Unruh, Henry P. (1866-1936)

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Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 1936 Jul 14 p. 14

Birth date: 1866 Nov 28

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1836 Jun 17 p. 5

text of obituary:

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— Rev. J. J. Ratzlaff received word Tuesday that his brother-in-law, H. P. Unruh of Meno, Okla., had died. Mr. Unruh was in his 70th year and had not been in good health for some time. Rev. and Mrs. Ratzlaff plan to go to Meno to attend the funeral which will be held at the New Hopedale church on Friday. Mrs. Unruh is a sister of Rev. Ratzlaff.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1 Jul 1936 p. 5

text of obituary:

Henry P. Unruh, son of Peter and Karolina (Koehn) Unruh, was born November 18, 1866, in Russia-Poland, in the village Antinofka.

At the age of four years his mother died.

In the year 1874 when many of the Mennonites emigrated from Russia, his family also came to America and settled in Lone Tree township, mcPherson coutny, kansas. here he grew to manhood and received his Christian education and isntruction in the catechism class. He was baptized with a class of 27 converts on July 25, 1887, by the Rev. Johann Ratzlaff,