Isaac, Elfrieda Jean (1940-1952)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 May 29 p. 6

Birth date: 1940 May 14

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— As the Review was about to go to press, word came from Meade, Kansas that Elfrieda Isaac, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Isaac, was instantly killed by lightning on Monday, May 26. Elfrieda, her 10-year-old sister Alvina, and their mother were driving cows home from the pasture when the tragedy happened, which was at about 6:00 p.m. Alvina had her hair singed but the mother was not hurt.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Jun 19 p. 10

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Elfrieda Jean, daughter of John K. and Elizabeth (Reimer) Isaac, was born on May 14, 1940, at DeRidder, Louisiana. A little more than a year later, we with our daughter made our home in the Meade community, Meade, Kansas. Elfrieda passed away suddenly to be with the Lord on May 26, 1952, at 5:45 p.m. when struck by a bolt of lightning, having attained the age of 12 years and 12 days.

She accepted Jesus Christ as her own personal Saviour on April 19, 1950, basing her salvation upon John 6:37, “Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out,” and has since then in her Bible study, prayer life and associations in school and church revealed her joy in the Lord. Being the oldest she gladly accepted the greater responsibilities in the home and cheerfully assisted in the household duties and otherwise.

On the eve of her departure, she together with her sister, Elvina, were beginning the evening chores. While getting the cattle to the barn, suddenly Elfrieda was snatched from this life into the presence of the Lord, when struck by lightning. “In the twinkling of an eye” was literally fulfilled at the time of her passing. Without pain or struggle she left this world which is full of misery and woe. “Two were in the field, the one was taken and the other was left” . . . left for further service in the Lord’s vineyard.

Of late Elfrieda had been playing this song often on the piano "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” Now that she is not with us anymore, we who deeply mourn and who will miss her are comforted at the thought that it was the Lord who gave her to us to brighten our home, and who also has taken her from us, and that we can have the blessed hope of seeing her again someday, because she trusted in Jesus and His righteousness.

She leaves to mourn her early departure, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Isaac; a sister, Elvina; two brothers, Lawrence and Timothy; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Isaac, her maternal grandmother, Mrs. John J. Reimer; great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Friesen, many uncles, aunts, and cousins, — a host of relatives and friends. — The John K. Isaac family