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Catherina <I>Swartzendruber</I> Gingerich

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Catherina Swartzendruber Gingerich

Birth
Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Jun 1930 (aged 77)
Kalona, Washington County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Sharon Center, Johnson County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Frederick Swarzendruber and Sarah Yoder. Wife of Joseph Gingerich.

GINGERICH.--Catherine (Swartzendruber) Gingerich was born in Johnson Co., Iowa, March 18, 1853. She accepted Christ as her Savior in her youth, uniting with the Amish Church of which her father, Fredrick Swartzendruber, was deacon and her grandfather, Jacob Swartzendruber, was bishop. On March 5, 1871, she was married to Joseph C. Gingerich. Sixteen children were born to this union. In the spring of 1894 she with her family moved to Wright Co., Iowa. In the fall of 1910 they again moved back to Kalona, Iowa. After their return to this community they transferred their membership to the East Union Amish Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member until death. On May 24, 1930, she suffered a stroke of paralysis and on June 19, 1930, she passed away very unexpectedly; aged 77 y. 3 m. 1 d. Her husband preceded her in death April 3, 1928. She leaves 8 sons and 2 daughters (Mrs. Elvina Keiser, Daniel, Edward, Fredrick, Amos, Simon, Joseph C., Walter V., Emma, and Ezra), one sister, (Mrs. C. S. Yoder), two brothers (Elias and Shem Swartzendruber), and a large number of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was held at East Union Church near Kalona, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, June 22, conducted by the home minister assisted by J. L. Hershberger and Edward Diener. Texts, Heb. 9:27; Jno. 5:24, 25. Interment by the side of her husband in the cemetery near by. Source: Gospel Herald - Vol. XXIII, No. 31 - Oct. 30, 1930, pg 671, 672.
Daughter of Frederick Swarzendruber and Sarah Yoder. Wife of Joseph Gingerich.

GINGERICH.--Catherine (Swartzendruber) Gingerich was born in Johnson Co., Iowa, March 18, 1853. She accepted Christ as her Savior in her youth, uniting with the Amish Church of which her father, Fredrick Swartzendruber, was deacon and her grandfather, Jacob Swartzendruber, was bishop. On March 5, 1871, she was married to Joseph C. Gingerich. Sixteen children were born to this union. In the spring of 1894 she with her family moved to Wright Co., Iowa. In the fall of 1910 they again moved back to Kalona, Iowa. After their return to this community they transferred their membership to the East Union Amish Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member until death. On May 24, 1930, she suffered a stroke of paralysis and on June 19, 1930, she passed away very unexpectedly; aged 77 y. 3 m. 1 d. Her husband preceded her in death April 3, 1928. She leaves 8 sons and 2 daughters (Mrs. Elvina Keiser, Daniel, Edward, Fredrick, Amos, Simon, Joseph C., Walter V., Emma, and Ezra), one sister, (Mrs. C. S. Yoder), two brothers (Elias and Shem Swartzendruber), and a large number of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was held at East Union Church near Kalona, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, June 22, conducted by the home minister assisted by J. L. Hershberger and Edward Diener. Texts, Heb. 9:27; Jno. 5:24, 25. Interment by the side of her husband in the cemetery near by. Source: Gospel Herald - Vol. XXIII, No. 31 - Oct. 30, 1930, pg 671, 672.

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