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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 3 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 3 | ||
Birth date: 1892 | Birth date: 1892 | ||
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'''Former Missionary to India Dies at Berne''' | |||
Berne, Ind. — Mrs. Hilda (Reusser) Dester, 75, wife of Dr. Herbert E. Dester of Berne, died Friday afternoon, Dec. 1 at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. | |||
Mrs. Dester had assisted her husband when he was a medical missionary in India from 1927 till 1957. She also assisted him in the office when he started a medical practice in the city of Berne in the early 1960s. | |||
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, Dec. 4 at the First Mennonite Church with Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander and Rev. Gerald Stucky officiating. | |||
Mrs. Dester had been suffering from cancer for six months. A few months ago she underwent surgery, and was able to return home. In recent weeks she suffered a relapse and was admitted to the hospital two hours before she died. | |||
Surviving are her husband, two sisters, and a brother. | |||
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''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1967 Dec 19 p. 774 | |||
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Revision as of 13:01, 18 September 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 3
Birth date: 1892
Text of obituary:
Former Missionary to India Dies at Berne
Berne, Ind. — Mrs. Hilda (Reusser) Dester, 75, wife of Dr. Herbert E. Dester of Berne, died Friday afternoon, Dec. 1 at the Adams County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Dester had assisted her husband when he was a medical missionary in India from 1927 till 1957. She also assisted him in the office when he started a medical practice in the city of Berne in the early 1960s.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, Dec. 4 at the First Mennonite Church with Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander and Rev. Gerald Stucky officiating.
Mrs. Dester had been suffering from cancer for six months. A few months ago she underwent surgery, and was able to return home. In recent weeks she suffered a relapse and was admitted to the hospital two hours before she died.
Surviving are her husband, two sisters, and a brother.
The Mennonite obituary: 1967 Dec 19 p. 774