real estate business, but gave up this to go to Chicago with Sears and Roebuck. He also taught school for a time in Madison county, but always returned to his primary interest---the newspaper business. He also maintained a keen interest in farming. He was among the first newspaper correspondents who entered Dayton, O., following the 1913 flood which threatened destruction of that city.

He was a member of the Colonial Evangelical United Brethren church. Mr. Hersberger was popular among his co-workers and maintained a keen sense of humor throughout his active life. [Note this was a page 1 article with a large photo of Bayard.]

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Baynard K. Hersberger obituary and funeral notice, Anderson Daily Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana, Saturday, September 11, 1948, pp.1; 3.

B.K. Hersberger Dies of Injury
Funeral Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. for Bayard Kerr Hersberger, age 71, 1424 Cincinnati avenue, newspaper man here for more than forty years who died last evening at 6 o'clock at St. John's Hospital of complications resulting from injury in two falls during the past year.

Mr. Hersberger was employed by the Anderson Herald for 32 years, but was forced to retire following injury in a fall on the ice last winter. He sustained a broken hip in a second fall three weeks ago, and illness that followed hastened his death. He had been assigned to various capacities on the editorial staff. The deceased also had worked on newspapers in Dayton, O., and Terre Haute and for some time was correspondent for an Indianapolis newspaper. A native of Pendleton, he attended Indiana University in his youth and moved to Anderson when a young man.

The body was taken to Albright's funeral home. Rites will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Colonial Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. Bennett Fulp in charge. Burial will be in East Maplewood Cemetery.

Mr. Hersberger studied for the ministry as a young man. Later he was engaged in the real estate business and at one time he taught school. He was a member of the Colonial Evangelical Brethern Church.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Edith Hersberger; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Smith, Mattoon, Ill., and Mrs. Alice Durgan, 2526 Lincoln street, Anderson; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Agnes Goble, Phoenix Ariz; his stepmother, Mrs. Mollie Hersberger, 905 west Ninth street; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Henning, 1901 Central avenue, and Mrs. Bernice Seipel, 1813 Meridian street; three brothers, Milton, Put-in-Bay, O.; Alvin Hersberger, R.R. 3, Anderson, and Esmond Hersberger, Chicago. Also seven grandchildren.

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Sunday Editorial about Bayard K. Hersberger, The Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana, 12 September 1948, p. 4, col 1-4.

Sunday Herald Editorial--Bayard K. Hersberger
Bayard K. Hersberger, age 71, dean of Anderson newspaper men, died Friday evening at St. John's hospital, following an illness of a year's duration which had been complicated by two falls in which he suffered injury. He had been forced to retire as Anderson Herald telegraph editor when he suffered injuries from a fall on the ice last winter. Three weeks ago he fell again breaking a hip. Following this fall, he failed to respond to treatment and his condition became critical Friday.

He had served in several capacities in the editorial department of The Herald at various times during the last 32 years. He was widely known over the county having been this newspaper's county editor for some time. He also served as farm editor of The Herald for a number of years and his acquaintance among the farmers of this community was large.

Mr. Hersberger had also been affiliated with newspapers in Dayton O., Terre Haute and Indianapolis during his newspaper career. He was a member of the Anderson Police Department during the administration of the late Dr. Francis M. Williams. He was always an ardent Republican party worker.

He was born at Pendleton June 15, 1877, and came to Anderson when a youth. He attended Indiana university and subsequently studied for the ministry. He later taught school for a time in this county. At one time he was associated with his father, the late Milton Hersberger, Sr., in the real estate business. But he always returned to his first love---the newspaper business.

He was familiarly known around the city as "Hersh" and had a keen sense of humor. On most any occasion, he would have a new story to pass on to his listeners.

He was an active member of the Colonial Evangelical-United Brethren church

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B.K. Hersberger Services Today, The Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana,
12 September 1948, p. 1, col 2.

B.K. Hersberger Services Today
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Colonial Evangelical United Brethren church for Bayard Kerr Hersberger, 71, 1424 Cincinnati avenue, who died in St. John's hospital Friday evening at 6 o'clock following an illness of one year. The Rev. Bennett Fulp will officate and burial will follow in East Maplewood cemetery. The body was taken to the Albright funeral home where friends will be received until 1:30 this afternoon when it will be taken to the church to lie in state from 2 p.m. until the hour of the services. Pallbearers will include O.W. Haven, Harry Neanover, Thamar Vermillion, Paul Lane, Maurice Hockett, Bud Durbin, Floyd Schuyler and Robert Byrne.

Mr. Hersberger had been employed in the editorial department of The Herald for 32 years prior to his retirement a year ago and had been engaged as a newspaperman for more than forty years.

Bayard married MEHAFFEY, Leora Edith Sanders 12 Jun 1910, St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan. Leora (daughter of MEHAFFEY, William and CRAWFORD, ???) was born 1883, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

See Ann Smart's "Descendants of John B. Hersberger" for details of Esmond's life.

He was a very prominent man in Anderson and written up in the Centennial History of the town in 1925. His first wife, Katharine Langell, was a school principal which was unusual for a woman at that time and he was a real estate broker and had been an officer during the war. He enlisted during World War I and they married a few months after his enlistment. A year later they had a baby, probably while he was off training soldiers. The baby named Katherine died when she was one month old and is buried at East Maplewood.

He is no where to be found in the 1930 census and she is living with her parents using the Hersberger name, showing married and working as a principal. Her obituary lists her as Miss Katharine G. Langell. She clearly was very prominent in the Anderson public school's administration for many years.

In the meantime he moved to Chicago became a principal and eventually remarried. At some point he purchased two cemetery plots at the Acacia Park Masonic Cemetery in Rosemont, IL where he buried his second wife, Emma E. Hautau. He was cremated according to his death certificate, but his ashes aren't at Rosemont. There was no obituary for him when he died at age 95 and he had outlived all but two of his siblings. A law firm handled his final arrangements.

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Esmond P. Hersberger, death certificate no. 614976 (1983 in Cook County),
Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois.

Esmond P. Hersberger, male, d. 23 Jul 1983, white, German descent [actually Swiss], 94 years old, b. 8-4-1888 [actually 1887], died in Cook County, Chicago, DOA Bethany Hosp, born in Indiana, Citizen of USA, Widowed, SSN 323-30-5325, Retired School Principal from Chicago Board of Education, Not a War Veteran [actually was from WWI], Residence 3550 W. Franklin, Chicago city, Cook County, IL, Father: Milton, Mother: Mollie Knode, Informant William C. White Acting administrator 1250 West view, Glenview, IL. He died of Arterioscleortic Cardiovascular Disease and Exposure to Heat. Natural death and no autopsy. His remains were Cremated by Cremation Ser. Inc of Rosemont, ILL on 7-26-1983. Arrangements by Rosarn D. Salerno's Sons 6300 W. North ave. Chicago, IL 60639.

Esmond married LANGELL, Katherine 29 Dec 1917. Katherine (daughter of LANGELL, Louis L. and STORER, Grace) was born Abt 1890; died 22 Nov 1976, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Esmond married HAUTAU, Emma Aft 1920. Emma died Abt 05 Feb 1968, Chicago, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Wednesday, September 29, 1982, p. 239 in the Compilation of Obituaries by Davis at the Anderson Library

Bernice H. Seipel
?Bernice H. Seipel, 92, 1813 Meridian St. died at St. John?s Medical Center Tuesday night after a short illness.

She was born in Madison County and was a lifelong resident. She attended Indiana University and taught school at Florida Station many years ago. She also had worked in the Madison County treasurer?s office. She was a member of the Eastern Star in Anderson where she was past matron, the First Presbyterian Church and its Nikaphilia Bible study club, and the typographical union auxiliary.

She is survived by one son, Wilbur M. Seipel of Gahanna, Ohio; two brothers, Esmond Hershberger of Chicago and Milton Hershberger of Port Clinton, Ohio; and a sister, Hilda Henning of Anderson.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Baker Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry Thompson officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Bernice married SEIPEL, William Jr. 25 Mar 1916. [Group Sheet]

Hilda married HENNING, Ernest 04 Oct 1919. Ernest was born Abt 1895. [Group Sheet]

Alvin — MILLER, Estella M.. Estella was born 30 May 1880, Jasper, Indiana, USA; died 27 Jul 1967, Peru, Miami County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Milton Hersberger Obituary from Toledo Blade Aug. 19, 1987, p. 14, column 1
Founder of Port Clinton Island Air Service in 1930

Milton Hersberger, 85, of Port Clinton, O., a former test pilot and airport manager who founded the Island Airlines, belived to be the shortest in the United States, died yesterday in Magruder Hospital after a long illness.

A native of Anderson, Ind., and a resident of Port Clinton many years, Mr. Hersberger became a pilot during the early 1920?s. He was a test pilot and manager of airports in Chicago, Youngstown, and Sandusky, O. before moving to Port Clinton in 1930 and founding the Island Airlines. The airline flew shuttle flights from its base in Port Clinton to an airport Mr. Hersberger owned on South Bass Island and to fields he leased on Middle Bass, North Bass, and Kelleys islands.

Started with 2 Planes
In addition to passenger service, the airlines carried mail and miscellaneous freight, and made emergency flights. At one time known as Air Tours, Inc., the airlines initially had two planes. In 1935, Mr. Hersberger acquired two Ford Tri-motor planes, a craft known as the Tin Goose. He frequently claimed ownership of seven of the Ford Trimotor planes of which only 198 were built between 1928 and 1933. He retired in 1953, when he sold the airlines and three of his last four trimotor planes.

Former Caf? Owner
In addition, Mr. Hersberger was the former owner of Urb?s Caf?, Port Clinton, and was a real estate salesman. He owned several office buildings, including the Hersberger Building in downtown Port Clinton.

Surviving are his wife, Marguerite; stepson, Arthur Van Rensselaer; stepdaughter, Mrs. Sue Ann Coyle, and five stepgrandsons.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Neidecker-LeVeck-Crosser Mortuary, Port Clinton where the body will be after 2 p.m. tomorrow. The family requests that any contributions be to the charity of the donor?s choice.

Milton — ???, Marguerite. Marguerite was born Abt 1905. [Group Sheet]

Living — SMITH, H.. [Group Sheet]

Living married KNOTTS, ?. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anderson Herald/Bulletin-Saturday, December 18, 1993, p. 422, in the Compilation of Obituaries by Bridges at the Anderson public library

Alice L. Durgan
?Alice Lucile (Hersberger) Durgan, 77, Anderson, died Dec. 18, 1993, at St. John?s Medical Center following an extended illness.

Born March 12, 1916, in Anderson. She was a lifelong city resident. She retired in 1973 from the U>S. Army Finance Center after 10 years of employment.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Donna L. and Dennis Schultz of Indianapolis and Susan L. and David Whipple of McCordsville; a son and daughter-in-law. James P. and Carol Anne Durgan of Cincinnati, Ohio, a sister, Lois Knotts of Carlisle; four grandchildren, Christopher Schultz, Candace Hunt, Rebecca Gilson and June Whipple, three great-grandchildren, Alexandrer Hunt, Nicole Whipple and Dawn Gilson; several nieces and nephews.

Her husband Harold ?Turk? Durgan died in 1991.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Ausbun officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.

Alice — DURGAN, Harold. Harold was born Abt 1914, Anderson, Indiana; died 16 Mar 1991, Anderson, Indiana; was buried 19 Mar 1991, Anderson Memorial Park, Anderson, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Living — Living. [Group Sheet]

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Living — WHIPPLE, D.. [Group Sheet]

Living — ???, C.A.. [Group Sheet]