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Frey, Mary Anna Wittmer (1885-1972)
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She married Otto Frederick Frey on Jan. 31, 1915, and they made their home in Noble. Otto had been in the store business first with his father, then with Mary's brother Sam Wittmer, finally taking over the business completely after a fire in 1919. At times she helped with the work in the store, though most of her time went to the care of her husband and their two sons, Vernon and Orlin. |
She married Otto Frederick Frey on Jan. 31, 1915, and they made their home in Noble. Otto had been in the store business first with his father, then with Mary's brother Sam Wittmer, finally taking over the business completely after a fire in 1919. At times she helped with the work in the store, though most of her time went to the care of her husband and their two sons, Vernon and Orlin. |
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| + | During the past year or so her health failed. After several months in the Washington County Hospital Long Term Care Unit, she quietly passed away on Feb. 10, 1972, at the age of 86. Funeral services were held the afternoon of Feb. 12 in the Eicher church with Pastor Nick Kassebaum in charge. Burial was in the Eicher Cemetery. |
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Revision as of 15:49, 16 February 2012
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Mar 16 p. 11
Birth date: 1885
text of obituary:
MRS. OTTO F. FREY
Mary Anna Frey, daughter of Peter E. and Magdalena Schantz Wittmer, was born near Noble, Iowa on April 14, 1885. Soon afterward the family moved to a farm near Wayland, where she grew up with a large family of brothers and sisters. She attended the Wayland School.
The family attended the Eicher Emmanuel Mennonite Church. On May 24, 1903, she was baptized into the fellowship by Rev. S. M. Musselman and remained a life-long member of the church. She was a charter member of the Ladies Mission Society. For a few years she taught children's Sunday school classes and for a much longer time taught the class of ladies in her own age group.
She married Otto Frederick Frey on Jan. 31, 1915, and they made their home in Noble. Otto had been in the store business first with his father, then with Mary's brother Sam Wittmer, finally taking over the business completely after a fire in 1919. At times she helped with the work in the store, though most of her time went to the care of her husband and their two sons, Vernon and Orlin.
During the past year or so her health failed. After several months in the Washington County Hospital Long Term Care Unit, she quietly passed away on Feb. 10, 1972, at the age of 86. Funeral services were held the afternoon of Feb. 12 in the Eicher church with Pastor Nick Kassebaum in charge. Burial was in the Eicher Cemetery.
The Mennonite obituary: 1972 Mar 14 p. 182
