Ursula Mary (Elwer) Wenzlick

Ursula Wenzlick

  OTTOVILLE - Ursula Wenzlick, 94, of Ottoville, was welcomed to Heaven on June 24, 2016.  While on Earth, she was a great role model for showing unconditional love and support and a fine example of how a person of integrity and good work ethics behaved.  Born January 2, 1922, she was one of the oldest of a family of twelve.  She had to help a lot with household chores and raising the younger siblings.  As was the custom in the 1930's, when she turned sixteen, she began working out of the house as a helper to new moms in the neighborhood.  On April 27, 1940, she married Herman Wenzlick.  They lived on the Wenzlick home place in Ottoville and farmed.  Ursula was blessed with fourteen children and the family lived comfortably off the farm.  Ursula's lifelong career was to run the household.  Besides feeding the family, doing the laundry and all the other many tasks that needed to be done (minus the invention of all present day conveniences), she sewed clothes for her kids, including several wedding and bridesmaids dresses.  While relaxing, she also embroidered and crocheted.

  Ursula lived her life well and as she aged, she made all the hard choices so her kids didn’t have to.  She will be remembered for her strong mind and sharp memory.  She enjoyed playing cards and was a good sport when being teased.  She enjoyed a good laugh, even at her expense.   

  Ursula is survived by her children: Tom (Masie), Otto (Rosie), Ann, Joe (Jackie), Rudy (Carol), Marilyn (Jerry), Jean (Al), Jim (Yvonne), Denny (Marilyn), Karen (Paul), Betty (Bill) and Carol; thirty-nine grandchildren; fifty-seven great-grandchildren; siblings: Helen, Gale, Lea, Omer (Jane) and Doris Ann(Gerry); and a sister-in-law: Mary Jane.

  She is reunited with her husband, Herman; her children: Ray and Janice; her great-granddaughter: Alivia; her siblings: Fred, Jim, Joan, Gertrude, Rosie and Sister Johnita; and parents: Dorothy and Otto Elwer.

  A Mass of Christian burial will begin 10:30, Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ottoville with The Very Reverend Jerome Schetter and Fr. John Stites officiating.  Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Ottoville.  Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Monday with a scripture service beginning at 6:00 p.m. at LOVE-HEITMEYER FUNERAL HOME, Jackson Township. 

  Memorial donations may be made to Putnam County Hospice or Immaculate Conception Window Restoration Fund. 

  Condolences may be expressed at:  www.lovefuneralhome.com

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