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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1953 Apr 23 p. 9 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1953 Apr 23 p. 9 | ||
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<center><h3>MRS. F. F. NEUFELD</h3></center> | |||
Mrs. F. F. Neufeld, nee Helena Kroeker, was born to Johann and Ida (Giesbrecht) Kroeker, in Kontinusfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, on December 1, 1864. Here she received her elementary education and spent her younger years until she moved with her parents to Spat, Crimea. | |||
On November 20, 1884, she entered the holy bonds of matrimony with Franz F. Neufeld. In the spring of 1887 mother, together with father, recognized her lost condition and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour, and was baptized upon the confession of her faith on April 26 of the same year by the Elder David Schellenberg. She was then received into the Mennonite Brethren church in Spat, Crimea. | |||
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Revision as of 08:54, 12 February 2013
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Apr 16 p. 1
Birth date: 1864 Dec 1
text of obituary:
EIGHTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD PIONEER CALLED AWAY IN DEATH
Buhler, Kansas. — Mrs. Helena Neufeld, 88 year old Kansas pioneer, died here April 5, and funeral services were held at the M. B. church on Thursday, April 9.
She is survived by two daughters, six sons, 27 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Apr 23 p. 9
text of obituary:
MRS. F. F. NEUFELD
Mrs. F. F. Neufeld, nee Helena Kroeker, was born to Johann and Ida (Giesbrecht) Kroeker, in Kontinusfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, on December 1, 1864. Here she received her elementary education and spent her younger years until she moved with her parents to Spat, Crimea.
On November 20, 1884, she entered the holy bonds of matrimony with Franz F. Neufeld. In the spring of 1887 mother, together with father, recognized her lost condition and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour, and was baptized upon the confession of her faith on April 26 of the same year by the Elder David Schellenberg. She was then received into the Mennonite Brethren church in Spat, Crimea.