" MYERS. - Joseph A., son of Joseph and Lydia (Shank) Myers, was born in Putnam Co., O., Oct. 19, 1862; died March 20, 1941; aged 78 y. 5 m. 1 d. Death was caused by internal cancer which caused him much and intense suffering which he bore in patience, often wishing to go home.
April 20, 1911, he was married to Dora Ream.
He was the youngest and the last of a family of nine children.
As a young man, he taught 17 years of school in Ohio. Coming to Michigan some 30 years ago, he lived on the same farm which they cleared and built up.
He was a charter member of the Sunnyside Mennonite Church, and acted as S. S. Supt. for a number of years. After the work at Sunnyside was discontinued, he with Sister Myers made their church home at the Fairview Mennonite Church, of which he was a member until the end came. They were regular attendants whenever health permitted.
Joseph will be missed by his companion, neighbors, S. S. class, and many others; but we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things well.
Funeral services were held March 22, at the Fairview Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Menno Esch, assisted by Bro. M. S. Steiner. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
'Finished are all earth's labors,
Tired and ready to sleep;
Ready to bid his friends good-by,
Wondering why we weep.
Passing out of earth's shadows
Into infinite day,
Why do you call it dying;
This beautiful passing away?'" From THE GOSPEL HERALD, http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/41/apr1941.html
April 20, 1911, he was married to Dora Ream.
He was the youngest and the last of a family of nine children.
As a young man, he taught 17 years of school in Ohio. Coming to Michigan some 30 years ago, he lived on the same farm which they cleared and built up.
He was a charter member of the Sunnyside Mennonite Church, and acted as S. S. Supt. for a number of years. After the work at Sunnyside was discontinued, he with Sister Myers made their church home at the Fairview Mennonite Church, of which he was a member until the end came. They were regular attendants whenever health permitted.
Joseph will be missed by his companion, neighbors, S. S. class, and many others; but we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things well.
Funeral services were held March 22, at the Fairview Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Menno Esch, assisted by Bro. M. S. Steiner. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
'Finished are all earth's labors,
Tired and ready to sleep;
Ready to bid his friends good-by,
Wondering why we weep.
Passing out of earth's shadows
Into infinite day,
Why do you call it dying;
This beautiful passing away?'" From THE GOSPEL HERALD, http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/41/apr1941.html
" MYERS. - Joseph A., son of Joseph and Lydia (Shank) Myers, was born in Putnam Co., O., Oct. 19, 1862; died March 20, 1941; aged 78 y. 5 m. 1 d. Death was caused by internal cancer which caused him much and intense suffering which he bore in patience, often wishing to go home.
April 20, 1911, he was married to Dora Ream.
He was the youngest and the last of a family of nine children.
As a young man, he taught 17 years of school in Ohio. Coming to Michigan some 30 years ago, he lived on the same farm which they cleared and built up.
He was a charter member of the Sunnyside Mennonite Church, and acted as S. S. Supt. for a number of years. After the work at Sunnyside was discontinued, he with Sister Myers made their church home at the Fairview Mennonite Church, of which he was a member until the end came. They were regular attendants whenever health permitted.
Joseph will be missed by his companion, neighbors, S. S. class, and many others; but we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things well.
Funeral services were held March 22, at the Fairview Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Menno Esch, assisted by Bro. M. S. Steiner. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
'Finished are all earth's labors,
Tired and ready to sleep;
Ready to bid his friends good-by,
Wondering why we weep.
Passing out of earth's shadows
Into infinite day,
Why do you call it dying;
This beautiful passing away?'" From THE GOSPEL HERALD, http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/41/apr1941.html
April 20, 1911, he was married to Dora Ream.
He was the youngest and the last of a family of nine children.
As a young man, he taught 17 years of school in Ohio. Coming to Michigan some 30 years ago, he lived on the same farm which they cleared and built up.
He was a charter member of the Sunnyside Mennonite Church, and acted as S. S. Supt. for a number of years. After the work at Sunnyside was discontinued, he with Sister Myers made their church home at the Fairview Mennonite Church, of which he was a member until the end came. They were regular attendants whenever health permitted.
Joseph will be missed by his companion, neighbors, S. S. class, and many others; but we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things well.
Funeral services were held March 22, at the Fairview Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Menno Esch, assisted by Bro. M. S. Steiner. Interment in Fairview Cemetery.
'Finished are all earth's labors,
Tired and ready to sleep;
Ready to bid his friends good-by,
Wondering why we weep.
Passing out of earth's shadows
Into infinite day,
Why do you call it dying;
This beautiful passing away?'" From THE GOSPEL HERALD, http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/41/apr1941.html
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