John Jacob Wehe

1853 - 1941  (87 years)

• Name	John Jacob Wehe
  Born	25 May 1853	Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	1941	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6916	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F7392

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  Buried - - Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wehe, John John Jacob Wehe John Jacob Wehe, 88, plumber in Topeka for many years, died Sunday at his home, 1301 West Sixth Ave. He was born May 25, 1853, in Aurora, Ind., came to Kansas in 1879, and had been a resident of Topeka for the past sixty years. In the early nineties he was employed by the Santa Fe Railway Company as a clerk. Later he entered the plumbing business with his brother, John Wesley Wehe and Charles Bennett, taking over the Robert Mood Plumbing Company, which he operated for many years. He was a member of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 1, Topeka; A.O. U.W., and Naoma Rebekah Lodge No. 95, Topeka. Surviving are two brothers, Harry Wehe, Topeka and Dr. Charles A. Wehe, Anthony, Kan.; two sisters, Miss Emma Wehe, Topeka, and Mrs. Lydia W. Crabill, also of Topeka; several nieces and nephews. The body was taken to the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary pending funeral arrangement. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery.