Harms, Anna Ewert (1876-1969)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Jan 16 p. 8

Birth date: 1876 Mar 7

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• Mrs. Anna Harms, 92, a resident of the Whitewater community since 1897, died Jan. 8 at Axtell Christian Hospital here. She was the widow of Jacob J. Harms, and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Isaac Harms of rural Whitewater and Mrs. Elma Wilmont of Wichita; a son, Gilbert, of Wichita; 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Henry Ewert of California. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church, with Rev. E. J. Miller and Rev. Gary Harms officiating.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Jan 30 p. 11

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MRS. ANNA HARMS

Mrs. Anna Harms was born in Iowa on March 7, 1876, the second of four daughters of Henry and Eva Funk Ewert. As a child she was brought with her parents and older sister to Kansas, where the family settled on a farm near Whitewater. She attended rural school in Butler County until the age of 12. At the age of 14, on April 7, 1890, she received Christian baptism at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church where she remained a member all her life.

As a young girl she went to Newton, Kan. where she worked for wages in various homes. She was married to Jacob J. Harms, a young man of the community whom she had known since they went to Bible school together, on Nov. 22, 1895, in Newton. The couple established their home on a farm in the Grace Hill community northwest of Whitewater, and here they raised a family of four sons and two daughters.

Throughout her life Anna Harms attended church and in later years was active in the Women's Missionary Society. She took particular enjoyment in cutting quilt blocks. Always a woman of great energy and determination, she was active and mentally alert until the final four and a half weeks of her life.

She died on Jan. 8, 1969, at Axtell Christian Hospital in Newton, at the age of 92 years, 10 months and one day.

She was preceded in death by her husband, who died on Jan. 18, 1940, and three sons, Edwin, Harold, and William.

Survivors include a son, Gilbert, Wichita; two daughters, Helen, Mrs. Isaac Harms, Whitewater, and Mrs. Elma Wilmot, Wichita; a half-brother, Henry Ewert of Atwater, Calif.; 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.