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Zehr, John (1879-1948)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1948 Jun 10 p. 1
Birth date: 1879
text of obituary:
INDIANA RETIRED FARMER FATALLY INJURED IN BUGGY ACCIDENT
Ft. Wayne, Ind.—The liesurely [sic] fishing trip of an elerly [sic] retired farmer of the Grabill community and his eight-year-old grandson ended in tragedy on Friday, June 4, when the grandfather, John Zehr, was fatally injured in a runaway. He passed away in a Ft. Wayne hospital soon after the accident.
The two were traveling down a lane by horse and buggy to Cedar Creek when the horse suddenly bolted, throwing them out. The elderly man suffered a broken neck. His grandson, John S. Graber, received a fractured right wrist and other injuries. The deceased was 69.
