Loucks.-Jonas, son of Peter and Anna Barkey Loucks, was born Jan. 3, 1853, on the Loucks homestead in Elkhart Co., Ind. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. He died Aug. 20, 1938; aged 85 y. 7 m. 17 d. On April 8 he fell on an icy pavement and injured his spine, which caused his death. He was bedfast since May 25th.
He was married three times. His first wife was Anna Ramer whom he married July 30, 1876. She died Feb. 27, 1900. To this union were born five children (Susanna, wife of Noah Wenger, who died Oct. 4, 1933; Martin R. Loucks; Emma, wife of Ira Christophel, who died Nov. 16, 1937; Esther, wife of Oscar Culp, who died Feb. 19, 1928; and, Ephraim Loucks). On Jan. 3, 1901, he married Susanna Ramer, a sister to his first wife. She died May 28, 1907, leaving a daughter (Florence, wife of Aaron Mumaw). On Sept. 6, 1911, he married Irene Culp, who survives him. He also leaves the two sons, one daughter, 28 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and a brother aged 91 (Peter B. Loucks of Moundridge, Kans.). He united with the Yellow Creek Mennonite congregation nearly 60 years ago, and always held his membership there. On Oct. 12, 1886, he was ordained to the ministry for the Yellow Creek congregation at the Holdeman Church near Wakarusa at a double ordination service when Pre. Henry Shaum was ordained bishop as Jacob Beutler's successor. Since that time, he missed but two Church conferences of the Indiana-Michigan district; the first in 1909, when Conference convened at the Olive Church, being restrained by a typhoid quarantine, and the last one in June when already bedfast. The last service he attended was on May 22, at the time of communion and the ordination of a deacon. While Bro. Loucks did not preach as many sermons, nor travel as many miles in his official duties as some ministers, he walked humbly before God and was deeply concerned for the welfare of the Church, and the brotherhood always found him standing for the faith of our fathers. Some time ago he arranged some of the details of his funeral and then patiently awaited God's call. The following stanza selected by the daughter expresses generally not only the sentiment of the family circle, but many others:
"Into heaven' mansion he is entered,
Never to sigh or to weep;
After long years with life's struggles,
Father has fallen asleep."
Funeral services were conducted from the late home and the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church on Aug. 23 by the brethren Virgil Weaver, Ray F. Yoder, and Jaocb K. Bixler. By actual count 800 people were unable to gain access to the church house. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
He was married three times. His first wife was Anna Ramer whom he married July 30, 1876. She died Feb. 27, 1900. To this union were born five children (Susanna, wife of Noah Wenger, who died Oct. 4, 1933; Martin R. Loucks; Emma, wife of Ira Christophel, who died Nov. 16, 1937; Esther, wife of Oscar Culp, who died Feb. 19, 1928; and, Ephraim Loucks). On Jan. 3, 1901, he married Susanna Ramer, a sister to his first wife. She died May 28, 1907, leaving a daughter (Florence, wife of Aaron Mumaw). On Sept. 6, 1911, he married Irene Culp, who survives him. He also leaves the two sons, one daughter, 28 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and a brother aged 91 (Peter B. Loucks of Moundridge, Kans.). He united with the Yellow Creek Mennonite congregation nearly 60 years ago, and always held his membership there. On Oct. 12, 1886, he was ordained to the ministry for the Yellow Creek congregation at the Holdeman Church near Wakarusa at a double ordination service when Pre. Henry Shaum was ordained bishop as Jacob Beutler's successor. Since that time, he missed but two Church conferences of the Indiana-Michigan district; the first in 1909, when Conference convened at the Olive Church, being restrained by a typhoid quarantine, and the last one in June when already bedfast. The last service he attended was on May 22, at the time of communion and the ordination of a deacon. While Bro. Loucks did not preach as many sermons, nor travel as many miles in his official duties as some ministers, he walked humbly before God and was deeply concerned for the welfare of the Church, and the brotherhood always found him standing for the faith of our fathers. Some time ago he arranged some of the details of his funeral and then patiently awaited God's call. The following stanza selected by the daughter expresses generally not only the sentiment of the family circle, but many others:
"Into heaven' mansion he is entered,
Never to sigh or to weep;
After long years with life's struggles,
Father has fallen asleep."
Funeral services were conducted from the late home and the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church on Aug. 23 by the brethren Virgil Weaver, Ray F. Yoder, and Jaocb K. Bixler. By actual count 800 people were unable to gain access to the church house. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Loucks.-Jonas, son of Peter and Anna Barkey Loucks, was born Jan. 3, 1853, on the Loucks homestead in Elkhart Co., Ind. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. He died Aug. 20, 1938; aged 85 y. 7 m. 17 d. On April 8 he fell on an icy pavement and injured his spine, which caused his death. He was bedfast since May 25th.
He was married three times. His first wife was Anna Ramer whom he married July 30, 1876. She died Feb. 27, 1900. To this union were born five children (Susanna, wife of Noah Wenger, who died Oct. 4, 1933; Martin R. Loucks; Emma, wife of Ira Christophel, who died Nov. 16, 1937; Esther, wife of Oscar Culp, who died Feb. 19, 1928; and, Ephraim Loucks). On Jan. 3, 1901, he married Susanna Ramer, a sister to his first wife. She died May 28, 1907, leaving a daughter (Florence, wife of Aaron Mumaw). On Sept. 6, 1911, he married Irene Culp, who survives him. He also leaves the two sons, one daughter, 28 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and a brother aged 91 (Peter B. Loucks of Moundridge, Kans.). He united with the Yellow Creek Mennonite congregation nearly 60 years ago, and always held his membership there. On Oct. 12, 1886, he was ordained to the ministry for the Yellow Creek congregation at the Holdeman Church near Wakarusa at a double ordination service when Pre. Henry Shaum was ordained bishop as Jacob Beutler's successor. Since that time, he missed but two Church conferences of the Indiana-Michigan district; the first in 1909, when Conference convened at the Olive Church, being restrained by a typhoid quarantine, and the last one in June when already bedfast. The last service he attended was on May 22, at the time of communion and the ordination of a deacon. While Bro. Loucks did not preach as many sermons, nor travel as many miles in his official duties as some ministers, he walked humbly before God and was deeply concerned for the welfare of the Church, and the brotherhood always found him standing for the faith of our fathers. Some time ago he arranged some of the details of his funeral and then patiently awaited God's call. The following stanza selected by the daughter expresses generally not only the sentiment of the family circle, but many others:
"Into heaven' mansion he is entered,
Never to sigh or to weep;
After long years with life's struggles,
Father has fallen asleep."
Funeral services were conducted from the late home and the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church on Aug. 23 by the brethren Virgil Weaver, Ray F. Yoder, and Jaocb K. Bixler. By actual count 800 people were unable to gain access to the church house. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
He was married three times. His first wife was Anna Ramer whom he married July 30, 1876. She died Feb. 27, 1900. To this union were born five children (Susanna, wife of Noah Wenger, who died Oct. 4, 1933; Martin R. Loucks; Emma, wife of Ira Christophel, who died Nov. 16, 1937; Esther, wife of Oscar Culp, who died Feb. 19, 1928; and, Ephraim Loucks). On Jan. 3, 1901, he married Susanna Ramer, a sister to his first wife. She died May 28, 1907, leaving a daughter (Florence, wife of Aaron Mumaw). On Sept. 6, 1911, he married Irene Culp, who survives him. He also leaves the two sons, one daughter, 28 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and a brother aged 91 (Peter B. Loucks of Moundridge, Kans.). He united with the Yellow Creek Mennonite congregation nearly 60 years ago, and always held his membership there. On Oct. 12, 1886, he was ordained to the ministry for the Yellow Creek congregation at the Holdeman Church near Wakarusa at a double ordination service when Pre. Henry Shaum was ordained bishop as Jacob Beutler's successor. Since that time, he missed but two Church conferences of the Indiana-Michigan district; the first in 1909, when Conference convened at the Olive Church, being restrained by a typhoid quarantine, and the last one in June when already bedfast. The last service he attended was on May 22, at the time of communion and the ordination of a deacon. While Bro. Loucks did not preach as many sermons, nor travel as many miles in his official duties as some ministers, he walked humbly before God and was deeply concerned for the welfare of the Church, and the brotherhood always found him standing for the faith of our fathers. Some time ago he arranged some of the details of his funeral and then patiently awaited God's call. The following stanza selected by the daughter expresses generally not only the sentiment of the family circle, but many others:
"Into heaven' mansion he is entered,
Never to sigh or to weep;
After long years with life's struggles,
Father has fallen asleep."
Funeral services were conducted from the late home and the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church on Aug. 23 by the brethren Virgil Weaver, Ray F. Yoder, and Jaocb K. Bixler. By actual count 800 people were unable to gain access to the church house. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
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