Burkhalter, Noah (1893-1920)

The Mennonite obituary: 1920 Apr 15 p. 1

Birth date: 1893 May 16

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The Mennonite obituary: 1920 Apr 29 p. 4

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Bundesbote-Kalender obituary: 1921 p. 36

Text of obituary:

† Missionar Noah Burkhalter.

Br. Noah Burkhalter war geboren am 16. Mai 1893. Am 3. Juni 1906 wurde er von Br. J. W. Kliewer getauft und in die Berner Mennonitengemeinde aufgenommen. Er studierte eine Zeitlang im Moody Institut, Chicago, Ill., dann in Bluffton College, Ohio, nahm in Brooklyn, N. Y., einen kurzen medizinischen Kurs und einige Studien im Bluffton Seminar. Am 6. August 1918 verehelichte er sich mit Adah Frances Good, und am 23. Juli 1919 reisten die Geschwister von Amerika nach Indien ab. In Indien beschäftigten sie sich hauptsächlich mit Sprachstudium. Er starb am 12. April 1920 in Champa, Indien, am Typhus.

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Mennonite Year Book and Almanac obituary: 1921 p. 17

REV. NOAH BURKHALTER

"Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel." This characterized the life of one who has closed a short but useful earthly career. Although his opportunity to realize his ambitions may have been short, we who knew the deceased, know that no man can desire any thing greater than to be called from active service while engaged in his chosen field, and to be ready to meet his Master when called. Rev. Burkhalter's choice was the foreign field among the heathen, and from there he was called while endeavoring to do the best he knew how. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children, born at Berne, Indiana, May 16, 1893. He died at Janjgir, India, April 12, 1920. His early education was received in the rural schools of his home town, graduating from the Berne High School in 1913 with high scholastic standing. At an early age he made a decision to lead a Christian life, to which vows he remained true until death. At the age of 13 he was baptized by Rev. J. W. Kliewer, and received into the membership of the First Mennonite Church at Berne. Having definitely decided to enter into Christian work, he sought to prepare himself with a more complete education. Taking first a course at the Moody Bible Institute, he continued his studies at our own denominational college at Bluffton, Ohio, from which institution ge graduated in 1918. AFterward he took a short medical missionary training course in Brooklyn, N. Y.

On August 6, 1918, he was married to Miss Adah Frances Good, of Bluffton, Ohio, who had also planned to accompany her husband to the mission field. They were assigned by our mission board to India, and accordingly sailed on July 23, 1919, from San Francisco, and in due time reached their field of labor. They at once applied themselves to the study of the language, and in many ways assisted the other missionaries on the field. During the short period of one year he proved himself efficient and endeared himself into the lives of the Missionaries as well as the natives of India. He was beloved and honored by all who knew him and with whom he came in contact, because he was ever true to his Christian Convictions and his works live after him as a challenge to others to continue the work which he was permitted to do for even so short a time.

Brother Burkhalter leaves behind him in India his wife and a child born after his departure from this life. A sister, Miss Martha Burkhalter, also a missionary at Janjgir, survives.