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Friesen, John Z. (1922-1957)
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+ | <font size="+2">'''Illinois Farmer Killed, Two Children Injured'''</font> |
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+ | <center><h3>COLLISION NEAR EUREKA CLAIMS LIFE OF JOHN Z. FRIESEN, 35</h3></center> |
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+ | Eureka, Ill. — The collision of two cars at a rural intersection northeast of here April 23 claimed the lives of the two drivers and injured two children, one seriously. |
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+ | Killed were John Z. Friesen, 35-year-old farmer here, and Miss Mary Ellen Moser, 64, of Roanoke. Two of Mr. Friesen's children who were riding with him were injured. Two-year-old Gwendolyn has been released from the hospital, while Howard, a kindergarten pupil, is in Methodist Hospital, Peoria, with a fractured leg and possible internal injuries. At last report he was improving. |
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+ | Funeral services for Mr. Friesen were conducted Friday forenoon at the Roanoke Mennonite Church, of which he was a member. Miss Moser was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church of Roanoke. |
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+ | Mr. Friesen, a native of Meade, Kan., is survived by his wife and four children, the youngest six weeks old. |
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+ | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1957 Jun 6 p. 10 |
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Revision as of 11:27, 23 March 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 2 p. 6
Birth date: 1922
text of obituary:
Illinois Farmer Killed, Two Children Injured
COLLISION NEAR EUREKA CLAIMS LIFE OF JOHN Z. FRIESEN, 35
Eureka, Ill. — The collision of two cars at a rural intersection northeast of here April 23 claimed the lives of the two drivers and injured two children, one seriously.
Killed were John Z. Friesen, 35-year-old farmer here, and Miss Mary Ellen Moser, 64, of Roanoke. Two of Mr. Friesen's children who were riding with him were injured. Two-year-old Gwendolyn has been released from the hospital, while Howard, a kindergarten pupil, is in Methodist Hospital, Peoria, with a fractured leg and possible internal injuries. At last report he was improving.
Funeral services for Mr. Friesen were conducted Friday forenoon at the Roanoke Mennonite Church, of which he was a member. Miss Moser was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church of Roanoke.
Mr. Friesen, a native of Meade, Kan., is survived by his wife and four children, the youngest six weeks old.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Jun 6 p. 10