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| Photo credit: J Mazza |
This lovely monument at the Oheb Shalom Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio, honors the memory of Leopold Monat, who was born in Germany in 1832, and died in Sandusky, Ohio on November 24, 1895. During his time in Sandusky, Ohio, Leopold Monat operated a men's clothing store in downtown Sandusky in West's Block on Columbus Avenue, often in partnership with his brother in law Moses Lebensberger. The following obituary appeard in the Firelands Pioneer in 1896:
Mr. L. Monat died at the residence of M. Lebensburger, at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, Nov. 24, 1895. Mr. Monat was one of Sandusky's oldest business men, but during the past fifteen years had not been actively engaged in business.. He came to Sandusky from Dayton in 1852 and has ever since been a resident of this city. Immediately after his arrival here he engaged in the clothing and gent's furnishing business with Mr. M. Lebensburger. It was from this was formed the now well known house of M. & A. Lebensburger on Columbus Avenue. He never married and always made his home with Mr. M. Lebensburger. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Masonic temple building association.
Masonic emblems are found at the top and side of the monument for Mr. Monat.
According to the will of Leopold Monat, on file at Erie County Probate Court, as well as at Ancestry.com, he left bequests to: The Ladies Library Building Fund of Sandusky, Jewish Orphan Asylum of Cleveland, Ohio, the Sir Moses Montifore Kesher Home for the Aged, Hebrew Union College, the Masonic Home at Springfield, Ohio, and he left money for his sister, sister in law, and several nieces and nephews. Several relatives of Leopold Monat are buried at the Oheb Shalom Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio, including his brother in law Moses Lebensberger and Joseph Joseph, and their families.
Leopold Monat was active in his new homeland, and was very generous, even in his death. Rest in peace!
Note: The surname Lebersberger is sometimes spelled Lebensburger.
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