Lugibill, Albert E. (1869-1961)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 9 Celebrates 90th Birthday with photo

Birth date: 1869 jAN 26

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Apr 27 p. 5

text of obituary:

Retired Livestock Dealer Dies At Bluffton, O.

Bluffton, Ohio. — Albert E. Lugibill, former livestock dealer here, died in the Bluffton Community Hospital on April 18 at the age of 92.

A native of this community, he was married to Anne Liechty of Berne, Ind. in 1891. She preceded him in death.

Funeral services were conducted at a local funeral home, with Rev. Jacob T. Friesen and Rev. Grover T. Soldner officiating. Mr. Lugibill was a member of the First Mennonite Church here.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. M. J. Wollman of Freeman, S. D., Mrs. O. H. Augsburger of Hopedale, Ill., and Mrs. Don Patterson of Bluffton; two sons, Waldo of Hope, N. D., and Homer of Lima; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Jun 1 p. 8

text of obituary:

ALBERT E. LUGIBILL

Albert E. Lugibill, 92, oldest male citizen of Bluffton, Ohio, died April 18, in the Bluffton Community Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. Services were held April 20 with Rev. Jacob T. Friesen, pastor of the First Mennonite church, and Rev. Grover T. Soldner, Sunday school teacher for many years, officiating. He was laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery.

Born Jan. 26, 1869, in Richland township, one mile from Bluffton, he was the oldest and last surviving member of a family of six children born to Emanuel P. and Elizabeth (Amstutz) Lugibill. He married Anna Leichty [sic Liechty] of Berne, Ind. in October 1891, and she preceded him in death.

Surviving are two sons, Waldo of Hope, N. D., and Homer of Lima, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Michael J. (Estelle) Wollmann, Freeman, S. D., Mrs. O. H. (Nelle) Augsburger, Hopedale, Ill., and Mrs. Don (Katheryne) Patterson, Bluffton; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was baptized by Rev. John Moser in the Ebenezer Church, then he became a charter member of the First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.

His education was limited to the eight grades of elementary school. He was well informed and took a great interest in every activity and change that took place in almost a century.

He retired from the livestock business 20 years ago after having been engaged in it for 52 years. He was consulted to the very end of his life by younger farmers who brought to him their problems concerning livestock.

He had a life-long love of music, and in his youth walked many miles to attend a class in the rudiments of music. He sang in the first renditIon, in the Bluffton area, of Handel's “Messiah” in 1887.

He met a great financial reverse with trust in God, and because he was thrifty he was able to overcome those bleak days. He made all his own funeral arrangements.

He was a resident of the Mennonite Memorial Home the last two years. His good memory and keen sense of humor came in good stead in the fellowship with the other guests.

The Mennonite obituary: 1961 May 23 p. 348