Harms, Elizabeth Victoria (1907-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Jun 3

Birth date: 1907 Sep 27

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• Funeral services for Elizabeth Harms, 57, a lifelong resident of the Goessel and Hillsboro communities, were held Sunday afternoon at the Parkview M. B. Church in Hillsboro. She died at Salem Hospital there May 26. Rev. John C. Ratzlaff officiated at the funeral. Miss Harms was born near Goessel, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Harms. For a number of years she cared for her parents, and then worked as a nurse aid at the Salem Home for Aged in Hillsboro. Survivors include one brother, Rev. W. W. Harms of rural Hillsboro, and three sisters, Mrs. Sara Kornelsen and Mrs. Marie Berg of Hillsboro, and Mrs. Catherine Kornelsen of Salina.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Jul 1 p. 11

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ELIZABETH V. HARMS

Elizabeth Victoria Harms, daughter of Henry S. and Anna Wiebe Harms, was born in Marion County near Goessel, Kan. on Sept. 27, 1907.

She realized her lost condition and thus accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour. On July 4, 1909 she was baptized by her grandfather, Elder P. A. Wiebe, and accepted into the membership of the Springfield K.M.B. Church.

Up to the eighth grade she attended the Hochfeld school. In 1921, she with her parents moved to Hillsboro, Kan. where she graduated from the eighth grade and also from Tabor College in 1928.

Elizabeth was not privileged to enjoy good health all her life. This was often a cause for discouragement. Twice she submitted to major surgery, which was very beneficial to her health.

After having shared life with her parents until heir departure, she remained in the parental home. Gradually she began to serve in various positions, especially as a practical nurse in the Hillsboro Home for the Aged where she served for some nine years.

On May 7, 1950, she transferred her membership from the Springfield Church to the Gnadenau Church near Hillsboro, of which she was a member at the time of her passing.

In the summer of 1962 she moved into her newly purchased home on South Ash in Hillsboro. After enjoying her life in this cozy home for some two years, she became seriously ill and was hospitalized. In October 1964 she entered Halstead Hospital for observation.

Upon realizing the seriousness of her condition she leaned heavily upon the Word of God as her guide and comfort. Her well-marked Bible presents sufficient evidence of this.

On May 26, 1965, we saw that her life was slowly ebbing away without intense suffering for which we humbly thank the Lord. She quietly slipped away to be forever with the Lord. Death was due to a tumorous brain condition. She reached the age of 57 years and nine months minus one day.

Her parents, a sister, Anna E. Harms, and one brother-in-law, C. C. Kornelsen, preceded her in death.