The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase. Please email me for corrections, additions, questions or if you have special personal requests)
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND William Edward "W.E." BEST
	Birth	4 July 1918	Westfield, Clark County, Illinois, USA
	Death	16 July 1989	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA (Lutheran Hospital)
	Burial	20 July 1989	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, USA
	SSN		305-16-6292 (Indiana, bef. 1951). Last residence: Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, Indiana;
	Note		William died of carcinoma with metastases (from death certificate);
	Occupation		owner/operator of a trucking co.; Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
	Marriage	29 October 1938	Blakeslee, Williams County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Simon David BEST
	Mother	Estel Laura HILL
WIFE Marie Catherine TRAUSCH
	Birth	27 September 1918	near Edon, Williams County, Ohio, USA
	Death	3 September 2013	Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio, USA (Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice)
	Burial	9 September 2013	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Sylvester Joseph TRAUSCH
	Mother	Cecelia Catherine SIEBENALER
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