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Hershberger, Eli E. (1925-1950)
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+ | <center><h3>YOUNG FARMER OF ORRVILLE COMMUNITY DIES OF INJURIES</h3></center> |
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+ | Kidron, Ohio. — A young farmer of this community and his sister-in-law were victims of a car-truck collision while en route home from Indiana where they had attended a funeral. |
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+ | Funeral services were held at the Kidron Mennonite church Oct. 2 for Eli E. Hershberger, 25, of Orrville, who succumbed to injuries suffered in an auto accident about a week earlier. His four-year-old son, Vernon, suffered fractures of both legs in the same accident. Other survivors include his wife, the former Erma Hostetler, daughter Nancy, 3, his mother, Mrs. Fanny Hershberger, and a number of brothers and sisters. |
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+ | Instantly killed in the same accident was Miss Katie Miller, daughter of Mose Miller of Apple Creek and a sister of Mrs. Hershberger. Funeral services for Miss Miller were held at Apple Creek on Sept. 27. |
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+ | A large congregation attended the services for Mr. Hershberger, conducted by I. W. Royer and Harold Bauman of the Orrville Mennonite church, of which he was a member. He had operated the farm of Oscar Amstutz east of Orrville for the past five years. |
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 11 November 2014
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 26 Oct 1950 p. 4
Birth date: 1925
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Second Death From Ohio Accident
YOUNG FARMER OF ORRVILLE COMMUNITY DIES OF INJURIES
Kidron, Ohio. — A young farmer of this community and his sister-in-law were victims of a car-truck collision while en route home from Indiana where they had attended a funeral.
Funeral services were held at the Kidron Mennonite church Oct. 2 for Eli E. Hershberger, 25, of Orrville, who succumbed to injuries suffered in an auto accident about a week earlier. His four-year-old son, Vernon, suffered fractures of both legs in the same accident. Other survivors include his wife, the former Erma Hostetler, daughter Nancy, 3, his mother, Mrs. Fanny Hershberger, and a number of brothers and sisters.
Instantly killed in the same accident was Miss Katie Miller, daughter of Mose Miller of Apple Creek and a sister of Mrs. Hershberger. Funeral services for Miss Miller were held at Apple Creek on Sept. 27.
A large congregation attended the services for Mr. Hershberger, conducted by I. W. Royer and Harold Bauman of the Orrville Mennonite church, of which he was a member. He had operated the farm of Oscar Amstutz east of Orrville for the past five years.