Mosiman, Samuel K. (1867-1940)

Revision as of 13:40, 12 August 2013

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Jan 31 p. 1

Birth date: 1867 Dec 17

text of obituary:

Former College President is Called Away in Death

Dr. S. K. Mosiman, former president of Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, died Wednesday, January 24, in the Bluffton Hospital. The funeral was held Saturday, January 27, at 2:00 P. M. in the First Mennonite church of Bluffton.

Dr. Mosiman's body lay in state in the the [sic] Musselman Memorial Library on Saturday morning and a special memorial service was held there.

The Bluffton College Vesper Choir sang for the memorial service in the morning, also for the funeral service.

Speakers at the funeral were Rev. H. T. Unruh of the First Mennonite church, President L. L. Ramseyer of the college, and Rev. John Thiessen, returned missionary from India.

Interment was made in the Maple Grove cemetery in a site overlooking the campus.

Dr. Mosiman is survived by the following sisters and brothers:

Amalia (Mrs. Martin Herman), Salvina, Ida, Estelle (Mrs. Artemus Howe), all of Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Louisa Yoder of Cincinati, Ohio; Lavina (Mrs. Thomas Kennel of Trentin, Ohio; Leanna (Mrs. John Roth) and brother John, both of Illinois; Will, of Manitoba, Canada, Edison and Elmer of Newark, N. J.

The following is a brief biographical sketch of Dr. Mosiman's eventful life:

He was born December 17, 1867, the son of Christian and Anna Kinsinger-Mosiman, the oldest of 14 children, of whom 2 are now dead.

He married Amalia S. Krehbiel of St. Lous, Mo., on July 10, 1902. She died May 23, 1905. His second marriage was to Emilie Siemens Hamm, of Beatrice, Nebr., on August 12, 1909.

Education: Rural one-room school early education near Middletown, O. National Normal Univ., Lebanon, Ohio, 1890. Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, 1893-7, A. B. 1905, A. M.; Moody Bible Institute, 1897; McCormick Theological Seminary (now Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Chicago, Ill.), 1902-05, won Hebrew Entrance Prize an Hettie F. McCormick Hebrew scholarship award of $2,000 at graduation, 1907, B. d. Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 1905-7, Ph.D. for studies in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic, Litt. D., Wittenberg college 1920; L.L.D., Bluffton college.

Positions: Supt. of Mennonite Indian Mission school at Cantonment, Okla., 1897-1902; Prof. Greek and Philosophy, National Normal Univ., Lebanon, Ohio, 1907; Prof. Old Testament Literature and Greek, Bluffton, College, Bluffton, Ohio, 1908; President of Bluffton College, 1909-1935; President-Emeritus of Bluffton College, 1935.

Hon. Positions: Secretary of Middle District Conference (of Mennonites) 1903-05; Chairman Middle District Conference 1908-10; Vice-president General Conference of Mennonites; Member of Federal Council of Churches; Chairman of Ohio College Presidents and Deans, 1930-31.

Learned Societies: Member of Classical Association of America; member of American Geographical Society; member of the Modern Language Ass'n of Ohio; member of the Ohio Archaeological Hist. Society.

Misc: Traveled in /Europe and Asia 1926-7; Contributed articles on nine Kings of Israel and Judah in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia; also to Mennonite Sunday School Quarterly; revised catechism of Mennonites in 1937.

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