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Rehme

The Shelbyville News
September 1985
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RICHARD W. REHME
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Richard W. Rehme, 54, R.R. 4, Rushville, died at 3 a.m. Sunday at Rush Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rehme, who had been manager at the Coca Cola Bottling Company, Shelbyville, for many years, was a past president of the Rushville Rotary Club and Rushville Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church and a past exalted ruler of the Rushville Elks Club. He had also served in the U.S. Air Force.
A son of William F. and Dorothy (Brecheisen) Rehme, he was born in Rushville on June 27, 1931. He was married to Sandra McCorkheill, who survives.
Also surviving are sons, Alex Rehme, serving with the U.S. Army in Germany, and Michael Rehme, at home; a daughter, Deborah Rehme, at home; five grandchildren; and sisters, Mrs. John (Janet) Newhouse, Rushville, and Mrs. Charles (Elizabeth) Sheets, Fort Wayne.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Todd Funeral Home with Father William Cleary officiating. Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Rushville Republican
Tuesday, September 11, 1973
Page 1
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Death Takes
Dorothy Rehme
Rites Thursday
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Mrs. Dorothy B. Rehme, 69, ?12 West Tenth Street, died at 5:55 Monday evening at Rush Memorial Hospital, where she had entered Sunday night. Mrs. Rehem was born March 23, 1904 in Rushville, the daughter of John and Amelia Hollenbeck Brecheisen. She was married to William Frank Rehme, who died December 22, 1948. She had lived all her life in Rushville.
The deceased was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church and of the Senior Sodality of the church. She had been associated with the local Coca Cola Bottling Company, serving as the secretary-treasurer. At the Rushville High School Alumni dinner in 1970, Mrs. Rehme was presented the annual Service Award from that organization.
Surviving is a son, Richard w. Rehme, R. 4; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Elizabeth) Sheets, Ft. Wayne and Mrs. John (Janet) Newhouse, Rushville; two sisters, Mrs. Irma Hall, Lewisville, and Mrs. Agatha Bohannon, Indianapolis; two brothers, Harold W. and Edwin Brecheisen, Rushville, and nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Thursday, with Father William Fisher officiating. Entombment will be in the East Hill Shrine Mausoleum. Friends may call at the Wyatt Morre Mortuary after 2 p.m. Wednesday, where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville News
Monday, March 15, 1971
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Rehme Rites Held
Today in Rushville
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Services were held today in St. Mary Catholic Church, Rushville, for Mrs. Josephine Rehme, 92, Rushville, who died Saturday morning in a nursing home in Rushville. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery. Born in Shelby County (Prescott) on Feb. 20, 1879, Mrs. Rehme was the daughter of Nicholas and Louise (Kuntz) Schaf. In 1907 she was married to Henry Rehme, who died in 1967. Surviving are two daughters, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A son preceded in death.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville News
August 26, 1967
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ERNST J. REHM, ENGINEER,
CONTRACTOR, DIES AT 69
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Ernst J. Rehm, 69, St. Paul, former Shelbyville assistant city engineer and widely-known engineer and contractor, died suddenly this morning at 7:30 o'clock at his home of an apparent coronary attack. Mr. Rehm had not been ill but had sustained two broken ribs in a fall at his home last Thursday.
He died just a week after his long-time engineering "team-mate," Clyde R. Yater of Shelbyville, who died Aug. 20. With Mr. Yater, Mr. Rehm in 1924 founded the Shelby Construction Co., well-known building firm here which was instrumental in the construction of many buildings within a 100-mile radius of Shelbyville. He served as secretary-treasurer. In 1931, the firm was incorporated as the Shelby Construction Co., Inc., operating as such until 1952, when it was reincorporated as the Shelby Construction Corp., Inc., with offices at 1237 Jefferson Ave. The two men reitred from the firm in 1957.
Mr. Rehm was appointed by Mayor John S. Anderson in 1960 as assistant city engineer, at the same time Mr. Yater was named city engineer. Mr. Rehm served as engineer for the city sanitary sewer extension and treatment plant project. At the time of death he was employed as an engineer with the engineering department of Dunlap and Co., Inc., Columbus.
Mr. Rehm was a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., in civil engineering. He was a veteran of World War I, and reportedly was the youngest second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in that war.
A member and deacon of the St. Paul Christian Church, Mr. Rehm had held many offices in the church. He was a charter member of the St. Paul Kiwanis Club and served as lieutenant governor of District 12-N in 1961. He also was a member of Waldron Lodge No. 217, F. & A.M.
Born in Cincinnati, O., May 31, 1898, he was the son of Ernst and Matilde (Griess) Rehm. On June 11, 1927, he married Mabel Updike, who survives at home. Also surviving are three children, Mrs. Marjorie Ellen Steinacker of Wilmington, Del., and Justin G. Rehm and Richard E. Rehm, both of St. Paul; two sisters, Miss Wilhelmina Rehm, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Sylvia Harwood, Wauwatosa, Wis., and five grandchildren. A sister preceded in death.
Services will be announced by the Carmony Funeral Home of St. Paul.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville News
August 12, 1967
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Services will be held Monday at 9:00 a. m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rushville for Henry F. Rehme, 87, of 1212 N. Morgan St., Rushville, who died Friday at 7:00 p. m. at his home. He had been seriously ill for six months and in failing health for two years. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rushville, and friends may call at the Todd Funeral Home, Rushville, after noon on Sunday. The rosary will be recited Sunday at 8:00 p. m. at the funeral home.
Born in Shelbyville on March 25, 1880, Mr. Rehme was the son ofFrank J. and Elizabeth (Bogeman) Rehme. In 1907 he married Josephine Schaf, also a Shelby County native, who survives at home. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. William (Grace) Newbold of Indianapolis and Mrs. Harold (Ruth) Breckheisen of Rushville; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Hendrickson, Mrs. Maynard (Zita) Zinser and Mrs. John (Agnes) Edwards, all of Shelbyville, and Mrs. Regina Oakley of Beech Grove. A son, Jack, preceded in death.
Mr. Rehme, in association with his brother, the late William Rehme, had been owner of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Rushville since 1926, prior to which he had been superintendent of a Dayton furniture factory for 20 years. He was a charter and 50-year member of the Shelbyville Knights of Columbus lodge and a member of St. Mary's Church in Rushville.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, August 24, 1965
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AMALIA REHME
DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Rites Thursday For
Bottling Firm Head
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Mrs. Amalia Rehme, 80, 403 S. West St., died today at 2:00 a.m. at Major Hospital following amonth's illness. She had been in failing health for the past year. Death was attributed to a stroke.
Mrs. Rehme was president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Shelbyville, Ind., Inc. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Anne's Altar Society and St. Rose of Lima Circle, Daughters of Isabella.
Born in Cincinnati on June 5, 1885, she was the daughter of Joseph and Veronica (Sauer) Woerner. On June 1, 1910, she was united in marriage in Greensburg to August E. Rehme, who preceded in death on Jan. 22, 1941.
Surviving are five children, Mrs. Meryle (Clara) McCabe, Mrs. Frank (Rose Marie) Kehoe, Mrs. Edwin H. (Dorothy) Pritchard Jr., and Frank J. Rehme, all of Shelbyville, and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Stadtmiller Jr., of Terre Haute; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Arnold Galloway of Indianapolis, and a brother, Joseph Woerner, Cincinnati.
Services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Rev. Bernard Burgert officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Ewing Mortuary. The Rosary will be recited Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the mortuary.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville News
Thursday, December 23, 1948
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WILLIAM REHME
DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Former Local Man Ill Only
Short Time; Rites Friday
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William F. Rehme, former resident of this city whose home was at 213 W. 10th St. in Rushville, died at the W. S. Major hospital at 11:45 o'clock Wednesday night.
Although he had been in failing health for some time he became ill only a few days ago and was brought to the local hospital only a few hours before death occurred.
MR. REHME was born in this city on October 10, 1903, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (Bogeman) Rehme. He moved to Rushville in 1926 and was associated with his brother, Henry, in the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in that city. He was a member of the Rushville St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Elks and Eagles lodges.
In September, 1930, he was married to Dorothy Brecheisen who survives with a son and daughter, Richard and Elizabeth Ann, at home and an adopted daughter Mrs. John Newhouse of Rushville. Also surviving are the brother Henry, and four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Hendrickson, Mrs. John Edwards and Mrs. Maynard Zinser of this city and Mrs. Jean Oakley of Beech Grove.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the Wyatt funeral home in Rushville and burial will be made in the Rushville cemetery. Friends may call at the Wyatt funeral home.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, January 23, 1941
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AUGUST E. REHME
DIES SUDDENLY
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Head of Bottling Concern is
Found Dead in Bed at
Home Here.
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FOUNDED FIRM IN 1917
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Funeral to Be Held at St.
Joseph Church Satur-
day Morning.
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August E. Rehme, head of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company here and lifelong resident of Shelbyville, died suddenly this morning at his home at 403 south West street. Word of his death came as a distinct shock throughout the community, for he had been conducting his business affairs as usual until Tuesday afternoon.
The exact cause of death could not be immediately determined but it was believed due to an embolism resulting from a carbuncle which developed on his knee about two weeks ago.
Mr. Rehme was downtown yesterday for treatment of the growth and went to bed later in the afternoon. He was dead when Mrs. Rehme went to awaken him for breakfast this morning. Death occurred about 7:30 o'clock.
Starting in the bottling business on a samll scale with his brother, Lawrence Rehme, and Joseph Miller, Mr. Rehme had developed the bottling firm into one of the finest in this section of the state. After being employed at the old mirror factory here for a few years, Mr. Rehme opened the Coca-Cola concern with the other two men in 1917. His brother died during the World War and Mr. Miller, his other associate in the business, died about five years ago.
With a constantly increasing business, Mr. Rehme four years ago constructed the modern bottling plant now on north Harrison street. The first plant was on Fourth street.
The deceased was also a prominent member of the St. Joseph Catholic church and was affiliated with the Knights of Columbus lodge.
He was an ardent sports enthusiast and, since his son Frank had become a student at Notre Dame university, had been an enthusiastic follower of the school's athletic organizations. He attended nearly all of the Notre Dame football games last fall, even following the team to California for one of its games.
The son of Frank and Elizabeth (Bogeman) Rehme, he was born in Shelbyville on October 13, 1885. He was graduated from the St. Joseph school here and on June 1, 1910, he was married to Miss Amalia Woerner, who survives with five children, all of whom live in Shelbyville.
The children are Mrs. Clara McCabe, Mrs. Rosemarie Kehoe, Dorothy and Mary at home, and Frank, at Notre Dame. Frank was expected to arrive home from Notre Dame later today.
Besides the widow and hcildren, Mr. Rehme is survived by two brothers, Henry and William, both of Rushville, and four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Hendrickson, Mrs. Zita Schoepfel and Mrs. John Edwards, all of this city, and Mrs. Jean Oakley, of Indianapolis.
Mr. Rehme's mother died only last March, his father having preceded him in death in 1913.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at the St. Joseph church, with the Rev. Clement Zepf officiating. Burial will be made at the church cemetery, in charge of Loren H. Murphy, funeral director.
Friends may call at the residence after 7:00 o'clock this evening.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, March 15, 1940
Page 1
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ILLNESS FATAL
TO CITY WOMAN
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Elizabeth Rehme, Widely
Known City Resdient,
Dies at Home
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Mrs. Elizabeth Rehme, age 81, one of Shelbyville's most widely known older residents, died at 10:05 a.m. Thursday at her home, 255 west Braodway following five weeks of illness. Her death was due to cardiac asthma and followed a last attack suffered early yesterday.
Mrs. Rehme, who had lived sixty-one years at the home where her death occurred, would have observed her eighty-second anniversary next May 14.
An active member of the St. Joseph Catholic church since coming to Shelbyville, she was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and the St. Ann Altar Society at the church and was also a member of the American War Mothers. She was a Gold Star Mother, one of her sons, Lawrence, having died in action during the World War.
The daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Broxterman) Bogeman, she was born at Enochsburg, in Franklin county, on May 14, 1858. She was married to Frank Rehme on May 14, 1879, her twenty-fifth birthday anniversary, and to this union twelve children were born, eight of whom survive. Mr. Rehme died October 5, 1913.
The surviving children are Henry F. and William, of Rushville, and August Rehme, of this city; Mrs. Clara Miller, Mrs. Hattie Hendrickson, Mrs. John Edwards and Mrs. Zita Schoepful, all of this city, and Mrs. Regina Oakley, of Indianapolis.
Besides the children she is survived by eighteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren' two brothers, John Bogeman, of this city, and Will Bogeman, of Waldron, and several nieces and nephews.
A sister, Mrs. Walter Burke, of Bloomington, died February 24.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the St. Joseph church with the Rev. Clement Zepf, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made at the church cemetery, in charge of Loren H. Murphy, funeral director. Friends may call at the residence at any time.
The local chapter of the War Mothers will conduct services at the residence at 7:00 p.m. today.
Contributed for Mary Rinehart

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, November 7, 1918
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KILLED ON BATTLE
FIELD OF HONOR
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[Picture]
Lawrence L. Rehme.
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No recent death of a local soldier on the battlefield of France has caused any greater shock to the community than that of Private Lawrence Rehme, a prominent and popular young business man of the city, whose death in action occurred Friday, September 27. The shock of the news, which was received Friday, has been great to his many friends as well as to his own family.
Private Rehme was general manager and secretary of the Rehme Ice Cream Co. and the Cocoa Cola Bottling Works of this city. He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church here and a fourth degree memer of the K. of C. lodge and member of the local aerie of the Fraternal Oder of Eagles. Possessed with a happy disposition and a splendid character, Lawrence Rehme met his death bravely, with a promonition that he would never return. He left here March 19 [could be 29] for Camp Taylor, and was back home just once for a few days furlough.
A requiem mass was said at the Catholic church Monday morning in his honor and no praise is too good for this splendid young patriot.

Ibid.
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LAWRENCE L. REHME
FOURTEENTH CASUALTY
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News of Death of Prominent
Young Man Received At An
Early Hour Friday Night.
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WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN
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News Causes Shock to Scores of
Friends Thruout County -- Four-
teenth Shelby County Soldier
Killed in Action.
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(From Saturday's Daily.)
For the fourteenth time, the shadow of the great world war in France has been brought to bear forcibly on the people of this city and county, in the official government telegram received Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock by Mrs. Elizabeth Rehme, of west Broadway, announcing that her son, Private Lawrence L. Rehme, one of the prominent young business men of this city, had been killed in action in France, Sunday, Sept. 27. The news of his heroic death has caused sorrow thruout the county, for he was known and well liked by everyone.
Private Rehme was one of the most active, progressive young men of this city. Following the death of his father, Frank Rehme, sever years ago, he managed the pop bottling works here for his mother, until its amalgamation with the Rehme Ice Cream Co. and the Cocoa Cola Bottling Works, of which he became secretary and business manager. Thru his excellent direction, the plant had grown to be one of the largest in the state of Indiana and Mr. Rehme became known not only locally but everywhere that he had any dealings. At no time was he ever known to be without the happy smile and pleasant greetings that characterized him as everybody's friend.
He left this city with the draft increment of March 29, one of the largest ever sent from this county. He was stationed at Camp Taylor for a month and was then sent overseas, as a truck driver, but was afterward transferred to the infantry branch. He arrived in France seven days to the day that he entered service. Ten days ago a letter received from him, which was written Sept. 16, stated that he was in a rest billet after being in a twenty-seven days' fight and he thanked his relatives for prayers which had let him come forth unscathed. Six days later he was killed.
Private Rehme was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church here and his death places the first goilden star in the large flag of that congregation. He was an active member and a thoro Christian; he was one of the few Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of this city and was also a member of the Eagles' ledge here. His death also places the fourth golden star in the Eagles' service flag.
His mother, who has been seriously ill with influenzal pneumonia, was unable to stand the shock of the terrible news and for a while Friday evening was in a critical condition; she is much better today. Besides his mother he leaves five sisters and three brothers, who are Mrs. Agnes Jenkins, Mrs. Sanders Hendrickson, Mrs. Joseph Miller, Misses Regina and Zita Rehme, August Rehme and William Rehme, of this city, and Henry Rehme, of Dayton, O.
Coincident with his death is a statement, which he made to his brother, August, before leaving, asking him to take care of their mother as he would never return, and a letter to his mother, written just before he left, in which he hinted at the same thing. The sympathy of the entire community will go out to the bereaved family in their great loss.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday, November 2, 1918
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WAS KILLED IN ACTION
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Lawrence Rehme of West
Broadway Killed in Fight-
ing September 22.
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MESSAGE RECEIVED
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Mrs. Elizabeth Rehme, of west Broadway, received a telegram Friday night from the war department, notifying her that her son, Lawrence L. Rehme, had been killed in action on September 22, in France.
The young soldier was twenty-nine years old. He entered the service at Camp Taylor, Ky. last March. He arrived in France during the latter part of May, and there was assigned to duty with a unit of infantry. When he sailed from here he was a truck driver but letters which were received from him later, indicated that he had been transferred.
A letter which he had written on September 16 was received by his mother several days ago. In the letter he said that his company was resting after twenty-seven days at the front. He added that he had not received a scratch during all that fighting.
Lawrence Rehme was well known among the young people of the city. He was engaged in the bottling business here, previous to being called to war. He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic church and both Knights of Columbus lodges. The mother of the young soldier was overcome when the news of the death of her son was received. She was in a weakened condition from an attack of influenza and pneumonia. The mother, three brothers and five sisters survive.
Thus one more Shelbyville boy has given up his life that the world may be made better; that the very things vouchsafed all American citizens under the constitution may be made permanently inherent. He stood for all that is good and noble and brave in American soldiery. No wreath placed on his grave can be an adequate token for his great sacrifice. All honor to his memory.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Mary Rinehart

The Shelbyville Democrat
Monday, October 6, 1913
Page 1
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PROMINENT RESIDENT
DIED UNEXPECTEDLY
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Call Came For Frank Rehme
in the Early Hours of
Sunday Morning.
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Frank Rehme, sixty-five years old, one of Shelbyville's prominent and widely known business men, was found dead in bed at his home, 266 west Broadway, a few minutes before six o'clock Sunday morning. He had been dead for four or five hours before the discovery was made, and his death is attributed to heart trouble. His body was found cold in death by his wife, who went to his bed to give him some medicine.
Mr. Rehme was known all over the state as a pop manufacturer and he had followed that business here most successfully for thirty-seven years, building up a fortune of considerable size. He was an indefatiguable worker and even failing health during the past few months had not kept him from his work, and he was busy with is work last week as usual. Friday evening he attended a meeting of the board of directors of the Homestead Building & Loan Association. On Saturday morning he suffered from an attack of the heart, believed to have been brought on by kidney troubles and it was feared he could not live thru the day. He was much improved Saturday evening and near the midnight hour was apparently so much better that he induced the members of his family who had been watching at his bedside to retire for the night. At eleven-thrity he was sleeping soundly, and it was decided not to awaken him. It was plain in the morning that he had passed away without a struggle as he was in the same position he had occupied when the members of his family last saw him alive.
Born June 26, 1848, at Borgloh, Germany, Mr. Rehme spent the first twenty years of his life in the Fatherland. He landed in America September 24, 1868, and went immediately to Cincinnati, where he lived until 1876 when he came to this city. Since then he had been a resident of this city and was engaged here continuously in the manufacture of soda water and other soft drinks. He was most successful in this line and he invested largely in real estate in this city and at Franklin.
May 14, 1879, Mr. Rehme married Miss Sophia Elizabeth Bogeman, of this city, and they began housefeeping at once at the the west Broadway residence where Mr. Rehme's death occurred. Their married life was happy, as Mr. Rehme was a devoted husband, a kind-hearted and loving father and a man who enjoyed the respect and esteem of all his neighbors and acquaintances. Twelve children were born to the union. Nine of them survive. They are Henry, of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph Miller, of Indianapolis, and Augustus, Lawrence, Mrs. Sanders Hendrickson, Agnes, Regina, Zita and William, of this city. He is also survived by two brothers, Matthias, of Cincinnati, and David, of Germany, and he had recently been planning to visit the latter.
Mr. Rehme was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic church and of the Knights of Columbus.
Funeral services will be held at the church at nine o'clock Wednesday morning, Rev. Father Bogeman, of Bloomington, and Rev. Father Kaelin, of this city, officiating, and the interment will be made in the St. Joseph cemetery. No flowers.
Contributed for Mary Rinehart

The Shelby Democrat
January 23, 1896
Page 3 column 3
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Ruth, the two months and fifteen days old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rehme, died at their residence No. 104 West Broadway at three p.m. January 15 of brain trouble. The funeral was held at the St. Joseph Catholic church at eight a.m. Friday, January 17, 1896. Interment in the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, Marshall G. Tindall had charge of the remains.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Tuesday, October 8, 1889
Page 1
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
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Frances, infant daughter of Frank Rehme, of this city, died of brain fever this morning. The remains will be interred Thursday at St. Joseph's cemetery. Services at the church at 9 a.m. D. B. Wilson, funeral director. The pall-bearers are the following members of the Guardian Angel Society: Arthur Meer, Charley Slusser, Eddie Holtmeier, Louie Schacherer, Gustie Siefert, Otto Kopp, Annie Beoning, Annie Werbel, Clara Czerwinski, Altie Torline, Evie Price, Jennie McManus. Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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