Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — CHRISTIAN ZOERCHER IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

CHRISTIAN ZOERCHER IS DEAD

Father of Former Reporter of Su. preme Court Suffers Fatal Fall. Indianapolis, February 15. Christian Zoercher, father of Philip Zoercher, former reporter of the supreme court, received fatal injuries Friday when he fell down a Stairway at his home at Tell City, Indiana. He died soon afterward. He was born in Bavaria, Germania, in 1832, and came to Tell -City in 18 66, He was a member of the Evangelical church, of the Odd Fellows lodge and was for many years the president of the cabinet makers’ union of Tell City. . ,

He leaves - six .children; . Philip Zoercher of Indianapolis, Christian Zoercher,- Tell City; Henry . Zoercher, Cincinnati; Jacob Zoercher, former mayor of Tell City; Louis Zoercher, editor of the Tell City News, and Mip. A; P. Fenn of Tell City. , 1