John C. Suber, a well-known and highly regarded citizen of Fletcher, who has been engaged in the undertaking business here for thirty-nine years, was born in Miami county, a son of W. D. Suber. His father, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio and settled in Butler county, in 1829; ten years later he came to Miami county, and settled in Brown township, where he rounded out a long and honorable career. W. D. Suber married Mary Caven, of Spring Creek township, daughter of a farmer and supervisor of that township. They became the parents of five children: two who died in infancy; George W., a farmer and member of the school board of Lena, Ohio; Oral M., and John C. John C. Suber attended the public schools of Lena and Conover and was still a young man when he embarked in the undertaking business at Fletcher in 1882. In the following year he secured a certificate of embalming from the Cincinnati Medical School, and in 1806 was given a state license after passing an examination at Toledo, Ohio. He has continued to maintain his, undertaking establishment, in connection with which he conducts a large furniture and hardware business, and his activities have been attended with continuous and gratifying success. While Mr. Suber has been a busy merchant, whose time has been largely demanded by his personal interests, he has been by no means inactive as a citizen. He was a member of the Fletcher school board for four years, and during the war period was chairman of the Fletcher division of the Red Cross and canvassed Brown township in behalf of Liberty bonds, the war chest movement, etc. As a fraternalist he has. been affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1884 and the Knights of Pythias since 1887. He belongs to the Presbyterian church. In 1879 Mr. Suber married Sarah P. Carmony, who died in 1896, leaving one daughter, Bertha, who is 1911 married Clifford Hartley, of Piqua, and they have a son, John C., born August 13, 1913. In 1898, Mr. Suber married Margaret Thompson, who died in 1906, being survived by one son, William Dilts. In 1907 Mr. Suber was united in marriage with Mrs. Ella Robinson, who died without issue. The present Mrs. Suber, with whom he was united in marriage in 1915, was formerly Mrs. Lodemia Moon, Mr. Suber was clerk of his township for two years. In 1894 he was ordained an elder in the Presbyterian church and is still serving in that capacity. In his professional work he was one of the first to adopt motor vehicles in the county.