Schlichting, Emma (1917-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Jul 25 p. 3

Birth date: 1917

text of obituary:

Longtime MCC Worker Dies

Hillsboro, Kan. — Emma Schlichting, Mennonite Central Committee worker for many years, died at Akron, Pa., July 23, according to word reaching her relatives in Hillsboro.

Although she had been ill with cancer for several years, her death came suddenly. She had continued to work part time in the MCC administrative office in Akron until about a week ago.

A memorial service will be held July 25 at the Akron Mennonite Church, where she was a member. She was a former member of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Corn, Okla., where funeral services will be held Saturday, July 27, at 10 a.m.

Miss Schlichting had served with MCC in Paraguay, at Akron headquarters, and in Europe.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Schlichting, Corn; two brothers, Raymond, Hillsboro, and Walter, Milford, Kan.; and three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Claassen, Hillsboro; Mrs. Daryl Adrian, Muncie, Ind.; and Mrs. Albert Hiebert, Corn.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Aug 1 p. 5

text of obituary:

Memorial Service Held For MCC Trainee Director

Akron, Pa. — A memorial service was held here last week for Miss Emma Schlichting, administrator of the Mennonite Central committee trainee and sponsorship programs, who passed away Tuesday, July 23. Her service with MCC covered a 23-year period and three continents.

In a tribute to Miss Schlichting, William Snyder, executive secretary, noted that, "while Emma did not have a family of her own, she became an American mother to hundreds of trainees and to those young children around the world who have benefited from her work in MCC's child sponsorship program." The memorial service was conducted at the Akron Mennonite Church, where she had been a member.

The funeral was held at Corn, Okla. on Saturday, July, 27.

Although she had been ill with cancer for several years, her death came suddenly. Miss Schlichting, 51, had continued to work part-time until recently.

Her first assignment was Akron headquarters in 1945 when she served as switchboard operator. She then went to Paraguay as a teacher. She also served in Austria, and Brazil as a matron and in Germany with MCC's refugee work. The majority of her years with MCC were spent at Akron headquarters. In addition to switchboard operator, she served as hostess and matron until 1960, when she assumed responsibilities of the trainee and sponsorship programs.

The Mennonite obituary: 1968 Aug 20 p. 523