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Rev. J. B. Epp, 71, former missionary, pastor and Bible teacher, died here at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital at 2:30 Saturday morning, Dec. 22, from a heart ailment to which other complications were added in recent weeks. He and his wife had lived with their son, Rev. Theodore Epp, nationally known radio minister at Lincoln, Nebr., until illness made it necessary for him to be brought here for hospital care. | Rev. J. B. Epp, 71, former missionary, pastor and Bible teacher, died here at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital at 2:30 Saturday morning, Dec. 22, from a heart ailment to which other complications were added in recent weeks. He and his wife had lived with their son, Rev. Theodore Epp, nationally known radio minister at Lincoln, Nebr., until illness made it necessary for him to be brought here for hospital care. |
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Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 8 Jan 1946 p. 15
Birth date: 1874
text of obituary:
Prediger und Missionar Jakob B. Epp. Sohn von Johann und Margarethe Bergman Epp, wurde am 6. April, 1874, zu Köppenthal, am Trakt, Saratov, Rußland, geboren. Hier besuchte er die Dorfschule und verlebte seine Jugendzeit. Am 29. Mai, 1889, wurde er vom Aeltesten Johannes Quiring getauft, und diesem Glaubensbekenntnis blieb er treu sein Lebenlang. 1893 kam er mit Eltern und Geschwistern nach Newton, Kansas. Hier besuchte er Bethel College, und graduierte im Jahre 1897. Während der nächsten zwei Jahre hielt er Schule in Manitoba, Canada, und auf der Missionsstation, bei Cantonment, Oklahoma. Dann diente er als Missionar unter den Hopi Indianern, zu Oraibi, Arizona, von 1901 bis 1912. Am 29. Juni, 1905 trat er in den Ehestand mit Miß Nettie Harms, Glied der Gnadenberg, Gemeinde (Harvey County) deren Verlust durch den Tod am 11. Februar, 1913, in Pasadena, California, ihn in tiefe Trauer versetzte. Diese Ehe wurde mit zwei Kindern, Theodore H. und Ida Esther, und einer Pflegetochter, Dorothy Viola, gesegnet. Am 2. April, 1914, trat er zum zweiten Mal in den Ehestand mit Miß Johanna von Steen, von Beatrice, Nebraska. Diese Ehe wurde mit einer Tochter, Helen Margaret, gesegnet. Als Bibellehrer und Prinzipal, diente er 19 Jahre in der Oklahoma Bibel Akademie (Oklahoma Bible Academy). Während dieser Zeit war er auch 5 Jahre Aeltester von der Neu Hoffnungstal Gemeinde, zu Meno, Oklahoma. Von 1919 bis 1921 war er Aeltester von der Pretty Prairie Gemeinde, bei Pretty Prairie, Kansas, und als Editor des “Der Herald” diente er etwa zwei Jahre, 1921-1923. Er hat auch zeitweise bei Orienta, Oklahoma, und Moundridge, Kansas, gedient. Als Bibellehrer wirkte er zwei Jahre im Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas. Seine letzte Arbeit als Gebetsleiter in dem “Back To The Bible Broadcast”, Lincoln, Nebraska, machte ihm besondere Freude, und er hat auch bis zuletzt dieser Arbeit sich treu gewidmet. 1929 wurde er schwer krank an Lungenentzündung, und seither machte sich ein Herzfehler bemerkbar. Am 1. Mai, 1945, litt er einen Herzanfall, und von da wurde er zusehends schwächer. Am 26. November, kam er ins Bethel Hospital, wo er 3:30 morgens, am 22. Dezember, 1945, sanft entschlief im Alter von 71 Jahren 8 Monaten und 16 Tagen, und wartet auf die selige Hoffnung und Erscheinung der Herrlichkeit des großen Gottes und unseres Heilandes, Jesu Christi. Tief trauernd hinterläßt er seine Wittwe; 2 Schwestern: Schwester Ida, vom Bethel Diakonissen-Hospital, und Mrs. B. G. Regier, Newton; 4 Kinder, Pred. Theodore H. Epp, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs. E. A. Ferrer, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Arnold C. Claassen, Potwin, Kansas, und Mrs. Selbert Sharpe, Los Angeles, Calif.; 1 Schwiegertocher, 3 Schwiegersöhne, 10 Großkinder, nebst vielen Freunden.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 27 Dec 1945 p. 1
text of obituary:
Former Missionary, Pastor, Bible Teacher Called Away in Death
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR REV. J. B. EPP HELD HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON
Rev. J. B. Epp, 71, former missionary, pastor and Bible teacher, died here at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital at 2:30 Saturday morning, Dec. 22, from a heart ailment to which other complications were added in recent weeks. He and his wife had lived with their son, Rev. Theodore Epp, nationally known radio minister at Lincoln, Nebr., until illness made it necessary for him to be brought here for hospital care.
Rev. Epp was born at Koppenthal, Russia, April 6, 1874. After coming to this country he studed for the ministry and entered active service as teacher in the Indian Mission School at Cantonment, Okla. Later he spent 12 years among the Hopi Indians at Oraibi, Ariz. Returning to Oklahoma he became a teacher and principal of the Oklahoma Bible Academy in 1913. After 1919 he served in several pastorates as well as in various other capacities. Upon his retirement he continued as correspondence Bible teacher until only a few months before his death.
Anticipating his early departure, Rev. Epp had left complete instructions for his funeral, which were also carried out as closely as possible at the services held at the First Mennonite church here Monday afternoon. Introductory remarks were made by Rev. J. R. Duerksen, a former missionary, while the obituary was read by Rev. J. E. Entz. Sermons were preached by Rev. Theodore Epp of Lincoln, by Dr. P. A. Penner, missionary in India for 40 years, and Rev. D. J. Unruh, Newton. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery.
His wife and four children survive.