Borth, Clara Edna Schrag (1892-1976)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 19 Feb 1976 p. 8

Birth date: 1892 May 6, Kansas
Date of Death: 1976 Feb 15, Kansas

text of obituary

• Relatives from Newton attended funeral services at the First Mennonite Church of Pretty Prairie on Wednesday forenoon for Mrs. Clara Edna Borth, 83, who died Sunday at the Prairie Sunset Home in Pretty Prairie. Rev. Peter Voran, pastor of the church, officiated. Mrs. Borth was the former Clara Edna Schrag. She was born at Moundridge and married Ephraim Borth there in 1917. They farmed in the Pretty Prairie community for many years before retiring. Surviving are the widower of Prairie Sunset Home; three sons, John of Firebaugh, Calif., Tony of Morrocco, Ind., and Paul of Merced, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Leon Hendrixson of Hutchinson, Mrs. Ed Renich of Gillette, Wyo., and Mrs. Bob Richert of Meno, Okla.; four brothers, John Schrag of Omaha, Neb., Sam Schrag of Cheney, Dan Schrag of Pretty Prairie, and Menno Schrag of Newton; three sisters, Mrs. John B. (Anna) Goering of Newton, Mrs. Kate Saner of El Dorado, and Mrs. Lillian Heathershaw of Seattle, Wash.; 30 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Moundridge, Kansas
d/o Andreas G. and Freni (Strausz) Schrag
m. Ephraim E. Borth 1917 Apr 17, Moundridge, Kansas
homemaker -- Pretty Prairie, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Academy student 1913-1914, 1915-1916

Photo holdings:
See Samuel Joseph Goering for grou photos
See Anna J. Goering Graber for group photo

Sources:
Alumni ard
Mennonite Weekly Review obit
Jacob J. Goering's Descendants of ... Schrag, prepages
Grandma Online 296601
Find A Grave 22803043
Birth year is 1892 per Grandma Online and gravestone