aged 76 y. 7 m. 23 d.
Death was sue to a heart ailment. He was ill only one week.
On April 2, 1889, he was united in marriage to Mary Roth. To this happy union four sons and three daughters were born.
Surviving are his sorrowing widow, one son (Abraham), 3 daughters (Mrs. Martha Kennel, Mrs. Katie Swartzendruber, and Mrs. Barbara Kempf, all of Shickley), 21 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Jake, of Indiana; and Abe, of Shickley), and one sister (Fannie, of Pennsylvania).
He was preceded in death by triplet sons (John - an infant, Ira, aged eleven months, and Arthur Daniel, aged eighteen years), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 6 sisters.
In his youth he united with the Mennonite Church at Milford, Nebr., and remained faithful to the end. He was one of the few remaining charter members of the Salem congregation at Shickley. He was active in Sunday-school work and always concerned for the welfare of the church.
Funeral services were held Nov. 4, at the home and church by Fred Reeb and Peter Kennel and at the grave by Lee Schlegel. Burial was made in the Salem Church Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVIII, No . 33
November 16, 1945, page 639
aged 76 y. 7 m. 23 d.
Death was sue to a heart ailment. He was ill only one week.
On April 2, 1889, he was united in marriage to Mary Roth. To this happy union four sons and three daughters were born.
Surviving are his sorrowing widow, one son (Abraham), 3 daughters (Mrs. Martha Kennel, Mrs. Katie Swartzendruber, and Mrs. Barbara Kempf, all of Shickley), 21 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (Jake, of Indiana; and Abe, of Shickley), and one sister (Fannie, of Pennsylvania).
He was preceded in death by triplet sons (John - an infant, Ira, aged eleven months, and Arthur Daniel, aged eighteen years), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 6 sisters.
In his youth he united with the Mennonite Church at Milford, Nebr., and remained faithful to the end. He was one of the few remaining charter members of the Salem congregation at Shickley. He was active in Sunday-school work and always concerned for the welfare of the church.
Funeral services were held Nov. 4, at the home and church by Fred Reeb and Peter Kennel and at the grave by Lee Schlegel. Burial was made in the Salem Church Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVIII, No . 33
November 16, 1945, page 639
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