Amstutz, Ida Steiner (1873-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Oct 21 p. 7

Birth date: 1873 Jul 20

text of obituary:

Allen County, O. Native Dies at Age 92

Bluffton, Ohio. — Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Amstutz, 92, a life-time resident of Allen County, were held Oct. 8 at the Ebenezer Mennonite Church near here.

Mrs. Amstutz died Oct. 6 at the farm home on Route 2, Bluffton — the same home where she was born in 1873. She could recall the earliest Mennonite congregations of the Swiss Mennonite settlement along the Putnam-Allen county line road.

The former Ida Steiner,she was married to Ephraim Amstutz, who died in 1955. Survivors include four daughters, four sons and their families.

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The Mennonite obituary: 1965 Nov 9 p. 702

text of obituary:

Ida Amstutz, Ebenezer Church, Bluffton, Ohio, was born July 20, 1873, and died Oct. 6.