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Duerksen, Susanna Quiring (1880-1960)
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Revision as of 14:36, 24 June 2015
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Jan 5 p. 8
Birth date: 1880 Jul 23
text of obituary:
MRS. JOHN R. DUERKSEN
Susanna Quiring Duerksen, daughter of Franz and Susanna Quiring, was born on July 23, 1880, north of Goessel, Kan., and passed to her reward Dec. 26, 1960, at the age of 80 years, five months and three days.
She was baptized and received into the fellowship of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite church as a young girl. Later she spent about nine years teaching in the rural schools near Goessel and Hillsboro. Preceding her marriage to John R. Duerksen, on Aug. 22, 1912, she took a special two-year missionary nursing course in preparation for service on the Hopi Indian mission field in northern Arizona, where she and her husband served nearly 20 years.
In 1932 they retired from mission work and settled on a farm near Limon, Colo., after which she accompanied her husband in his call to serve churches, first in Kingman, Kan., and later at Bessie, Okla. In 1942 they came to Newton and from then on made their church home at the First Mennonite church. In 1957 they moved to Hesston to live with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Oswald.
For the past eight years she has been in failing health, suffering from arthritis, and has been an invalid for about six years, during which time she patiently bore her suffering, busying herself with needle work and reading as long as her eyesight permitted it.
Survivors, besides her devoted husband of the home, include one son, John of Hesston; three daughters, Ruth (Mrs. Lorne Schmitt) of Minden, Ont., Martha (Mrs. Evan Oswald) of Hesston, and Miss Marie Duerksen, missionary in Janjgir, India; two brothers, Peter F. Quiring of Marion and John Quiring of Newton; two sisters, Helen (Mrs. Adolf Buhler) of Cunningham and Mrs. Mary Graves of Newton, and nine grandchildren. One brother, Henry, and one sister, Kathryn (Mrs. Jake Franzen), preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held Dec. 29, at the First Mennonite Church in Newton, in charge of Rev. Arnold Epp, assisted by Rev. Peter B. Wiebe of Hesston. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery, Newton.
The Mennonite obituary: 1861 Jan 31 p. 79