If this site was useful to you, we'd be happy for a small donation. Be sure to enter "MLA donation" in the Comments box.
Witmer, Isaiah (1922-1958)
(New page: ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 6 Feb 1958 p. 3 Birth date: 1922 Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: |
+ | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1958 Feb 6 p. 3 |
Birth date: 1922 |
Birth date: 1922 |
||
| + | |||
| + | text of obituary: |
||
| + | |||
| + | <font size="+2">'''Indiana Farmer Dies In Tractor Upset'''</font> |
||
| + | |||
| + | <center><h3>ISAIAH WITMER PINNED UNDER VEHICLE AT HIS FARM NEAR GOSHEN</h3></center> |
||
| + | |||
| + | Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Isaiah Witmer, 26-year-old farmer of Route 3, Goshen, who died in a tractor accident, were held Jan. 29 at the Yellow Creek Mennonite Frame Church, Rev. David Weaver officiating. |
||
| + | |||
| + | The young farmer was using the tractor to pull a manure spreader when it became mired in a field. Evidence showed he put planks under the rear wheels to gain traction, causing the tractor to turn over backwards. He was pinned underneath, and is believed to have died of suffocation. |
||
| + | |||
| + | The body was found when he failed to return home for supper. |
||
| + | |||
| + | Surviving are his wife, Beulah, and two children, Ruby, 4, and Dean, 2; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Witmer, two brothers and three sisters. |
||
| + | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] |
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] |
||
Latest revision as of 14:40, 15 August 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Feb 6 p. 3
Birth date: 1922
text of obituary:
Indiana Farmer Dies In Tractor Upset
ISAIAH WITMER PINNED UNDER VEHICLE AT HIS FARM NEAR GOSHEN
Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Isaiah Witmer, 26-year-old farmer of Route 3, Goshen, who died in a tractor accident, were held Jan. 29 at the Yellow Creek Mennonite Frame Church, Rev. David Weaver officiating.
The young farmer was using the tractor to pull a manure spreader when it became mired in a field. Evidence showed he put planks under the rear wheels to gain traction, causing the tractor to turn over backwards. He was pinned underneath, and is believed to have died of suffocation.
The body was found when he failed to return home for supper.
Surviving are his wife, Beulah, and two children, Ruby, 4, and Dean, 2; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Witmer, two brothers and three sisters.
