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Kathie MORBITZER Parents: John Stephen MORBITZER
and Helen M. SAUER. Kathleen
Ann MORBITZER was born on 24 Mar 1950. Parents: James
Joseph MORBITZER and Jeannine Marie WALLACE.She was married to Bradley S. MARTENSEN on 19 Sep 1970 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. St. Stephen the Martyr Children were: Christopher Matthew MARTENSEN, Jenny Marie MARTENSEN, Brad Stephen MARTENSEN , Nicholas James MARTENSEN.
Kathryn
Ann MORBITZER was born on 19 Sep 1987. Parents:
Michael Thomas MORBITZER and Rose Ann NRANIAN
. Klara
MORBITZER was born on 26 Jan 1787. Parents: Andreas
Michael MORBITZER and Johanna MÜCK. Kristen
MORBITZER Parents: Matthew Edwin MORBITZER and
Kathleen Carol NUNNALLY. Kristina
Jean MORBITZER was born in 1969. Parents: Thomas
David MORBITZER and Donna Jean FISCHER.She was married to Gregory Wilton HAMILTON.
Laura
MORBITZER
Parents:
Donald A MORBITZER.She was married to Richard MCCASLAND.
Laurie
Ann MORBITZER was born on 19 Mar 1989 in Columbus, Ohio - Childrens Hospital.
Parents: John Joseph MORBITZER Jr. and
Valerie Jean MORGAN. Leah
Angelique MORBITZER was born on 31 Jan 1960. Parents:
Richard Leo MORBITZER and Elizabeth "Betty"
ENDRES.She was married to Tom BARTOE on 29 May 1982 in Grove City, Ohio. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Children were: Michael Thomas BARTOE, Sarah Marie BARTOE, William Earl BARTOE, Christina Laureen BARTOE, Matthew James BARTOE.
Leo
Francis "Scrappy" MORBITZER
was born on
23 Dec 1902 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. He appeared on the census in 1910
in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. He appeared on the census in 1920 in Columbus,
Franklin Co., Ohio. Roll: T625_1380
Page: 7A
ED: 71
Image: 1281
He appeared on the census in 1930 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Year: 1930
Birthplace: Austria
Roll: T626_1795
Race: White
Page: 4A
State: Ohio
ED: 17
County: Franklin
Image: 0430
Township: Columbus He died on 9 Aug 1974 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Morbitzer, Leo
Death Date: 09 August 1974
Place of Death: Columbus, Franklin County
Residence: Franklin County
Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 71 Years
Marital Status: Married
Death Certified by: Physician
Work Injury:
Autopsy: No Autopsy
Birth Date:
Birth State:
certificates: 059586
Volume: 21791
Place of Accident: Origin:
He was buried in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. St. Joseph's Cemetery He Death Cert # 059586 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Parents: Alois MORBITZER and Maria Magdelene POLZER.
Children were: David Leo MORBITZER, Patty Ann MORBITZER.
Lisa
MORBITZER. Parents: Donald R. MORBITZER and
Patricia (MORBITZER).She was married to Timothy WEST.
Lisa
Marie MORBITZER was born on 30 Aug 1988. Parents:
Daniel Joseph MORBITZER and Candace Michelle CAVE
. Luke
Eric MORBITZER
was born on
9 May 1972. He died on 19 Sep 2004. *******Slain OSU alumnus' friends celebrate
his life*******
Mourners, revelers and detectives mingled at the corner of Perry Street and West Second Avenue Friday night.
Outland, the bar where former OSU student Luke Morbitzer was leaving when he was shot Sept. 19, closed its doors Saturday night. The land that Outland sits on has been purchased by Harrison Park Development Ltd. and will soon be leveled to make room for condominiums and apartments. Outland was home to an eclectic mix of clientele, including fans of industrial and dark-wave music on the dance floor and light sadiomasocism on the patio.
Though a candlelight memorial to Morbitzer stood outside the bar, the party inside continued as usual. The only exception was the two Columbus homicide detectives questioning patrons in the early hours. detective. Columbus homicide detectives could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
Patrons remembered Morbitzer, a regular at the bar for at least seven years.
John Heskett of Victorian Village is known as "High John" to frequenters of the bar. When questioned about his nickname he enters into a long soliloquy on anthropology, blues musicians and the day in the '70s when he first saw the name in "Mad Magazine." Heskett said Morbitzer was always a friendly man.
"I'd seen him around for years," Heskett said. "I never talked to him a lot. Now I feel bad that I didn't know him better."
Chuck Capuano has owned Outland for 11 years. The broad-shouldered Italian-American is a fixture in the bar on weekends, sitting in a corner near the pool table smoking Ramon Allones cigars and greeting customers.
"Our bar here is known, even by local law enforcement, to be a very non-violent place," Capuano said. He said he includes Columbus police officers, attorneys and OSU doctors among his regulars. He said the neighborhood still has a bad element that he hopes will one day be pushed out.
Capuano said he has heard rumors that one of his patrons saw what happened last weekend.
"There's definitely a customer that saw it," Capuano said. He said he does not know the name, but described the person as a female who saw a male in a hooded sweatshirt and ball cap last weekend.
OSU student Larissa Boiwka, a senior in anthropology, was Morbitzer's roommate. She said someone knows what happened to her friend as he walked to his car early Sunday. It was near closing time on a busy night for the bar, a night intended to be its last, as Morbitzer left to drive a friend home. Boiwka said patrons of Outland are a close-knit community and would know when someone leaves the bar.
"I'm certain of it," she said. "I know that someone saw it."
Boiwka wants facts though, and not rumor, which she says there has been a lot of since her friend's death eight days ago.
A number of rumors have circulated already, including a post on a local Web site serving the Goth community. On a message board thread removed from the site last week, one anonymous writer claimed to have saw what happened and but would not come forward for fear of the writer's life.
"They want to help, but they don't have the information. It pisses me off," Boiwka said.
Close friends also expressed their disdain for the candlelight vigil for Morbitzer, instead opting to place flowers and candles placed at the site of the shooting. Many of Morbitzer's friends left the bar during the night to be near the site.
"I know their heart," Boiwka said of Morbitzer's acquaintances. "Nobody is trying to be malicious or malignant about it."
Capuano, a staunch Republican who said he often argued politics with Morbitzer, said there was no real conflict between Morbitzer and anyone at the bar the night he was killed, other than a brief discussion at the pool table that Capuano described as "non-heated."
"It was just an exchange of words," Capuano said. "There was no physicality involved. (Luke) was the type of guy who would say, 'The hell with it. I'm not going to let this develop into anything.'"
Beth Seifert, a restaurant manager in Eugene, Ore. was a former girlfriend of Luke's. She heard the news shortly after Morbitzer was pronounced dead at OSU hospital.
"When I heard this I quit my job, hopped on a plane and flew out here," she said.
Seifert, visibly shaken as she spoke, remembered good times with Morbitzer.
"He really did believe he was the protector of everyone," she said.
She recalled the first time she stayed at Morbitzer's house during "a low place" in her life.
She slept on his couch under his favorite blanket and made her breakfast the following morning. She spoke of his gifts she still keeps around her house. Wind chimes and the second "fairy" necklace he bought after the first was broken while play fighting in a parking lot.
"It's just amazing to see what he does to people," she said.
Boiwka, who went to class for the first time today, said she has seen signs that Morbitzer is still around and feels much more movement in her life now.
"I can feel him on my shoulder pushing me forward," the 25-year old said of her final year at OSU. "The more I talk about it the stronger I feel."
Boiwka plastered the area near Perry Street and West Second Avenue with fliers asking for help finding Morbitzer's killers. She said she plans to change the fliers frequently, adding different pictures. Boiwka said the pictures included one of Morbitzer flipping off the camera.
"There's so many great pictures; so many silly things that he did," Boiwka said. "I didn't censor anything. I think they were all honest. He lived his life very honestly. He was probably the purest person I've ever known."
"It makes me feel good that there was God in his life, as there was God in mine," Capuano said, lighting up a cigar and looking at the pool table Morbitzer used so frequently. "If they have pool up there, he's running the table. We'll see him soon. We're all but a moment in time."
"He's just one of the people that touch your life," Seifert said. "Once they give you that, they can't take anything away."
***********************Suspect to be arraigned in Outland murder***************************
*****Suspect in custody also accused of unlawful sexual misconduct with a minor*****
Police have a suspect in custody for the murder of former Ohio State University student Luke Morbitzer.
Morbitzer, 32, was shot to death early morning September 19 at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Perry Streets while leaving the local night club Outland. He had attended school at OSU in the early 90s.
Timothy Daniel, 25, of Obetz had been in the custody of the Franklin County Sherriff's Office since Oct. 7 on charges of unlawful sexual misconduct with a minor. According to documents from the Franklin County Municipal Court's Web site, the sexual misconduct charges were filed just two days before Morbitzer was killed. According to the Franklin County Sherriff's Office, Daniel was transfered from the Franklin County Corrections Center II on Jackson Pike to the main facility on Front Street. Arraignment is set for 9 a.m. this morning in Franklin County Municipal Court.
Columbus Division of Police Detective Larry Brown, in charge of the case, could not be reached for comment Monday night.
Morbitzer was the uncle of Ryan Morbitzer, an OSU student shot and killed on 11th Avenue in May 2001 in a case of mistaken identity. Two men - Marlen Crowley and accomplice Kylon Jones - were eventually found guilty in the case.
This is in the Tuesday, October, 12th Columbus Dispatch.
********"Jailed man charged in slaying at bar**********
by Kevin Kidder
The Columbus Dispatch
A man already in jail was arrested over the weekend in connection with
the shooting death of a Grove City man last month.
Timothy Daniel, 25, is charged with murder in the Sept. 19 slaying of
Luke E. Morbitzer, 32.
Daniel, of 4461 Charlotte Rd. in Obetz, was in the Franklin County jail
last night. He had been arrested on Oct. 7 on an unrelated charge of unlawful
sex with a minor, a charge filed Sept. 17, two days before Morbitzer was killed.
Morbitzer was shot about 3:52 am while leaving the Outland bar, 1034
Perry St. in Victorian Village. He died a short time later at Ohio State
University Medical Center.
Police said they had no motive or suspects at the time, and the Morbitzer
family and Central Ohio Crime Stoppers offered a $12,500 reward for
information leading to an arrest in the killing.
Detectives had said that they were worried that when the Outland closed
two weeks ago, patrons -and thus witnesses- would be harder to find.
They arrested Daniel in jail Saturday, but detectives weren't available
last night to say how police connected him to the slaying.
He had been there on charges stemming from an incident Aug. 18 in which
police say he had sex with a 13-or 14-year-old girl, court records show.
Prison records show Daniel served three years for a burglary conviction
in 1998.
Morbitzer's family couldn't be reached for comment last night. Earlier,
they had talked about the slaying, noting that Luke was the third family member
to die young.
Luke's nephew was Ryan Morbitzer, who was killed in a drive-by shooting
May 11, 2001 on E. 11th Avenue near Ohio State University. Police say two men
mistook Ryan for someone else they'd argued with. Ryan was shot from an SUV as
he walked along a street. Kylon Jones and Marlon Crowley are both in prison
for his murder.
And more than two decades ago, one of Luke's brother's, Chris Morbitzer,
20, drowned in a pond near Courtright Road.
Columbus homicide detectives said yesterday that they still hope
witnesses will contact police. Anyone with information is urged to call the homicide
squad at 614-645-4730.
Parents: Richard Leo MORBITZER and Elizabeth "Betty" ENDRES.
Magdalene
MORBITZER was born on 5 Jul 1988. Parents: James
Bernard MORBITZER and Deborah Ann BRICKER. Maggie
MORBITZER Parents: James Bernard MORBITZER and
Deborah Ann BRICKER. Margaret
Mary MORBITZER was born on 16 Jan 1962 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.
St. Ann's Hospital Parents: Joseph Ludgar MORBITZER
and Mary Jane CLOUSE.Margaret
Mary MORBITZER was born on 12 Sep 1940. Parents:
John Ewald MORBITZER and Ula Catherine SMITH.She was married to Ed EMMERLING on 25 Nov 1961 in Cinncinati, Ohio - St. Teresa's Church. Children were: Ann Marie EMMERLING , Edward John EMMERLING, Thersa Jane EMMERLING, Joseph Andrew EMMERLING, Andrew James EMMERLING.
Maria
MORBITZER was born on 10 Aug 1855. Parents: Andreas
MORBITZER and Josepha DEMEL. Maria
MORBITZER was born on 27 Jul 1873. Parents: Alois
MORBITZER and Adelina ROSENSPRUNG. Maria
Elizabeth MORBITZER was born on 16 Oct 1753 in Rudelzan, Austria. Parents:
Johann MORBITZER and Appolonia
MÜCK. Marie
Margaret MORBITZER
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was born on
13 Jun 1911 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. She appeared on the census in 1920
in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Roll: T625_1381
Page: 9B
ED: 83
Image: 259 She appeared on the census in 1930 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Year: 1930
Birthplace: Ohio
Roll: T626_1795
Race: White
Page: 7B
State: Ohio
ED: 36
County: Franklin
Image: 0968
Township: Columbus She resided 430 S. 17th St. on 14 Feb 1941 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. She died on 23 Dec 1950 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Died of an annurism Parents: William Alois MORBITZER and Mary Margaret Ann RATH.
She was married to John Joseph CALLAHAN on 4 Jul 1936 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Holy Rosary Church Children were: Fredrick Joseph CALLAHAN, Mary Judith CALLAHAN, John Joseph MORBITZER, Michael Patrick CALLAHAN, Gerald Thomas CALLAHAN .
Mark
MORBITZER was born on 13 Jun 1970. Parents: James
Bernard MORBITZER and Deborah Ann BRICKER.He was married to Jennifer (MORBITZER).
Marsha
Jean MORBITZER
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was born on
8 Aug 1958. Parents: William Edwin MORBITZER Jr. and
Imogene DAVIS.She was married to Mike TIPTON on 29 Mar 1980 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. St. John's the Evangelist Children were: Laura Jean TIPTON, Michael Erman TIPTON.
Martha
Mary MORBITZER
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was born on
9 Sep 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. She appeared on the census in 1930 in Columbus,
Franklin Co., Ohio. Year: 1930
Birthplace: Ohio
Roll: T626_1795
Race: White
Page: 7B
State: Ohio
ED: 36
County: Franklin
Image: 0968
Township: Columbus She died on 24 Dec 2005 in Columbus, Ohio. Parents: William Alois MORBITZER and Mary Margaret Ann RATH .
She was married to Patrick WALSH on 5 Jul 1947 in Columbus, Ohio - Holy Cross Church. Children were: Marilyn A. WALSH, Nancy Eileen WALSH, William Patrick WALSH.
Mary
MORBITZERShe was married to James TIMSON.
Mary
MORBITZER was born on 7 Aug 1979. Parents: James
Bernard MORBITZER and Deborah Ann BRICKER. Mary
Frances MORBITZER Parents: Frank Joseph MORBITZER
and Viola Minnie CASSIDY.Mary Jane
MORBITZER
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was born on
25 Jul 1942 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Born at St. Anns Hospital at 3:00
P.M. Parents: Edward Aloysius MORBITZER Sr. and
Abigail Marie FRECH.She was married to John William JONES Sr. on 11 Jan 1964 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Children were: Sandra Marie JONES, John William JONES Jr., Linda Kathleen JONES, Michael Brian JONES.
She was married to Ronald Lee COLLIER on 25 Jul 1994 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.
She was married to Donald SMITH.
Mary
Rose MORBITZER
was born on
4 Apr 1954. Parents: William Edwin MORBITZER Jr. and
Imogene DAVIS.She was married to Jake JACKSON on 21 May 1976 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. St. Patrick's Cathedral Children were: Christina BETH, Jennifer MARIE, Sarah ELIZABETH.
Mary
Tina MORBITZER was born on 19 Sep 1962. Parents:
John Joseph MORBITZER and Mary Ann SCULLY.
Matthew
Edwin MORBITZER was born on 21 Nov 1962. Parents:
William Edwin MORBITZER Jr. and Imogene DAVIS.Children were: Amanda Joy MORBITZER, Kristen MORBITZER.
Michael
David MORBITZER was born on 18 May 1972. Parents:
David Leo MORBITZER and Sue Ann RATHBURN.
Michael
Thomas MORBITZER was born on 6 Jun 1953. Parents:
Joseph Clement MORBITZER and Angela CARONE.He was married to Rose Ann NRANIAN on 15 Nov 1980 in Dearbon, Michigan St. Sarkis Church. Children were: Thomas Willaim MORBITZER, Kathryn Ann MORBITZER .
Michelle
June MORBITZER was born on 29 Jun 1978. Parents:
Daniel Joseph MORBITZER and Candace Michelle CAVE
. Monica
Jean MORBITZER was born on 26 Oct 1980. Parents:
Daniel Joseph MORBITZER and Candace Michelle CAVE
. Nancy
MORBITZER Parents: Frank Joseph MORBITZER and
Viola Minnie CASSIDY.Nancy
Ann MORBITZER
was born on
26 Feb 1964. Parents: Edward Aloysius MORBITZER Jr.
and Barbara Ann HECKLER. Nancy
Jane MORBITZER was born in 1955. Parents: James Joseph
MORBITZER and Jeannine Marie WALLACE.She was married to Thomas R. GROSS.
Nayla
Irene MORBITZER Parents: James Michael MORBITZER
and Cindy MCGATH. Nicholas
Shawn MORBITZER was born on 16 May 1981. Parents:
Gary Lee MORBITZER and Mary Ann CRABTREE. Nicklaus
J P MORBITZER
was born on
14 Mar 1979 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Parents:
David Lee MORBITZER and Peggy D. MADDEN.Children were: Cassie Ann MORBITZER.
Oswald
MORBITZER was born on 2 Jan 1878. Parents: Alois
MORBITZER and Adelina ROSENSPRUNG. Patricia
Ann "Patty" MORBITZER
was born on
4 Aug 1931. Parents: William Alois MORBITZER and
Mary Margaret Ann RATH.She was married to James MANLEY on 19 Jan 1953 in Zanesville, Ohio. St. Nicholas Church Children were: Donald Michael MANLEY, Sharon Rose MANLEY, Richard Joseph MANLEY, Gerald Patrick MANLEY, Thomas James MANLEY, Teresa Ann MANLEY, Mitchell Brendon MANLEY.
Patricia
Jeanne MORBITZER was born on 14 Feb 1954. Parents:
James Joseph MORBITZER and Jeannine Marie WALLACE
.She was married to Michael T. PURCELL on 31 Aug 1974 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. St. Stephen Church Children were: Michael Thomas PURCELL, Matthew James PURCELL , Mark Patrick PURCELL, Andrew Michael PURCELL.
Patrick
Thomas MORBITZER Parents: Thomas David MORBITZER
and Sally Marie MCDEVITT.He was married to Harriet Lynn HUBBARD. Children were: Daniel Hubbard MORBITZER, David Hawk MORBITZER.
Patty
Ann MORBITZER was born on 15 Oct 1953. Parents:
Leo Francis "Scrappy" MORBITZER and Genevieve
(MORBITZER).She was married to Kermit Boston HARLER on 25 Jan 1963. Children were: Melinda Jean HARLER , Andrew Kermit HARLER, Melissa Ann HARLER.
Paul
MORBITZER was born on 12 Jul 1798. Parents: Andreas
Michael MORBITZER and Johanna MÜCK. Paul
Francis MORBITZER
was born on
13 Sep 1919 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. He appeared on the census in 1920
in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Roll: T625_1381
Page: 9B
ED: 83
Image: 259 He appeared on the census in 1930 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Year: 1930
Birthplace: Ohio
Roll: T626_1795
Race: White
Page: 7B
State: Ohio
ED: 36
County: Franklin
Image: 0968
Township: Columbus He died on 6 May 2000 in Pataskala, Licking Co., Ohio. Monday, May 8, 2000
MORBITZER Paul F. Morbitzer, age 80, of Pataskala died Saturday, May 6, 2000 at Pataskala Oaks Care Center. Preceded in death by wife Elizabeth K. Morbitzer, parents William and Mary (Rath) Morbitzer, 4 brothers and 1 sister. Member of the South Way American Legion 144 and 4 S Club. Retired plumber. Survived by daughters, Diane Sordelet, Pataskala, Susan Morbitzer, Pataskala; son, Paul (Nancy) Morbitzer, Pataskala; 5 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; brothers, James Morbitzer, Columbus, Richard Morbitzer, Grove City; sisters, Helen Boldizsar, Grove City, Martha Walsh, Columbus, Joan Bryant, Grove City, Patricia Manley, Columbus; many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2000 at the WARREN F. KRAUBER FUNERAL HOME in Pataskala. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 9, 2000 at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph Cemetery in Lockbourne at Our Lady of Sorrow Chapel. Monsigno Frank Maegher will perform the Mass of Christian Burial. In lieu of flowers, family requests contributions to Licking County Hospice.
He was buried on 9 May 2000 in Lockbourne, Ohio St. Joseph's Cemetery. He was a Plumber in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.
MORBITZER - Paul F., age 80, of Pataskala died Saturday, May 6, 2000 at Pataskala Oaks Care Center. Preceeded in death by wife Elizabeth K. Morbitzer, parents William and Mary (Rath) Morbitzer, 4 brothers and 1 sister. Member of the Southway American Legion #144 and the 4S Club. Retired plumber. Survived by daughters, Diane Sordelet, Pataskala, Susan Morbitzer, Pataskala, son, Paul (Nancy) Morbitzer, Pataskala, 5 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren; brothers James Morbitzer, Columbus, Richard Morbitzer, Grove City; sisters, Helen Boldizsar, Grove City, Martha Walsh, Columbus, Joan Bryant, Grove City, Patricia Manley, Columbus; many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2000 at the WARREN F. KRAUBER FUNERAL HOME in Pataskala. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Lockbourne at Our Lady of Sorrow Chapel. Monsignor Frank Maegher will perform the Mass of Christian Burial. In lieu of flowers, family requests contributions to Licking County Hospice. Parents: William Alois MORBITZER and Mary Margaret Ann RATH.
He was married to Elizabeth Kathrine THORNTON on 20 Sep 1941 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Holy Cross Church Children were: Diane Kathryn MORBITZER , Susan Mary MORBITZER, Paul James MORBITZER.
Paul
James MORBITZER was born on 26 Sep 1949. Parents:
Paul Francis MORBITZER and Elizabeth Kathrine THORNTON
.He was married to Nancy Lee DILLON on 16 Oct 1982 in Columbus, Ohio. Children were: Amy Lynn MORBITZER , Paul William MORBITZER.
Paul
William MORBITZER was born on 15 Jul 1987 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.
Parents: Paul James MORBITZER and
Nancy Lee DILLON.
