Miami Union

January 5, 1933 

STEIN, MICHAEL - Requiem mass was held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock for Michael Stein, 78, a resident of Piqua since his arrival in this country as a small boy at St. Mary's Catholic church.  Burial was made in Forest Hill cemetery.  Mr. Stein was born in Mutterholz, Alsace Loraine, Oct. 21, 1854, coming to this country with his parents when he was a boy.  The voyage was made in a sailing vessel and three weeks passed before they arrived in the United States.  His father was one of the first coopers in Piqua.  The decedent died at his home, 109 Riverside drive, Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock following a short illness.  Four children survive, they are: Mrs. Bernard Kussman and Mrs. Walter Lynch of Piqua, Mrs. E. M. Gilligan and Mrs. Samuel McArtor of Columbus.  A son, Maurice, met accidental death in a railroad accident in 1905 and Mrs. Stein preceded him in death 30 years ago.  A brother, George, of the St. Marys pike north of Piqua, and three sisters, Mrs. Barbara Longnecker, Mrs. Mary Schneyer and Mrs. Edward Racine, all of Piqua, also survive.

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