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Esther Hettie <I>Gehman</I> Leinbach

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Esther "Hettie" Gehman Leinbach

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Nov 1917 (aged 90)
Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Row 10, North Frame
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Gospel Herald - Volume X, Number 35 - November 29, 1917 - pp. 647,648

Leinbach.-Hettie Leinbach (nee Gehman), wife of the late Jonas Leinbach, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Sept. 7, 1827; died in Elkhart Co., Ind., at the home of her grandson, Daniel Leinbach, Nov. 14, 1917, of heart failure and the infirmities of old age; aged 90 y. 2 m. 7 d. She was a member of the Mennonite Church for many years. She leaves to mourn her departure two daughters (Elizabeth Detweiler and Susan Schiedel), two sons (Samuel and Noah), 20 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Two sons and an infant daughter preceded her in death. The family moved from Lancaster Co., Pa., in the fall of 1868 to Elkhart Co., Ind., and again in the spring of 1882 they moved to Emmet Co., Mich., where father died, Feb. 1903. In the fall of 1910 she came again to Elkhart Co., Ind., and lived with her son Isaac and family. Burial at Yellow Creek conducted by Pre. Martin Ramer and Christian Ressler. Text, John 14:1-3.
Gospel Herald - Volume X, Number 35 - November 29, 1917 - pp. 647,648

Leinbach.-Hettie Leinbach (nee Gehman), wife of the late Jonas Leinbach, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Sept. 7, 1827; died in Elkhart Co., Ind., at the home of her grandson, Daniel Leinbach, Nov. 14, 1917, of heart failure and the infirmities of old age; aged 90 y. 2 m. 7 d. She was a member of the Mennonite Church for many years. She leaves to mourn her departure two daughters (Elizabeth Detweiler and Susan Schiedel), two sons (Samuel and Noah), 20 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Two sons and an infant daughter preceded her in death. The family moved from Lancaster Co., Pa., in the fall of 1868 to Elkhart Co., Ind., and again in the spring of 1882 they moved to Emmet Co., Mich., where father died, Feb. 1903. In the fall of 1910 she came again to Elkhart Co., Ind., and lived with her son Isaac and family. Burial at Yellow Creek conducted by Pre. Martin Ramer and Christian Ressler. Text, John 14:1-3.


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