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Mrs. Nettie Eck, a daughter of Andrew and Luvina Siebert, was born Oct. 1, 1871, in Gruental, Russia and passed from this life on Sept. 22, 1944, in Bakersfeild, California. In 1874 her parents, with their family migrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Barton county, near Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Here she received what education was then available. | Mrs. Nettie Eck, a daughter of Andrew and Luvina Siebert, was born Oct. 1, 1871, in Gruental, Russia and passed from this life on Sept. 22, 1944, in Bakersfeild, California. In 1874 her parents, with their family migrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Barton county, near Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Here she received what education was then available. | ||
In February, 1889, she was united | In February, 1889, she was united in marriage with Jacob P. Eck, to which union twelve children were born, three of which preceded mother in death. | ||
In her early youth she united with the First Mennonite church which church home she attended faithfully until she established her home in California, where she affiliated with the First Methodist church. The work of Womans' Missionary Society was very real to her and she joyfully performed wat services she could in this organization. She was deeply concerned in the welfare and happiness of her family and did all she could to keep the family together. | |||
She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Jacob P. Eck; nine children, Lydia Cooper, Eli Y. Eck, David J. Eck, Hulda Cleland, Martha Reisiuig, Emma Friesen, Mary Mosiman, Ann Compton, Nettie Sweeney; 14 grand-children; three great-grandsons; three brothers, two sisters, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. | |||
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Revision as of 11:45, 19 February 2014
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Oct 19 p. 3
Birth date: 1871 Oct 1
text of obituary:
MRS. NETTIE ECK
Mrs. Nettie Eck, a daughter of Andrew and Luvina Siebert, was born Oct. 1, 1871, in Gruental, Russia and passed from this life on Sept. 22, 1944, in Bakersfeild, California. In 1874 her parents, with their family migrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Barton county, near Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Here she received what education was then available.
In February, 1889, she was united in marriage with Jacob P. Eck, to which union twelve children were born, three of which preceded mother in death.
In her early youth she united with the First Mennonite church which church home she attended faithfully until she established her home in California, where she affiliated with the First Methodist church. The work of Womans' Missionary Society was very real to her and she joyfully performed wat services she could in this organization. She was deeply concerned in the welfare and happiness of her family and did all she could to keep the family together.
She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Jacob P. Eck; nine children, Lydia Cooper, Eli Y. Eck, David J. Eck, Hulda Cleland, Martha Reisiuig, Emma Friesen, Mary Mosiman, Ann Compton, Nettie Sweeney; 14 grand-children; three great-grandsons; three brothers, two sisters, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.