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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 7 Sep 1972 p. 4
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1972 Sep  7 p. 4
 
Birth date:  1882
 
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<center><h3>'''Immigrant of Early 1920's Dies in Kansas'''</h3></center>
 
Inman, Kan.  &#8212;  John H. Martens, 80, who was one of a group of 62 young men to arrive in America from South Russia in the early 1920's, died Sept. 4 at the Halstead Hospital after a long illness.
 
"The Sixty-Two" refers to a group of Mennonite young men who were a part of a White Army division which made its way to Constantinople.  There the Mennonite youths boarded a ship for America, arriving in 1921.
 
Mr. Martens married Sara Neufeld at Buhler in 1923.  He was a retired farmer and a member of the Zoar M. B. Church, Inman, where the funeral was conducted Sept. 6.  Rev. Kenneth Gardner officiated.
 
Survivors in addition to the widow include a son, Johnnie, of Inman; two daughters, Mrs. Ben Thiessen and Mrs. Irvin Pauls; and eight grandchildren.


Birth date: 1882


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Latest revision as of 21:47, 22 June 2023

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Sep 7 p. 4

Birth date: 1882

text of obituary:

Immigrant of Early 1920's Dies in Kansas

Inman, Kan. — John H. Martens, 80, who was one of a group of 62 young men to arrive in America from South Russia in the early 1920's, died Sept. 4 at the Halstead Hospital after a long illness.

"The Sixty-Two" refers to a group of Mennonite young men who were a part of a White Army division which made its way to Constantinople. There the Mennonite youths boarded a ship for America, arriving in 1921.

Mr. Martens married Sara Neufeld at Buhler in 1923. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Zoar M. B. Church, Inman, where the funeral was conducted Sept. 6. Rev. Kenneth Gardner officiated.

Survivors in addition to the widow include a son, Johnnie, of Inman; two daughters, Mrs. Ben Thiessen and Mrs. Irvin Pauls; and eight grandchildren.