On August 3, 1879, a small group of women met in the church to begin an organization known to us today as our Ladies' Aid. After the pastor's brief devotional address, based on the 14th chapter of Mark, " all sisters present offered earnest prayer for the gracious presence of the Lord. The object of the organization, as stated in the original constitution, was to unite the women of the congregation more closely in well-doing through prayer, gifts, and deeds of charity." The first officers elected were: Mrs. Catherine Breithaupt, president: Mrs. Anna Staebler, vice-president; Mrs. Mary Moeller, secretary, Mrs. Mary Kaufman, treasurer. With few interruptions this organization has met once a month with changing leadership and changing membership even unto the present date. Unchanging, however, has been its purpose of helpfulness where opportunity offered—visiting the sick and the new arrivals in the community, sewing for the needy, supporting hospitals and charitable institutions far and near, contributing to missions, supplying religious literature for local institutions, providing supplies and repairs for church and parsonage, presenting the communion set, etc., raising money for various church budgets, enlisting support for worthy causes and enterprises, acting as hostesses to the church's guests, etc., etc., etc'. One year, in addition to its other accomplishments, the Aid finished over one hundred quilts for the Red Cross Society.

100th Anniversary, 1839-1939, Zion Evangelical Church, Kitchener, Ontario

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Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths

Name: John J. Kliphardt

Event Date: 05 Dec 1923

Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Gender: Male

Age: 74

Birth Year (Estimated): 1849

Father's Name: Adam Kilphardt

Mother's Name: Anna Balzer

Spouse's Name: Susana (nee: Kasueangiesser)