Amstutz, Elizabeth D. Basinger (1876-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Nov 14 p. 11

Birth date: 1876 May 13

text of obituary:

MRS. ELIZABETH D. AMSTUTZ

Mrs. Elizabeth D. Amstutz, 92, of Pandora, Ohio died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday, Oct. 20, in Bluffton Community hospital.

A native of Putnam county, she was born May 13, 1876, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Basinger. She was married to Samuel S. Amstutz who died in 1907.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Sidney (Ruth) Steiner, Pandora, Mrs. Lester (Grace) Kraft, Leslie, Mich., and Miss Mary Elizabeth Amstutz, Lake George, Mich.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and two sons-in-law, Sidney Steiner and Dr. L. C. Kraft.

A daughter, Lenore, died in 1925.

Mrs. Amstutz was a member of the Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora.

Services were at 2 p.m. Oct. 22 in the church, with Rev. Loris Habegger officiating. Burial was in Maple Grove cemetery, Bluffton.

The Mennonite obituary: 1968 Nov 12 p. 706