[From application for marriage license:
John E. Steinmetz, age 29 on 22 Jan 1941, residence Van Wert, Ohio, b. Van Wert, Ohio, occupation U.S. Military Service, father Orville Steinmetz, mother, Lottie Gertrude Matthys, not previously married.
Charlotte Pancake, age 32 on 23 Aug 1940, residence Van Wert, O., b. Harrison Twp., occupation Teacher, father John Pancake dec'd, mother Emma Sheets, not previously married.]
"I Do Hereby Certify, That on the 25th day of May A.D. 1941, I solemnized the Marriage of Mr. John E. Steinmetz with Miss Charlotte Pancake. Rev. J. P. Laughner Lutheran Minister Convoy, Ohio."
