Mrs. Martha Wuerth

Mrs. Martha Wuerth

Former City Resident
Succumbs In Ohio

Mrs. Martha B. Wuerth, 78, wife
of the late J. Fred Wuerth, former
Ann Arbor businessman, died yes-
terday morning in Hunting Valley,
0., it was learned today.

Mrs. Wuerth had been a resident
of Ann Arbor from 1911 until last
year, when she went to live with
her daughter, Mrs. Hugh C. Down-
er, in Ohio.

Born in Freedom township on
Nov. 8, 1874, she was the daughter
of Frederick and Wilhelmina Ney-
er Breitenwischer. On July 31,
1911, she was married to Mr.
Wuerth, who died Sept. 19, 1946.

She was a member of the Ann
Arbor Church of Christ, Scientist;

the Eastern Star, and a former
member of the Ann Arbor Wom-
en's Club.

Surviving, besides her daughter,
are three sisters, Mrs. C. R. Hall
and Mrs. M. C. Souter of Detroit,
and Mrs. Kathryn Feldkamp of
•' "''rnpia, Wash.; three broth?'

•;-t. Brpitcnwischer of Manchesi
Alvin Breilenwisc'her of Dc) i
and Dr. Adolph Breitenwische!
Toledo, 0.; and three grandchil-
dren.

Funpr-al services will be held at

"riday in the Muehlig
i np.pr'!, i iarence Kessler, C. S., of-
ficiating. Burial will follow in the
Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.

Friends may call at the Muehlig
Chapel.