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Herman Arthur Obrist

Herman Arthur Obrist

Male 1892 - 1977  (84 years)


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  • Name Herman Arthur Obrist 
    Birth 10 Aug 1892  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Mar 1977  Utica, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2852  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Johann Jakob John Obrist,   b. 21 Mar 1850, Rinikin, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1937, Altmar, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Magdalena Wernli,   b. 5 Dec 1851, Thalheim, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1922, Altmar, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 May 1874  Thalheim, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F11778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Olive Leona Redner,   b. 17 Jun 1895   d. 2 Jul 1991 (Age 96 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lois Ray Obrist,   b. 11 Feb 1918   d. 28 Dec 2001 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • H. A. Obrist, formerly
      of Altmar, dies

      Herman A. Obrist, 84, of 1005 Green St., Utica, died on Thursday, March 31 in Saxton [sic; Faxton] Hospital, after a brief illness.

      Mr. Obrist was born in 1892 in Altmar, the son of John and Mary Wernly Obrist. He attended schools in Altmar, Oswego and Syracuse and married Olive Leona Redner in 1916 at Utica.

      Mr. Obrist was employed as a tool maker and was a foreman for 35 years with the Bossert Manufacturing Company from which he retired in the late 1950's.

      A member and trustee of the Fayre Memorial Presbyterian Church of Utica, he was also a member and past treasurer of the Greenfield Fish and Game Club.

      Surviving besides his wife are one daughter, Mrs. George (Lois) Odell of Utica and several relatives from the Pulaski and Altmar areas.

      Funeral services were held on April 2 at 11:30 a.m. at the John S. Friedel Funeral Home, Utica. Burial was in the Forest Hill Cemetery at Utica.

      [The Pulaski Democrat (Pulaski, NY), April 6, 1977, page 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Albion, Oswego, New York; Roll: 1143; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1241143.