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Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher Went Missing in 1967 in Ohio, and She Has Remained Unreported All These Years.

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Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher is uan unreported missing person who has been missing since 1967. She was last seen in Ohio.

Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher is uan unreported missing person who has been missing since 1967. She was last seen in Ohio.

Underground Mysteries — March 20, 2026

Overview of the Case:
Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher, born May 12, 1905, in Ohio, is an unreported missing person whose last confirmed activity occurred in 1967 when she was 62 years old. Despite documented proof that she was alive at that time, no official death record, burial record, or subsequent trace has been identified.

This is the first publication on this socially-absent missing person case, and I hope to bring it to light.

This case was submitted by Lucille’s niece to Underground Mysteries through the official intake form, prompting a review of available public records, historical documents, and genealogical data to determine whether additional information exists and whether other individuals may be searching for her.

About Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher:
Lucille Edit Marie (Shrader) Mosher was a second-generation American of German descent, born and raised in Ohio.

Lucile’s mother’s name was Bertha E. Schrader-Kramer, who lived from 1882 to 1925. Her father’s name was George Washington Schrader, who lived from 1879 to 1959.

Lucille had two siblings: a brother named William Paul Schrader and a sister named Berenice (Schrader) McCollister.

For genealogical purposes (in case Lucille is ever found as a Jane Doe), I have listed her grandparents’ names, below:

In 1926, Lucille married Clyde Chester Mosher. Records indicate that the couple initially attempted to obtain a marriage license in Ross County, Ohio, but they were denied and later successfully married in Morrow County.

The couple had one known child, a daughter born in 1926, who was subsequently removed from the home and adopted. She was born Mae Aldine Mosher but was later named Charlene Haas after being adopted. After Charlene got married, her last name became Eisenhauer.

In 1927, Lucille was committed by court order to the Ohio State Hospital for the Feeble-Minded, where she remained for approximately 33 years. Institutional records described her using terminology consistent with the era, including references to cognitive or behavioral concerns.

Lucille was released from the hospital somewhere between 1961 and 1963.

As for Lucille’s physical description, I do not know how she may have appeared as an adult. I only have photos of her from when she was a child, given to me by her niece. Her height and weight at the time of her disappearance are unknown. What is known is that she is a Caucasian female who appeared to have blonde hair as a child. Her eye color is unknown.

The photos published in this article are of Lucille when she was a child.

Family Circumstances and Social Context:
By the time of Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher’s hospital release, she had no immediate support system. Her mother passed away in 1925, and her father passed away in 1959. Her husband passed away by suicide in about 1938. Her daughter had already been adopted decades before her disappearance.

This left Lucille in a vulnerable position following her reintegration into society after long-term institutionalization.

Last Confirmed Record (1967):
The final confirmed record of Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher being alive comes from a 1967 life insurance company interaction, documented through probate records. According to correspondence, she appeared in person to update her beneficiary designation. Internal communication from the insurance company questioned whether she was “competent” to make the change; however, the request was processed, indicating she was functioning independently to some degree at that time.

No address, beneficiary name, or exact office location has been released by the insurance company, despite a direct inquiry made by Lucille’s niece. The company later confirmed that they never received a death notification for Lucille and ultimately classified her policy as inactive due to inability to locate her.

This record indicates that she was alive and physically present in 1967 and that she was interacting with financial institutions. Although her competency was questioned internally in 1967, the insurance policy update was processed.

The exact location of this interaction is not definitively confirmed, though it is believed to be connected to Ohio.

At the time, Lucille would have been approximately 62 years old.

After this event, there are no further records documenting her whereabouts that I could find.

No Death Record Found:
Extensive searches have yielded no listing in the Social Security Death Index. Also, despite many search attempts, no death certificate or confirmed obituary has been located in accessible databases.

Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher’s life insurance policy ultimately “aged out” in 2005, and the funds were transferred to the State of Ohio after attempts to locate her failed.

A detective in Columbus, Ohio conducted a review of available systems and confirmed that Lucille does not appear as deceased within the Social Security database.

Greenlawn Cemetery Discrepancy:
Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher’s name appears on a family headstone at Greenlawn Cemetery in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. However, the cemetery officials confirmed that no burial record exists for her and that the headstone does not include a death year for Lucille. It is questioned if her name may have been placed symbolically. This discrepancy remains unresolved and is a critical point in the case.

The timing of the plot purchase remains unknown, though her father’s death in 1959 raises the possibility that the headstone may have been arranged during or shortly after that period.

Barriers to Official Missing Person Classification:
Efforts to file an official missing persons report have been unsuccessful. According to Lucille’s niece, law enforcement in Arizona declined jurisdiction. Ohio authorities acknowledged the absence of a death record. The case was not accepted as a missing person due to presumed death based on age.

Without an official report, the case cannot be fully entered into national systems such as NamUs, limiting investigative avenues.

Because Lucille was born in 1905, she is presumed deceased. However, if she passed away as an unidentified person, the lack of her or her familial DNA in CODIS will mean that forensic genealogical identification efforts would need to be used instead, which is becoming a standard practice anyway.

I am going to be tagging this article with many SEO keyword tags in case genealogists ever attempt to identify her remains (if she is a Jane Doe), and I have her missing person profile in Underground Mysteries’ missing person database.(Please add your loved one to my database for unreported missing people if he or she has been missing for over 3 years and does not have a missing person report.)

Possible Connection to Unidentified Remains:
Due to the absence of any confirmed death record, it remains possible that Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher died unidentified or unclaimed.

When Lucille’s niece first reached out to me, she was intrigued by an article I had written on a 1979 unidentified female in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for whom I had made facial reconstructions. She had been hoping to have her DNA compared against this Jane Doe in case she could be her aunt, but she has not been able to do so yet. There are several other unidentified remains that Lucille’s familial DNA could potentially be compared against.

Another Jane Doe was found in May 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who was found with a lobotomy scar. (There is no known link to PA, and that is just a coincidence that both are from PA. The more significant clue is a lobotomy scar, as lobotomies were common practice in mental asylums many years ago.)

Lucille’s niece has uploaded her and her mother’s raw DNA to Gedmatch, in case Lucille is ever located deceased as a Jane Doe and undergoes forensic genealogy identification measures.

Additional Findings from Genealogical Research:
Independent research has uncovered the following:

Family and Archival Research Contributions:
A relative connected to Lucille’s husband’s family, who previously worked with FamilySearch.org, conducted independent archival research while assigned in Ohio. During this process, he located a restricted birth certificate for Lucille’s daughter, confirming her existence; however; he was unable to obtain a copy of the birth certificate due to access limitations.

This relative also documented a general birth record entry in FamilySearch but reported that no additional records could be located.

Further research through the Delaware County Historical Society uncovered records related to the daughter’s placement in a children’s home. These findings were shared among family researchers but did not provide information regarding Lucille’s whereabouts after 1967.

This same source reported that Clyde Chester Mosher died by suicide.

Submit an Unreported Missing Person Case:
If you have a loved one who has been missing and was either never formally reported or whose case file has been lost / disposed / abandoned, you may submit their case to the Underground Mysteries database:

These databases are designed to document individuals who may otherwise remain unrecorded in official systems.

Case File Summary

Contact:
Because there is no report filed on Lucille Edith Marie (Schrader) Mosher, there is no known police department that you could contact. The best avenue may be to reach out your local police department and mention this article. You could also contact me here, and I will forward your information to Lucille’s niece.

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