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Sarah Catherine <I>Troyer</I> Lais

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Sarah Catherine Troyer Lais

Birth
Garden City, Cass County, Missouri, USA
Death
20 May 1939 (aged 57)
Silverton, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Ninety-one, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
03S-02
Memorial ID
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Lais.--Sarah Catherine Lais was born in Garden City, Mo., Jan. 5, 1882, to Bishop A. P. Troyer and wife; died May 20, 1939, at Silverton Hospital , Silverton, Oreg., after an illness of about two years; aged 57 y. 4 m. 15 d.

At the age of ten years she moved with her parents to Oregon, where they settled near Hubbard. She was converted early in life and was a charter member of the Zion Mennonite Church. She lived a consistent godly life until her death and was greatly revered by all who knew her. She was united in marriage to Amos J. Lais at Hubbard on Nov. 23, 1902.

To this union were born 9 children, 8 of whom survive with their father to mourn their loss (Grace Newman of Molalla; Mabel Burkhart of Portland; Mildred Miller of Oregon City; Ralph, Berton, Silas, Arthur and Blanche of Molalla). She leaves 8 grandchildren, 6 sisters, 3 brothers, and a host of relatives and friends. She was a patient sufferer through all her illness, with never murmur of complaint.

Funeral services were held May 23 at the Everhart Funeral Home, Molalla, Oreg., Bro. C. I. Kropf delivering the message. Text, Jno. 11:25, 26. Final services at the Zion Mennonite Church near Hubbard, with interment in the Zion Cemetery. Bro. Paul N. Roth delivered the message at the church basing his remarks on Num. 23:10, last clause.

Gospel Herald, June 22, 1939, pages 255, 256
Lais.--Sarah Catherine Lais was born in Garden City, Mo., Jan. 5, 1882, to Bishop A. P. Troyer and wife; died May 20, 1939, at Silverton Hospital , Silverton, Oreg., after an illness of about two years; aged 57 y. 4 m. 15 d.

At the age of ten years she moved with her parents to Oregon, where they settled near Hubbard. She was converted early in life and was a charter member of the Zion Mennonite Church. She lived a consistent godly life until her death and was greatly revered by all who knew her. She was united in marriage to Amos J. Lais at Hubbard on Nov. 23, 1902.

To this union were born 9 children, 8 of whom survive with their father to mourn their loss (Grace Newman of Molalla; Mabel Burkhart of Portland; Mildred Miller of Oregon City; Ralph, Berton, Silas, Arthur and Blanche of Molalla). She leaves 8 grandchildren, 6 sisters, 3 brothers, and a host of relatives and friends. She was a patient sufferer through all her illness, with never murmur of complaint.

Funeral services were held May 23 at the Everhart Funeral Home, Molalla, Oreg., Bro. C. I. Kropf delivering the message. Text, Jno. 11:25, 26. Final services at the Zion Mennonite Church near Hubbard, with interment in the Zion Cemetery. Bro. Paul N. Roth delivered the message at the church basing his remarks on Num. 23:10, last clause.

Gospel Herald, June 22, 1939, pages 255, 256


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