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Schrag, Peter J. (1876-1966)
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+ | Freeman, S. D. — Peter J. Schrag, one of the pioneer residents of the Freeman-Marion vicinity, died March 18 at the Freeman Community Hospital at the age of 90. |
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+ | On March 14 he sustained a fractured pelvis in a fall at the Salem home for Aged here, where he and his wife had resided since 1962. On March 17 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which caused his death. |
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+ | A native of Gayville, S. D., he came to the Marion community at the age of two when his parents settled on a homestead there. In 1899 he was married to Mary Kaufman, and they settled on a farm southwest of Marion where they continued to reside for half a century, retiring in 1950. Four sons and four daughters and their families are among the survivors. |
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+ | He was a member of the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church near Freeman, where the funeral was conducted Sunday, March 20. |
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+ | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1966 Apr 12 p. 260 |
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 7 September 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1966 Mar 31 p. 7
Birth date: 1876
text of obituary:
Marion, S. D. Pioneer Dies at Freeman
Freeman, S. D. — Peter J. Schrag, one of the pioneer residents of the Freeman-Marion vicinity, died March 18 at the Freeman Community Hospital at the age of 90.
On March 14 he sustained a fractured pelvis in a fall at the Salem home for Aged here, where he and his wife had resided since 1962. On March 17 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which caused his death.
A native of Gayville, S. D., he came to the Marion community at the age of two when his parents settled on a homestead there. In 1899 he was married to Mary Kaufman, and they settled on a farm southwest of Marion where they continued to reside for half a century, retiring in 1950. Four sons and four daughters and their families are among the survivors.
He was a member of the Salem-Zion Mennonite Church near Freeman, where the funeral was conducted Sunday, March 20.
The Mennonite obituary: 1966 Apr 12 p. 260