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Otto Lee Apfelbeck

Male 1932 - 2016  (83 years)


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  • Name Otto Lee Apfelbeck  [1, 2
    Birth 18 Sep 1932  Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Feb 2016  Cridersville, Auglaize County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Y  [1
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    • Otto Lee Apfelbeck, 83, passed away Feb. 24, 2016, at 3 p.m., at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices in Cridersville, Ohio. Otto was born Sept. 18, 1932, on a farm in Saline County, to Otto E. and Alice (Brydl) Apfelbeck, who preceded him in death. On July 20, 1958, he married the love of his life, Charlotte K. (Vogelgesang) Apfelbeck, who survives him in Lima, Ohio.

      Otto attended a one-room school through the eighth grade and graduated from Wilber High School. While attending Fairbury Junior College in Fairbury, he enlisted in the Naval Reserves. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he became a member of Acacia Fraternity and earned his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, Otto joined Westinghouse and continued his education at the University of Pittsburgh where he received his master's degree in Electrical Engineering. Through Westinghouse he relocated to Lima where he worked as an electrical engineer in the Aerospace Division, receiving numerous patents until his retirement after 39 years of dedicated service. Otto enjoyed gardening, his apple orchard, making wine from his grape arbor, the Bluffton Garden Club, Life Long Learning classes at OSU and working as a committee member for special events with Boy Scout Troop 37.

      Otto is survived by two children: Laura (Joe) Freveletti of Inverness, Illinois, and Rodney (Jean) Apfelbeck of Cincinnati, Ohio; three grandchildren: Anna Kaye Freveletti, and Patrick and Kate Apfelbeck; a sister-in-law: Jill Vogelgesang of Lima, Ohio; and two nephews, Joseph and Christian Vogelgesang. He was preceded in death by his sisters: Arlene Horacek and Lorraine Lannom, and a brother-in-law, Rick J. Vogelgesang.

      A funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at the South Side Christian Church at 10:30 a.m. Officiating the service were the Rev. Steve Brown and the Rev. Todd Cosart. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Johnny Appleseed Park District or the Black Swamp Area Council Boy Scouts of America. The family has entrusted the Chiles-Laman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Shawnee Chapel, in assisting them with arrangements

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
    Person ID I46546  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2016 

    Father Otto E. Apfelbeck,   b. 17 Oct 1907, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1979, Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Alice L. Brydl,   b. 24 Feb 1910, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1976, Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1929  Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F10710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Nebraska, Sabine County, Brush Creek (Reliability: 3).