HARTZ - On March 3d, 1901, Magdalena, wife of Moses Hartz, of Caemarvon township, Lancaster Co., Pa., on her way to church, died very suddenly, aged 79 years, 10 months and 5 days. Funeral was held March 6. Services were conducted by C.U. Stoltzfus and John S. Mast Texts, Isaiah 58:8 and Mark 13:35. Deceased was an interested reader of the HERALD OF TRUTH for years. Her maiden name was Nafzinger. She was born in Ilbach, Germany, April 28, 1821. In the year 1827, her parents with their seven children, took ship for this country, the oldest child being less than ten years old and the youngest less than one year old. The voyage proved to be a tedious one during which the father and one of the children took sick and died and were buried at sea, leaving the mother, a widow with six small children, to be cared for. They landed at Baltimore, and after a brief stay there without any friends, they set out for Philadelphia, Pa., where they landed with financial means almost exhausted. By the aid of a stranger, who proved to be a friend, they reached Lancaster Co., where they procured their livelihood as best they could. The children being put out among strangers as they became old enough to work for their keeping, which was a life of toil, some of them allowed very little time to attend school. The late Magdalena was married to Moses Hartz, in 1849, with whom she shared the trials and joys of life for more than fifty-one years. She bore the trials patiently. Like Stephen of old, when stoned or persecuted, she would always say, we must forgive and pray for them, they know not what they do. She united with the Amish Mennonite Church in her youth and was steadfast in faith, hope and charity to the end. She seemed to be longing for the door to open to a better world. On the morning of her demise, she was in excellent spirits and was very anxious to go to church. After attending to her usual household duties, she walked out and almost unaided stepped into a carriage, at the same time chatting cheerfully with her companions, but in less than five minutes she was carried back to her room, a corpse. She leaves a husband, one brother, one sister, four children, and fifteen grandchildren.
HARTZ - On March 3d, 1901, Magdalena, wife of Moses Hartz, of Caemarvon township, Lancaster Co., Pa., on her way to church, died very suddenly, aged 79 years, 10 months and 5 days. Funeral was held March 6. Services were conducted by C.U. Stoltzfus and John S. Mast Texts, Isaiah 58:8 and Mark 13:35. Deceased was an interested reader of the HERALD OF TRUTH for years. Her maiden name was Nafzinger. She was born in Ilbach, Germany, April 28, 1821. In the year 1827, her parents with their seven children, took ship for this country, the oldest child being less than ten years old and the youngest less than one year old. The voyage proved to be a tedious one during which the father and one of the children took sick and died and were buried at sea, leaving the mother, a widow with six small children, to be cared for. They landed at Baltimore, and after a brief stay there without any friends, they set out for Philadelphia, Pa., where they landed with financial means almost exhausted. By the aid of a stranger, who proved to be a friend, they reached Lancaster Co., where they procured their livelihood as best they could. The children being put out among strangers as they became old enough to work for their keeping, which was a life of toil, some of them allowed very little time to attend school. The late Magdalena was married to Moses Hartz, in 1849, with whom she shared the trials and joys of life for more than fifty-one years. She bore the trials patiently. Like Stephen of old, when stoned or persecuted, she would always say, we must forgive and pray for them, they know not what they do. She united with the Amish Mennonite Church in her youth and was steadfast in faith, hope and charity to the end. She seemed to be longing for the door to open to a better world. On the morning of her demise, she was in excellent spirits and was very anxious to go to church. After attending to her usual household duties, she walked out and almost unaided stepped into a carriage, at the same time chatting cheerfully with her companions, but in less than five minutes she was carried back to her room, a corpse. She leaves a husband, one brother, one sister, four children, and fifteen grandchildren.
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