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Sarah <I>Loucks</I> Myers

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Sarah Loucks Myers

Birth
West Salem, Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death
8 Dec 1926 (aged 89)
Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 14, North Frame
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Sarah Loucks Myers, daughter of Peter Loucks & his wife Anna Barkey Loucks

Married Tobias Myers, son of Abraham "Abram" Myers & his wife Elizabeth Fitz Myers

7 sons & 2 daughters
1 Susan Myers b 1855
2 Isaac Myers b 1857
3 Peter Myers b 1863
4 Simon Myers b 1865
5 Anthony Myers b 1868
6 Anna Myers Stump b 1870
7 William Myers b 1872
8 Henry Myers b 1875
9 Eli Myers b 1878

Myers - Sarah, daughter of Peter and Anna Barkey Loucks, was born near West Salem, Ohio, Nov 29, 1837.

In the fall of 1851 she with her parents and family moved to Elkhart Co, and on Dec 17, 1854, she was united in marriage to Tobias Myers. To this union were born seven sons and two daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded her in death.

She with her husband united with the Mennonite Church at Yellow Creek about 55 years ago and held to that faith until death.

On Jan 6, 1898, her husband died. She lived with her daughter (Mrs Aby Stump) near Nappanee, Ind, and on Wednesday, Oct 27, she fell and broke her leg, and lay six weeks with intense pain and suffering. Dec 8, 1926, the Lord called her home at the age of 89 y, 9 d.

She leaves five sons (Isaac, Simon, William, Henry, Anthony) and one daughter Anna Stump of Nappanee, Ind, at whose home she died; also 11 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (John, Jonas, Isaac B, Peter B Loucks), and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at the Yellow Creek Church conducted by the brethren, -- Stump, J H Bare, and D A Yoder.

"Dearest Mother thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel;
But 'tis God that bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal."

Gospel Herald
Vol XIX, No 41
6 January 1927

Sarah Loucks Myers, daughter of Peter Loucks & his wife Anna Barkey Loucks

Married Tobias Myers, son of Abraham "Abram" Myers & his wife Elizabeth Fitz Myers

7 sons & 2 daughters
1 Susan Myers b 1855
2 Isaac Myers b 1857
3 Peter Myers b 1863
4 Simon Myers b 1865
5 Anthony Myers b 1868
6 Anna Myers Stump b 1870
7 William Myers b 1872
8 Henry Myers b 1875
9 Eli Myers b 1878

Myers - Sarah, daughter of Peter and Anna Barkey Loucks, was born near West Salem, Ohio, Nov 29, 1837.

In the fall of 1851 she with her parents and family moved to Elkhart Co, and on Dec 17, 1854, she was united in marriage to Tobias Myers. To this union were born seven sons and two daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded her in death.

She with her husband united with the Mennonite Church at Yellow Creek about 55 years ago and held to that faith until death.

On Jan 6, 1898, her husband died. She lived with her daughter (Mrs Aby Stump) near Nappanee, Ind, and on Wednesday, Oct 27, she fell and broke her leg, and lay six weeks with intense pain and suffering. Dec 8, 1926, the Lord called her home at the age of 89 y, 9 d.

She leaves five sons (Isaac, Simon, William, Henry, Anthony) and one daughter Anna Stump of Nappanee, Ind, at whose home she died; also 11 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (John, Jonas, Isaac B, Peter B Loucks), and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at the Yellow Creek Church conducted by the brethren, -- Stump, J H Bare, and D A Yoder.

"Dearest Mother thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel;
But 'tis God that bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal."

Gospel Herald
Vol XIX, No 41
6 January 1927



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  • Maintained by: Ginger Loucks
  • Originally Created by: Linda K
  • Added: Mar 5, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66540717/sarah-myers: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Loucks Myers (29 Nov 1837–8 Dec 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66540717, citing Yellow Creek Frame Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Ginger Loucks (contributor 46952509).