Klassen, Lena Krause (1892-1947)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Aug 14 p. 5

Birth date: 1892

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— Final services were held at the Moody’s Funeral Chapel here and the Zion Mennonite church at Elbing last Friday afternoon for Mrs. Jacob H. Klassen, 54, who passed away at the Bethel Deaconess hospital on Aug. 5 after being a patient there for over a month. The family has resided on a farm near Elbing for some years. Survivors include her husband and four children, Oswald of Peabody, J. Hershel of Florence, Oliver and Luella Klassen of Newton; her aged mother, Mrs. P. J. Krause of 206 Southwest Fifth; and five sisters, Mrs. P. H. Klassen, Mrs. H. A. Ewert, and Mrs. F. H. Klassen of Newton, Mrs. C. C. Friesen of Hillsboro, and Mrs. L. R. McComb of Topeka.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Aug 21 p. 3

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MRS. LENA KRAUSE KLASSEN

Lena Krause, daughter of Rev. P. J. and Susan (Reimer) Krause, was born at Lehigh, Kansas, September 21, 1892. Her childhood and youth were spent in Lehigh. She received her education in the schools there.

In the year 1909 she consecrated her life to God and on Sept. 10, 1909, was baptized upon the confession of her faith in Jesus Christ as her personal Savior, by the Rev. H. D. Penner. The verse given her as a guide through life on her baptismal day was Isa. 41:10: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Many a time this verse has given her strength and joy on her way through life.

On July 18, 1915, she was united in marriage to Jacob H. Klassen, her father officiating. To this union four children were born — three sons and a daughter. These children, who are now the comfort of their sorrowing father, were the source of much joy in her life. She, together with her husband, brought their children to a saving knowledge of Christ at an early age, and she carried them on hands of prayer to her end. Only Eternity will know the number of prayers she sent to the Throne of Grace for her whole family.

They celebrated their thirty-second anniversary while she was in the hospital, and she received many flowers and congratulations form friends. These were highly appreciated. She retained her membership in the Lehigh Mennonite church until they made their home near Elbing, Kansas, when she transferred it to the Zion Mennonite church, of which she remained a faithful member until her death.