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Kasper, Eva Block (1918-1950)
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Missionary to India And Son Drowned'''</font> |
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| + | <center><h3>MRS. J. J. KASPER, SON JULIUS LOST IN ATTEMPT TO FORD STREAM</h3></center> |
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| + | Hillsboro, Kans. — Mrs. J. J. (Eva) Kasper, serving on the Mennonite Brethren mission field in India, and her small son Julius lost their lives by drowning while attempting to cross a river, it was learned through a cable received here Oct. 22 from the husband and father, Rev. J. J. Kasper. |
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| + | According to the cable, the tragedy occurred while they were en route to Ongole. The Kaspers had earlier notified the mission headquarters here that they planned to make the 200-mile trip to the Ongole hospital, where another son, Jackie, was to have his tonsils removed and Rev. Kasper was to have a physical check-up. |
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| + | Mrs. Kasper, a former student of Tabor college, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Block of Dallas, Oregon. She was 32 years of age. Her sister, Mrs. M. B. Willems resides at Hillsboro and went to Dallas to be with the parents after receiving word of the tragedy |
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| + | The Kaspers went to India for the first time in 1946, and had learned the language of the Telugu (people among whom they worked. They have been stationed at Nagarkunool. |
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| + | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1950 Nov 23 p. 1 |
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Revision as of 15:53, 9 December 2014
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 Nov 2 p. 1
Birth date: 1918
text of obituary:
Missionary to India And Son Drowned
MRS. J. J. KASPER, SON JULIUS LOST IN ATTEMPT TO FORD STREAM
Hillsboro, Kans. — Mrs. J. J. (Eva) Kasper, serving on the Mennonite Brethren mission field in India, and her small son Julius lost their lives by drowning while attempting to cross a river, it was learned through a cable received here Oct. 22 from the husband and father, Rev. J. J. Kasper.
According to the cable, the tragedy occurred while they were en route to Ongole. The Kaspers had earlier notified the mission headquarters here that they planned to make the 200-mile trip to the Ongole hospital, where another son, Jackie, was to have his tonsils removed and Rev. Kasper was to have a physical check-up.
Mrs. Kasper, a former student of Tabor college, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Block of Dallas, Oregon. She was 32 years of age. Her sister, Mrs. M. B. Willems resides at Hillsboro and went to Dallas to be with the parents after receiving word of the tragedy
The Kaspers went to India for the first time in 1946, and had learned the language of the Telugu (people among whom they worked. They have been stationed at Nagarkunool.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 Nov 23 p. 1
