Reimer, Jacob (1894-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Jan 15 p. 8

Birth date: 1894

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Funeral services for Jacob Reimer, 93, a former Goessel resident who died on Jan. 8 at Bethel Home for Aged in Newton, were held on Jan. 12 at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church near Goessel. Orlando Waltner officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include three sons, Milferd of Newton, Elmer of Loveland, Colo., and LeRoy of Hesston; two daughters, Alice Goerzen of near Newton and Helen Dyck of Portland, Ore.; two brothers, Rudolph of Dallas, Ore., and Herman of North Newton; one sister, Mary Wiens of Inman; three half-brothers, Karl Reimer of Hillsboro, Waldo Reimer of Hutchinson and Arnold Reimer of Reedley, Calif.; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Agnes Unruh, in 1978.