Krehbiel, Ethel Jane (1933-1956)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Aug 30 p. 3

Birth date: 1933

text of obituary:

Services Held For Two Young Women Killed in Auto Crash

ETHIL KREHBIEL AND SARA ANN JANTZEN FATALLY HURT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION IN PENNSYLVANIA

Funeral services tor two Voluntary Service workers killed in an auto accident near West Chester, Pa. last week were held in their respective churches Saturday forenoon, Aug 25, it has been learned here. Services for Ethel Jane Krehbiel took place at the Eden Mennonite Church near Moundridge, and those for Sara Ann Jantzen were held at the First Mennonite Church of Beatrice, Neb.

Akron, Pa. (MCC) — Two workers in the voluntary service program of Mennonite Central Committee were fatally injured and two others seriously injured in an automobile accident August 21 near West Chester, Pa., while on a vacation trip.

Fatality victims were drive3r Ethel Krehbiel, 23, of McPherson, Kans., a worker at Camp Landon at Gulfport, Miss. the past three years, and Sara Ann Jantzen, 23, of Plymouth, Nebr., a worker at Baptist Home for Children and later National Institutes of Health, both at Bethesda, Md.

Two Seriously Injured

In serious condition in West Chester hospitals at last report are Ethel's sisters — Vera Joy, a student at Bethel College, and Helen, owner of the car.

According to a report by the Pennsylvania State Police an auto headed north operated by Gerald Cline of Downingtown, Pa., collided head-on into the southbound Krehbiel auto when his car glanced off the rear fender of an auto in front of him. Cline's condition was listed critical at last report.

The four were on a trip in the East. Ethel and Helen had gone to Washington, D. C., where they met Vera Joy and Sara Ann who had completed summer service at NIH.

The Krehbiel sisters are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Krehbiel of McPherson and members of Eden Mennonite Church at Moundridge. Sara Ann was the daughter of Henry B. Jantzen of Plymouth and a member of First Mennonite Church at Beatrice.

At Gulfport Three Years

Ethel Krehbiel had been in the voluntary service unit at Gulfport the past three years and planned to continue after her vacation. She was a counselor in the recreational, educational and religious program of the camp.

Sara Ann Jantzen had completed a year of voluntary service with MCC the same day of the accident. She served at the MCC house at Washington, Baptist Home for Children and NIH, both at Bethesda. She planned to enter nurses training at Bethel College this autumn. Four members of her family have been in MCC service.

The Mennonite obituary: 1956 Sep 4 p. 558