Dils - Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine Loucks, was born near Wakarusa, Ind, April 8, 1862; died at the home of her daughter (Myrtle) May 25, 1949; aged 87 y, 1 m, 17 d.
On Sept 14, 1879, she was married to Joseph Dils, who preceded her in death Nov 27, 1910. Of the 10 children born to this union 5 preceded her in death, all but one of them in February, 1895, within less than a week. She bore her grief with much patience and dependence on her Lord.
Surviving are 3 daughters (Minnie - Mrs John Lantzer, Mary Nunemaker, both of Goshen, Ind; Myrtle - Mrs Fred Mattmiller, at whose home she died), 2 sons (Milroy and Nelson, Osceola, Ind), 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs Ezra Shantz, Baden, Ont).
She accepted Christ in her youth and united with the Mennonite church, remaining a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Silas Weldy and at the Olive Church by D A Yoder and Warren Shaum.
Gospel Herald
Vol XLII, No 27
5 July 1949
On Sept 14, 1879, she was married to Joseph Dils, who preceded her in death Nov 27, 1910. Of the 10 children born to this union 5 preceded her in death, all but one of them in February, 1895, within less than a week. She bore her grief with much patience and dependence on her Lord.
Surviving are 3 daughters (Minnie - Mrs John Lantzer, Mary Nunemaker, both of Goshen, Ind; Myrtle - Mrs Fred Mattmiller, at whose home she died), 2 sons (Milroy and Nelson, Osceola, Ind), 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs Ezra Shantz, Baden, Ont).
She accepted Christ in her youth and united with the Mennonite church, remaining a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Silas Weldy and at the Olive Church by D A Yoder and Warren Shaum.
Gospel Herald
Vol XLII, No 27
5 July 1949
Dils - Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine Loucks, was born near Wakarusa, Ind, April 8, 1862; died at the home of her daughter (Myrtle) May 25, 1949; aged 87 y, 1 m, 17 d.
On Sept 14, 1879, she was married to Joseph Dils, who preceded her in death Nov 27, 1910. Of the 10 children born to this union 5 preceded her in death, all but one of them in February, 1895, within less than a week. She bore her grief with much patience and dependence on her Lord.
Surviving are 3 daughters (Minnie - Mrs John Lantzer, Mary Nunemaker, both of Goshen, Ind; Myrtle - Mrs Fred Mattmiller, at whose home she died), 2 sons (Milroy and Nelson, Osceola, Ind), 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs Ezra Shantz, Baden, Ont).
She accepted Christ in her youth and united with the Mennonite church, remaining a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Silas Weldy and at the Olive Church by D A Yoder and Warren Shaum.
Gospel Herald
Vol XLII, No 27
5 July 1949
On Sept 14, 1879, she was married to Joseph Dils, who preceded her in death Nov 27, 1910. Of the 10 children born to this union 5 preceded her in death, all but one of them in February, 1895, within less than a week. She bore her grief with much patience and dependence on her Lord.
Surviving are 3 daughters (Minnie - Mrs John Lantzer, Mary Nunemaker, both of Goshen, Ind; Myrtle - Mrs Fred Mattmiller, at whose home she died), 2 sons (Milroy and Nelson, Osceola, Ind), 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one sister (Mrs Ezra Shantz, Baden, Ont).
She accepted Christ in her youth and united with the Mennonite church, remaining a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Silas Weldy and at the Olive Church by D A Yoder and Warren Shaum.
Gospel Herald
Vol XLII, No 27
5 July 1949
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