Stucky, Freni Waltner (1867-1932)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1932 Jan 20 p. 3

Birth date: 1867 Mar 20

text of obituary:

Freni Stucky

Freni (Waltner) Stucky, youngest child of William and Marie Waltner, was born March 20 1867, in Kotosufka, Russia. At the age of five years she lost her mother, thus being deprived of the comforting care of motherhood.

In 1874, she, with her father, brothers and sisters, immigrated to the United Stats and located in McPherson County, Kansas, in the vicinity of Moundridge. Here she attended school as a young girl, and also experienced the privation and hardships of pioneer life most forcefully, for she lost her father through death in the first years of her sojourn in this new pioneer country. Being thus orphaned, it was her lot to maker her home with others.

She was baptized upon confession of faith in the Redeemer, Dec. 30, 1883, and united with the Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member until her death.

On Feb. 14, 1886, she was united in holy wedlock to John Stucky of Pretty Prairie, making their home at that place for some time. From here they moved to Freeman, South Dakota. They later moved back to McPherson County, Kansas, for a few years; then went to Garfield County, Oklahoma, where they took up a claim and made their home for eight years.

The last 30 years of her life were spent on a farm near Pretty Prairie, Kansas. Up until two years ago after the children had all established their own homes, she made her home with her children. While with her daughter Mrs. R. R. Krehbiel at McPherson, she became seriously ill and passed to her reward on Saturday, January 2, 1932, at 11 p. m.

She reached the age of 64 years, 9 months and 12 days. Her husband preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1917, also one son-in-law and eleven sisters and brothers.

To mourn her departure there remain two sons, Simon and Amos Stucky of Pretty Prairie, six daughters, Mrs. C. J. Zerger of Monroe, Wash., Mrs. Emil C. Graber of Pretty Prairie, Mrs. Alfred Kaufman of Castleton, Mrs. R. R. Krehbiel of McPherson, Mrs. Phil A. Wedel of Moundridge and Mrs. Ewalt Goering of Kingman.

There remain 27 grandchildren, one great grandchild, one brother and many other relatives and friends.

She passed to her reward with the hopeful and comforting words upon her lips in her dying moments:

Paradise, oh Paradise,
How I love thy lovely portals,
And to be with the Immortals,
Paradise, oh Paradise.