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.
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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