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- [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar 1941.
Dr. R. J. Ochs obituary
- [S142] Newspaper Article, Watertown Daily Times, 23 Sep 2004.
Marquardt to celebrate 35th anniversary
Marquardt Village will mark its 35th anniversary with a special service Sunday at 2 p.m. in Bethany Chapel at Marquardt Memorial Manor. A reception will follow in the Karl Fischer Center. The public is invited to the anniversary celebration. The early beginnings of Marquardt Village were the outgrowth of a study presented by Ella Appenfeldt in 1965 indicating that Watertown was the largest Wisconsin city without being served by a nursing home. On the basis of that survey the Western District of the Moravian Church authorized a study on the feasibility of operating a nursing home in Watertown. The positive results of that study were quickly followed by a gift of land from Dr. Milton Ochs, son of Anna Sophia Marquardt Ochs, who had owned much of the land on which Marquardt is now located. Karl Fischer and Thor Harberg, founding members of the effort to locate a Moravian backed nursing home here, approached Dr. Ochs with a request to buy 15 acres from this large parcel in the heart of the city. His answer was quick and clear. He said, "I won't sell you 15 acres, I'll give you the whole works." With this gift of land, planning for Marquardt Village began under the mission of "Caring for the elderly and the handicapped in a Christian environment." Construction got under way a short time later, and in July of 1969 the first residents moved into the 60-bed nursing home. Over the years the nursing home was expanded to 140 beds. In the ensuing years, more projects were developed on the property. They were, in order of development, Mueller Apartments, Hus Apartments, Ochs Homes Duplexes, Zinzendorf Hall (a community based residential facility), Karl Fischer Center, Anna Nitschmann Apartments and Milo Loppnow Apartments.
"We now have nearly 600 residents living in Marquardt Village and 280 dedicated employees," according to Kyran Clark, executive director. "Our mission continues to be the glue that holds it all together. "Quality of life is what we are all about," Clark said, "and there is no better example than the 1997 conversion of the nursing home into all private rooms with all private bathrooms. "As we age, there are a lot of things we have to give up, but the last thing we want to give up is our privacy."
Marquardt to celebrate 35th anniversary
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Sheboygan Press, 12 Nov 1936.
Oak Park Doctor Returns To Home
Oak Park, Ill (UP) Dr. Milton Ochs 41, reported by relatives to have been missing more than 24 hours appeared at his home explaining he had been fishing near Oshkosh Wis. His brother Dr. Arthur Oths and Sister Mrs. Clara Ochs said he appeared exhausted from overwork.
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oshkosh Northwestern, 14 Nov 1936.
Winnebago County Official to Seek Location of Hideout Cottage to Which Physician Is Said to Have Been Taken. Extortion Angle Related
With a thousand cottages in this area to be investigated and practically no clues, the Winnebago county sheriff's department today faced a Herculean task in locating the alleged hideout where Dr. Milton Ochs, Oak Park, 111., was reported to have been kidnaped and brought to perform a mysterious operation on a man with a shotgun wound in his chest.
Sheriff Edward C. Abell and Chief of Police Gabbert said this morning they knew of no gunman who had been shot near here. An investigation will be made, it was announced.
Authorities expressed the opinion that if the story of the kidnaping were true, the cottage to which Dr. Ochs was brought was probably the hideout of an outlaw gang.
Sheriff Abell sought an explanation for the presence of a wounded gunman in the theory that a bank robbery may have been staged, but no holdups accompanied by shooting affrays are known to have occurred anywhere around here.
INVOKE FEDERAL AID
Chicago-- (AP) --Department of justice agents and postal inspectors were enlisted today to investigate the assertion that Dr. Milton Ochs, physician of suburban Oak Park was kidnaped, forced to operate upon a wounded gunman in Wisconsin and later made the target of a $5,000 extortion note.
Dr. Arthur Ochs lodged the complaint last night with the Oak Park police department as a new version of his brother's disappearance last Monday.
Dr. Milton Ochs, returning to Oak Park Wednesday night, said he had been on "a fishing trip in Wisconsin." He declined to comment last night on the story related by his brother.
TOLD BY BROTHER
Chicago-- (Special)-- An extortion note threatening death and a story of kidnaping yesterday added to the mystery in the disappearance of Dr. Milton Ochs, 41 years old, Oak Park physician, who returned to his home Wednesday evening after being missing nearly 30 hours.
The kidnaping story was told by the physician's brother, Dr. Arthur Ochs. He said Dr. Milton Ochs was abducted by three gunmen, taken to a summer cottage near Oshkosh, Wis., and forced to perform an operation on a wounded gunman. The extortion note, which threatened "a burial in the family" if $5,000 is not delivered to the writer, was turned over to the Oak Park police by Dr. Arthur Ochs.
PHYSICIAN SHUNS QUESTIONS
Chief of Police Benjamin Barsema expressed skepticism about the kidnaping story, saying he had accepted Dr. Milton Ochs' explanation that he was absent from his home on a fishing trip with a medical classmate. Questioned about his brother's story, Dr. Milton Ochs replied angrily that he did not wish to discuss the matter.
The extortion letter was postmarked at 1:30 a.m. Thursday in Chicago and was delivered at the home of the Ochs brothers, at 300 South Maple avenue in the suburb.
Dr. Arthur Ochs said the letter was received yesterday. A maid at the home said it was delivered on Thursday.
NOTE PRINTED CRUDELY
The note was crudely printed in pencil. It demanded that Dr. Ochs arrange to have a messenger deliver the $5,000 by walking on the right hand side of either Wabash or State streets between Harrison and Lake streets. The vagueness of these directions and the manner in which the letter was written caused Chief Barsema to doubt that it was the work of a serious criminal.
He expresesd belief the note might have been written by an amateur who thought he might profit from the family's fears over the safety of Dr. Ochs during the time he was missing from home. The letter was turned over to postoffice authorities.
FAMILY FEARS BREAKDOWN
Dr. Milton Ochs disappeared Tuesday after leaving the Frances E. Willard hospital, where he is a staff physician. He returned home Wednesday evening, and beyond the explanation of the fishing trip said only: "I'm very tired." His brother and his sister, Dr. Clara Ochs, expressed belief he was near a breakdown from overwork.
According to the new story told yesterday by Dr. Arthur Ochs, his brother was forced into an automobile as he was walking to the elevated station after leaving the hospital. The three kidnapers drove to a point near Antioch, the story went on, and there Dr. Ochs was blindfolded.
WOUND IN CHEST
From that point on, Dr. Arthur Ochs said, his brother could remember nothing until he and his captors arrived at the summer cottage. There a man lay on a bed with a shotgun wound in his chest. The captive physician, according to his brother, was forced to perform an operation with a shotgun leveled at him.
Dr. Artiur Ochs said his brother was so terrified by the experience that he was unable to remember the name of the northern Illinois railroad station where he was freed by the kidnapers, and was unable to recall the name of the railroad which brought him to Chicago.
DOUBTED BY POLICE
Oak Park, Ill.--(U.P)--Police and department of justice officials refused today to interest themselves in a kidnaping theory advanced to explain the 30-hour disappearance of Dr. Milton Ochs, prominent Oak Park physician, earlier this week.
A purported extortion letter received by the physician at his home Thursday was read by police and turned over to the department of justice for study.
Dr. Ochs, meantime, refused to discuss his mysterious absence. He disappeared as he left an Oak Park hospital Monday morning. He reappeared Wednesday, said he had been fishing with friends near Oshkosh, Wis.
Lieut. Harry Wilson of Oak Park police said he knew nothing of the kidnaping story, and indicated police were satisfied with the fishing trip explanation.
"CASE IS CLOSED"
The case is closed," Wilson said. "We are not investigating any further 'elites' and have written off Dr. Ochs' disappearance as a fishing trip, which is what he told us it was."
Department of Justice officers said they had not been asked to investigate the alleged kidnaping.
The purported extortion note demanded that Ochs walk along a downtown street with $5,000 which presumably would be picked up there by the writer. The money wag demanded as the price of "protecting" Ochs from machine guns. Police Chief Benjamin Barsema, to whom the note was given by Dr. Arthur Octw, said it was mailed from Chicago
- [S112] Census, Illinois, Cook County, 9-WD Chicago, 93 West Hastings St., Series: T623 Roll: 253 Page: 193, 11 Jun 1900.
- [S112] Census, 1900.
Name: Milton Ocks
Titles & Terms:
Residence: Chicago city, Cook, Illinois
Birth Date: May 1895
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Years Married:
Estimated Marriage Year:
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0228
Page: 19
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 337
Reference Number: 56
Film Number: 1240253
Image Number: 00000835
Household Gender Age
Parent Fred Ocks M
Parent Margaruett Ocks F
Clara Ocks F
Fred Ocks M
Arthur Ocks M
Edmond Ocks M
Milton Ocks M
- [S112] Census, 1920.
Name: Milton Ochs
Residence: Oak Park Township Oak Park Village, Cook, Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1896
Age: 24
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820362
Digital Folder Number: 4300526
Image Number: 00081
Sheet Number: 6
Household Gender Age
Parent Anna Ochs F 64y
Clara Ochs F 40y
Arthur Ochs M 36y
Edwin Ochs M 33y
Milton Ochs M 24y
Clara Marquett F 27y
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Milton Ochs
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Oak Park, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1894
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Enumeration District Number: 2268
Family Number: 42
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 54
NARA Publication: T626, roll 505
Film Number: 2340240
Digital Folder Number: 4584586
Image Number: 00172
Household Gender Age
Clara Ochs F 54
Arthur Ochs M 48
Edwin Ochs M 44
Milton Ochs M 36
Meta Schaeffer F 24
- [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar 1971.
1971-03-29
Chicago Tribune (IL)
Dr. Milton M. Ochs
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Services for Dr. Milton M. Ochs, 75, a retired Oak Park physician, will be held at 3 p.m. today in the chapel at 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park. Dr. Ochs, who lived in Watertown, Wis., died Saturday in Watertown. He practiced medicine for about 40 years before his retirement in 1966. Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Record Number: 19710329ob011
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 348-14-8933.
Issued in Illinois, last residing in Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois
- [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar 1971.
1971-03-29 Chicago Tribune (IL)
Ochs
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Milton M. Ochs, M. D., age 75, former Oak Park physician, uncle of Marie Jobst, Fred, Arthur and George Ochs. Visitation 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday, at Drechsler-Brown Funeral Home, 208 S. Marion St., at Pleasant Street, Oak Park, where service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday. Entombment Oakridge Mausoleum. 383-3191.
Record Number: 19710329dn088
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Groom's Name: Friedrich Oaks
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Anna Sophia Marquart
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 02 Jan 1874
Marriage Place: Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
Groom's Father's Name: Conrad Oaks
Groom's Mother's Name: Anna Fink
Bride's Father's Name: Ernst George Marquart
Bride's Mother's Name: Fuller
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00321-0
System Origin: Wisconsin-ODM
Source Film Number: 1266684
Reference Number:
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