Jacob Ditrick Friesen was the son of Dietrich Friesen and Marie Wiens.
He married Hilda Marie Neufeld on April 4, 1937 at Goessel, Kansas. They were the parents of one son. They also opened their home to one of their nieces when she needed a temporary home. They treated her like she was their own. Jake lovingly tended Aunt Hilda during her long bout with Alzheimer's until the angels took her home.
Jacob D. Friesen
INMAN - Jacob D. "J.D." Friesen, 97, died peacefully in his sleep in his room at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kansas on March 29, 2009.
He was born October 19, 1911, in McPherson County, the son of the Rev. Dietrich and Marie Wiens Friesen. A lifetime resident of Inman, he attended local schools and was a 1929 graduate of Hoffnungsau Preparatory School in Inman.
He was a lifelong member of the Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1936, he started a blacksmith shop in Inman with his uncle Pete Friesen. In later years, the hardware needed for blacksmithing became the J. D. Friesen Hardware store, where hardware and appliances were sold. Finally, in its last years it became the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware store, which he sold when he retired in 1975.
On April 4, 1937, he married Hilda M. Neufeld, who was a co-owner and operator of the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware business. Hilda preceded him in death on February 3, 2002.
He is survived by: a son, and daughter-in-law of Bluffton, Ohio; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, and a brother. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, and was preceded in death by sisters, Agnes Goering and Katheryn Wiens, and by brothers, Willie D. Friesen and Martin Friesen.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009, at the North Inman Cemetery with a memorial service to follow at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Mennonite Church with Pastors Alden Dick and Marshall Anderson presiding. The family will greet friends after the service at the church.
Memorials may be sent to either Bethel Mennonite Church or Mennonite Central Committee in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
*Special thanks to Barbara Bowman for creating this memorial page and then kindly transferring it to my keeping.*
He married Hilda Marie Neufeld on April 4, 1937 at Goessel, Kansas. They were the parents of one son. They also opened their home to one of their nieces when she needed a temporary home. They treated her like she was their own. Jake lovingly tended Aunt Hilda during her long bout with Alzheimer's until the angels took her home.
Jacob D. Friesen
INMAN - Jacob D. "J.D." Friesen, 97, died peacefully in his sleep in his room at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kansas on March 29, 2009.
He was born October 19, 1911, in McPherson County, the son of the Rev. Dietrich and Marie Wiens Friesen. A lifetime resident of Inman, he attended local schools and was a 1929 graduate of Hoffnungsau Preparatory School in Inman.
He was a lifelong member of the Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1936, he started a blacksmith shop in Inman with his uncle Pete Friesen. In later years, the hardware needed for blacksmithing became the J. D. Friesen Hardware store, where hardware and appliances were sold. Finally, in its last years it became the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware store, which he sold when he retired in 1975.
On April 4, 1937, he married Hilda M. Neufeld, who was a co-owner and operator of the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware business. Hilda preceded him in death on February 3, 2002.
He is survived by: a son, and daughter-in-law of Bluffton, Ohio; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, and a brother. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, and was preceded in death by sisters, Agnes Goering and Katheryn Wiens, and by brothers, Willie D. Friesen and Martin Friesen.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009, at the North Inman Cemetery with a memorial service to follow at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Mennonite Church with Pastors Alden Dick and Marshall Anderson presiding. The family will greet friends after the service at the church.
Memorials may be sent to either Bethel Mennonite Church or Mennonite Central Committee in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
*Special thanks to Barbara Bowman for creating this memorial page and then kindly transferring it to my keeping.*
Jacob Ditrick Friesen was the son of Dietrich Friesen and Marie Wiens.
He married Hilda Marie Neufeld on April 4, 1937 at Goessel, Kansas. They were the parents of one son. They also opened their home to one of their nieces when she needed a temporary home. They treated her like she was their own. Jake lovingly tended Aunt Hilda during her long bout with Alzheimer's until the angels took her home.
Jacob D. Friesen
INMAN - Jacob D. "J.D." Friesen, 97, died peacefully in his sleep in his room at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kansas on March 29, 2009.
He was born October 19, 1911, in McPherson County, the son of the Rev. Dietrich and Marie Wiens Friesen. A lifetime resident of Inman, he attended local schools and was a 1929 graduate of Hoffnungsau Preparatory School in Inman.
He was a lifelong member of the Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1936, he started a blacksmith shop in Inman with his uncle Pete Friesen. In later years, the hardware needed for blacksmithing became the J. D. Friesen Hardware store, where hardware and appliances were sold. Finally, in its last years it became the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware store, which he sold when he retired in 1975.
On April 4, 1937, he married Hilda M. Neufeld, who was a co-owner and operator of the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware business. Hilda preceded him in death on February 3, 2002.
He is survived by: a son, and daughter-in-law of Bluffton, Ohio; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, and a brother. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, and was preceded in death by sisters, Agnes Goering and Katheryn Wiens, and by brothers, Willie D. Friesen and Martin Friesen.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009, at the North Inman Cemetery with a memorial service to follow at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Mennonite Church with Pastors Alden Dick and Marshall Anderson presiding. The family will greet friends after the service at the church.
Memorials may be sent to either Bethel Mennonite Church or Mennonite Central Committee in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
*Special thanks to Barbara Bowman for creating this memorial page and then kindly transferring it to my keeping.*
He married Hilda Marie Neufeld on April 4, 1937 at Goessel, Kansas. They were the parents of one son. They also opened their home to one of their nieces when she needed a temporary home. They treated her like she was their own. Jake lovingly tended Aunt Hilda during her long bout with Alzheimer's until the angels took her home.
Jacob D. Friesen
INMAN - Jacob D. "J.D." Friesen, 97, died peacefully in his sleep in his room at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kansas on March 29, 2009.
He was born October 19, 1911, in McPherson County, the son of the Rev. Dietrich and Marie Wiens Friesen. A lifetime resident of Inman, he attended local schools and was a 1929 graduate of Hoffnungsau Preparatory School in Inman.
He was a lifelong member of the Bethel Mennonite Church. In 1936, he started a blacksmith shop in Inman with his uncle Pete Friesen. In later years, the hardware needed for blacksmithing became the J. D. Friesen Hardware store, where hardware and appliances were sold. Finally, in its last years it became the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware store, which he sold when he retired in 1975.
On April 4, 1937, he married Hilda M. Neufeld, who was a co-owner and operator of the J. D. Friesen True Value Hardware business. Hilda preceded him in death on February 3, 2002.
He is survived by: a son, and daughter-in-law of Bluffton, Ohio; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, and a brother. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, and was preceded in death by sisters, Agnes Goering and Katheryn Wiens, and by brothers, Willie D. Friesen and Martin Friesen.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009, at the North Inman Cemetery with a memorial service to follow at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Mennonite Church with Pastors Alden Dick and Marshall Anderson presiding. The family will greet friends after the service at the church.
Memorials may be sent to either Bethel Mennonite Church or Mennonite Central Committee in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
*Special thanks to Barbara Bowman for creating this memorial page and then kindly transferring it to my keeping.*
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