Henry Valentine Albrecht was born Feb. 14, 1860, in Bureau Co., Ill., the son of John and Mary Ackerman Albrecht, both of Bavaria, Germany. He died very suddenly of a heart attack and was found dead in the field where he had gone to shoot ducks Nov. 8, 1938, aged 78y, 8m, 28d. At the age of 17 he confessed Christ as his Saviour and united with the Willow Springs Church near Tiskilwa, Ill., where by a consistent life and faithful service he commended himself to the church and fourteen years later was ordained
to the office of deacon. He has served the church in this capacity for the past forty-seven years. On March 4, 1883, at the Pleasant Grove Church near Tremont, Ill., he was united in marriage to Mary Stacker who died in 1917. Seven children gladdened this happy home, four of whom are still living, to rejoice in the memory of a father who daily led tham to the altar of prayer and pointed them to "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." Those living are Eda Kaufmann, Lansdale, Pa.; Mrs. R. R. Smucker of Goshen, Ind.; Silas who lives on the home farm near Tiskilwa, Ill,; and Mrs. Floyd Yoder who at present is in the sanitarium at La Junta, Colo. Two children (Lena andLydia) passed away in infancy and 1 son (Julius) died in December, 1923, at the age of 29. Besides these he leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, with many relatives and friends, both in this country and Germany and India. Bro. Albrecht was an active christian worker, faithfully supporting his church in various charitable, educational, and mission activities in financial and moral support. One daughter, Mrs. R. R. Smucher, spent two terms on the foreign mission field and was wholly supported by her father during the period of active service there. During that time he made two trips to India; on the first one returning by way of the East, visited in Switzerland, Germany, and Palestine. After returing home he died considerable traveling throughout the home churches, giving information and encouraging the work that was so near to his heart, that of spreading the gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth. His sudden departure came as a shock to the family and community all the more so because of his apparent robust health which he had enjoyed to the hour of his departure. We are greatly comfored in the testimony of his life and words of waning, comfort and admonition we recall as we have seen and heard him in daily life, as he dealt tiwh the sorrowing, and erring, and from the pulpit. Funeral services were conducted aty the Willow Springs Church by the home ministers, Ira Eigsti and C. A. Hartzler, assisted by A. C. Good, J. N. Kaufman, and Ezra Yordy.
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November 24, 1938
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to the office of deacon. He has served the church in this capacity for the past forty-seven years. On March 4, 1883, at the Pleasant Grove Church near Tremont, Ill., he was united in marriage to Mary Stacker who died in 1917. Seven children gladdened this happy home, four of whom are still living, to rejoice in the memory of a father who daily led tham to the altar of prayer and pointed them to "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." Those living are Eda Kaufmann, Lansdale, Pa.; Mrs. R. R. Smucker of Goshen, Ind.; Silas who lives on the home farm near Tiskilwa, Ill,; and Mrs. Floyd Yoder who at present is in the sanitarium at La Junta, Colo. Two children (Lena andLydia) passed away in infancy and 1 son (Julius) died in December, 1923, at the age of 29. Besides these he leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, with many relatives and friends, both in this country and Germany and India. Bro. Albrecht was an active christian worker, faithfully supporting his church in various charitable, educational, and mission activities in financial and moral support. One daughter, Mrs. R. R. Smucher, spent two terms on the foreign mission field and was wholly supported by her father during the period of active service there. During that time he made two trips to India; on the first one returning by way of the East, visited in Switzerland, Germany, and Palestine. After returing home he died considerable traveling throughout the home churches, giving information and encouraging the work that was so near to his heart, that of spreading the gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth. His sudden departure came as a shock to the family and community all the more so because of his apparent robust health which he had enjoyed to the hour of his departure. We are greatly comfored in the testimony of his life and words of waning, comfort and admonition we recall as we have seen and heard him in daily life, as he dealt tiwh the sorrowing, and erring, and from the pulpit. Funeral services were conducted aty the Willow Springs Church by the home ministers, Ira Eigsti and C. A. Hartzler, assisted by A. C. Good, J. N. Kaufman, and Ezra Yordy.
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Vol. XXXI, No. 34
November 24, 1938
pp 742, 743
Henry Valentine Albrecht was born Feb. 14, 1860, in Bureau Co., Ill., the son of John and Mary Ackerman Albrecht, both of Bavaria, Germany. He died very suddenly of a heart attack and was found dead in the field where he had gone to shoot ducks Nov. 8, 1938, aged 78y, 8m, 28d. At the age of 17 he confessed Christ as his Saviour and united with the Willow Springs Church near Tiskilwa, Ill., where by a consistent life and faithful service he commended himself to the church and fourteen years later was ordained
to the office of deacon. He has served the church in this capacity for the past forty-seven years. On March 4, 1883, at the Pleasant Grove Church near Tremont, Ill., he was united in marriage to Mary Stacker who died in 1917. Seven children gladdened this happy home, four of whom are still living, to rejoice in the memory of a father who daily led tham to the altar of prayer and pointed them to "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." Those living are Eda Kaufmann, Lansdale, Pa.; Mrs. R. R. Smucker of Goshen, Ind.; Silas who lives on the home farm near Tiskilwa, Ill,; and Mrs. Floyd Yoder who at present is in the sanitarium at La Junta, Colo. Two children (Lena andLydia) passed away in infancy and 1 son (Julius) died in December, 1923, at the age of 29. Besides these he leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, with many relatives and friends, both in this country and Germany and India. Bro. Albrecht was an active christian worker, faithfully supporting his church in various charitable, educational, and mission activities in financial and moral support. One daughter, Mrs. R. R. Smucher, spent two terms on the foreign mission field and was wholly supported by her father during the period of active service there. During that time he made two trips to India; on the first one returning by way of the East, visited in Switzerland, Germany, and Palestine. After returing home he died considerable traveling throughout the home churches, giving information and encouraging the work that was so near to his heart, that of spreading the gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth. His sudden departure came as a shock to the family and community all the more so because of his apparent robust health which he had enjoyed to the hour of his departure. We are greatly comfored in the testimony of his life and words of waning, comfort and admonition we recall as we have seen and heard him in daily life, as he dealt tiwh the sorrowing, and erring, and from the pulpit. Funeral services were conducted aty the Willow Springs Church by the home ministers, Ira Eigsti and C. A. Hartzler, assisted by A. C. Good, J. N. Kaufman, and Ezra Yordy.
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November 24, 1938
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to the office of deacon. He has served the church in this capacity for the past forty-seven years. On March 4, 1883, at the Pleasant Grove Church near Tremont, Ill., he was united in marriage to Mary Stacker who died in 1917. Seven children gladdened this happy home, four of whom are still living, to rejoice in the memory of a father who daily led tham to the altar of prayer and pointed them to "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world." Those living are Eda Kaufmann, Lansdale, Pa.; Mrs. R. R. Smucker of Goshen, Ind.; Silas who lives on the home farm near Tiskilwa, Ill,; and Mrs. Floyd Yoder who at present is in the sanitarium at La Junta, Colo. Two children (Lena andLydia) passed away in infancy and 1 son (Julius) died in December, 1923, at the age of 29. Besides these he leaves 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, with many relatives and friends, both in this country and Germany and India. Bro. Albrecht was an active christian worker, faithfully supporting his church in various charitable, educational, and mission activities in financial and moral support. One daughter, Mrs. R. R. Smucher, spent two terms on the foreign mission field and was wholly supported by her father during the period of active service there. During that time he made two trips to India; on the first one returning by way of the East, visited in Switzerland, Germany, and Palestine. After returing home he died considerable traveling throughout the home churches, giving information and encouraging the work that was so near to his heart, that of spreading the gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth. His sudden departure came as a shock to the family and community all the more so because of his apparent robust health which he had enjoyed to the hour of his departure. We are greatly comfored in the testimony of his life and words of waning, comfort and admonition we recall as we have seen and heard him in daily life, as he dealt tiwh the sorrowing, and erring, and from the pulpit. Funeral services were conducted aty the Willow Springs Church by the home ministers, Ira Eigsti and C. A. Hartzler, assisted by A. C. Good, J. N. Kaufman, and Ezra Yordy.
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November 24, 1938
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