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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1968 Dec 5 p. 8 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1968 Dec 5 p. 8 | ||
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• Mrs. Lydia Mueller, 90, long-time resident at Halstead, died Nov. 28 at a Moundridge nursing home. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the First Mennonite Church of Halstead, with Rev. Melvin Schmidt in charge. Mrs. Mueller was born at Monnsheim, Germany and had lived at Halstead since her marriage to Samuel Mueller in 1901. He died in 1956. Surviving are sons Paul of Halstead and Adolph of Santa Clara, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Will and Mrs. Clarence Warren, both of Halstead; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller of Halstead; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. | • Mrs. Lydia Mueller, 90, long-time resident at Halstead, died Nov. 28 at a Moundridge nursing home. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the First Mennonite Church of Halstead, with Rev. Melvin Schmidt in charge. Mrs. Mueller was born at Monnsheim, Germany and had lived at Halstead since her marriage to Samuel Mueller in 1901. He died in 1956. Surviving are sons Paul of Halstead and Adolph of Santa Clara, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Will and Mrs. Clarence Warren, both of Halstead; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller of Halstead; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. | ||
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1968 Dec 26 p. 10 | |||
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<center><h3>MRS. LYDIA MUELLER</h3></center> | |||
Lydia Mueller, oldest daughter of Rev. Adolf Daniel and Maria (Landes) Ellenberger, was born on Nov. 20, 1878 in Monnsheim, Pfalz, Germany. She died on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1968, at the Schmidt Nursing Home in Moundridge, Kan., age 90 years and eight days. | |||
When she was nine years old, her Uncle Michael Landes of near Ingolstadt, Bavaria came to take her home to live with his family. | |||
In May of 1901 she left Germany and came to Halstead, Kan. She lived in the Henry Mueller Jr. home until Oct. 27, 1901, when she married Samuel Mueller, who had come to Halstead from Germany in June of 1900. They were married in the First Mennonite Church by Rev. Christian Kohlrabies. They shared the joys and sorrows of life for over 55 years, until our father died on Dec. 5, 1956. | |||
She was baptized in Germany in her youth and transferred her membership to the First Mennonite Church of Halstead in 1901. She was an active member of the church and mission society until infirmities of age prohibited. | |||
The family lived near of in Halstead except for one year in Texas where the ravages of the 1915 hurricane near Galveston brought them back to Halstead. | |||
Survivors include two sons, Adolph of Santa Clara, Calif. and Paul and wife Feodora of Halstead; two daughters, Freda, Mrs. C. A. Warren, and Helen, Mrs. Henry Will, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller, all of Halstead. | |||
She is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Katherine and Caroline of the Bethel Home, 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews, three of whom live in Germany. | |||
''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1968 Dec 24 p. 802 | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1968 Dec 24 p. 802 | ||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Dec 5 p. 8
Birth date: 1878 Nov 20
text of obituary:
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• Mrs. Lydia Mueller, 90, long-time resident at Halstead, died Nov. 28 at a Moundridge nursing home. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the First Mennonite Church of Halstead, with Rev. Melvin Schmidt in charge. Mrs. Mueller was born at Monnsheim, Germany and had lived at Halstead since her marriage to Samuel Mueller in 1901. He died in 1956. Surviving are sons Paul of Halstead and Adolph of Santa Clara, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Will and Mrs. Clarence Warren, both of Halstead; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller of Halstead; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Dec 26 p. 10
text of obituary:
MRS. LYDIA MUELLER
Lydia Mueller, oldest daughter of Rev. Adolf Daniel and Maria (Landes) Ellenberger, was born on Nov. 20, 1878 in Monnsheim, Pfalz, Germany. She died on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1968, at the Schmidt Nursing Home in Moundridge, Kan., age 90 years and eight days.
When she was nine years old, her Uncle Michael Landes of near Ingolstadt, Bavaria came to take her home to live with his family.
In May of 1901 she left Germany and came to Halstead, Kan. She lived in the Henry Mueller Jr. home until Oct. 27, 1901, when she married Samuel Mueller, who had come to Halstead from Germany in June of 1900. They were married in the First Mennonite Church by Rev. Christian Kohlrabies. They shared the joys and sorrows of life for over 55 years, until our father died on Dec. 5, 1956.
She was baptized in Germany in her youth and transferred her membership to the First Mennonite Church of Halstead in 1901. She was an active member of the church and mission society until infirmities of age prohibited.
The family lived near of in Halstead except for one year in Texas where the ravages of the 1915 hurricane near Galveston brought them back to Halstead.
Survivors include two sons, Adolph of Santa Clara, Calif. and Paul and wife Feodora of Halstead; two daughters, Freda, Mrs. C. A. Warren, and Helen, Mrs. Henry Will, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller, all of Halstead.
She is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Katherine and Caroline of the Bethel Home, 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews, three of whom live in Germany.
The Mennonite obituary: 1968 Dec 24 p. 802