Hiebert, Agatha Schmidt (1892-1949)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Apr 7 p. 3

Birth date: 1892 Dec 23

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MRS. E. S. HIEBERT

Mrs. Agatha Schmidt Hiebert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Schmidt, was born Dec. 23, 1892, in McPherson county, Kansas. She attended the Pleasant Valley District School where she received her public school training.

She was baptized upon confession of faith in her Redeemer June 4, 1911, by Heinrich Banman, and became a member of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite church. On November 23, 1922, she with her husband transferred her membership to the Mennonite church at Hillsboro, Kansas; however, on Sept 19, 1939, the family joined the Alexanderwohl church where the departed faithfully attended until her death.

She was united in holy matrimony to Edmund S. Hiebert of the First Mennonite church of Hillsboro, Kansas on Dec. 19, 1919. They were permitted to share life’s joys and sorrows in a happy married life almost thirty years.

She departed enjoyed very good health until May 29, 1948, when it was found that she had cancer. Upon consulting several doctors she was informed that she could not be cured. This was very hard for her and the family to believe. However, she gave herself entirely into the Lord’s will. She prayed much and bore her pains patiently.

She became bedfast on Dec. 8, 1948. When her pains became too severe for the family to take care of her, she was taken to the Bethesda hospital, Goessel, Kansas, on January 22, 1949. Many prayer's [sic] were sent to heaven by her and in behalf of her. We all had faith in the Lord that He would heal our mother if it was His will. Although her longing was to get well again and return home to her family which she so dearly loved, and also to return home to a well-finished house that had been only recently purchased and in which she only spent a few weeks, yet the Lord transplanted her into a house not made of hands, eternal in the Heavens.

To us the memory of her will ever remain a blessing. Her cry unto God as she was in writhing pains will ever be remembered. Her faithfulness as a mother who so carefully provided for her family, and who lived a frugal life so that her husband and children might enjoy the necessities of life will never be forgotten. We mourn the departure of our dear mother who left us so soon, but rejoice in the assurance that she often gave us, that she was ready to be with the Lord, and that someday there will be a reunion in glory.

She quietly fell asleep in the Lord on March 30, 1949, at 9:45 p. m. at the age of 56 years three months and seven days.

Also the departed had the experience of the sorrow of death in her own home. Only about four years ago when her son Solomon died as a young man, much grief was cast upon her and her family. But she patiently bore her sorrows, knowing that "all things work together for good to them that love God."

She leaves to mourn her sudden departure her deeply sorrowing husband, Edmund S. Hiebert; four daughters, Mrs. Jacob P. (Sylvia) Schmidt, Mrs. Abe J. (Velma) Flaming, and Anna Mae and Lela of the home; two sons, Ervin and Johnny, at home; two sons-in-law, five grandchildren, her aged mother, two brothers, and a host of relatives and friends.

Her son Solomon, her father, three brothers, and two sisters preceded her in death.

"Geh! uber Steig und Berge und Hoben manrherlie, Am kleinen Grabes Huegel kemmst du doch nilht vorbei, tDa [sic Da] gehst du nich hinuber und ist er so klein, Da bleibst du muede liegen, da legt man dich hinein.”

Funeral services were held in the Bergen Funeral Home and the Alexanderwohl church on Sunday, April 3, 1949. Rev. Philip A. Wedel, pastor of the church, had charge of the services. He was assisted by Rev. J. H. Epp of Hutchinson, who was the former pastor of the family at Hillsboro.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Apr 7 p. 5

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— Funeral services were held at the Alexanderwohl church last Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Agatha Schmidt Hiebert, wife of Ed S. Hiebert of Hillsboro, who passed away at the Bethesda hospital, Goessel, on March 30. She had been ill for 10 months. Rev. Philip A. Wedel and Rev. J. H. Epp were in charge of the final services. Mrs. Hiebert is survived by her husband, four daughters, and two sons.