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Barkman, Jacob G. (1870-1956)
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Aged Minister Of K.M.B. Church Died'''</font> |
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| + | <center><h3>REV. JAC. G. BARKMAN WAS PIONEER OF GNADENAU COMMUNITY</h3></center> |
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| + | Hillsboro, Kan. — Funeral services for Rev. Jacob G. Barkman, 86, aged minister of the K.M. B. Conference and a member of the original Gnadenau settlement near here, were held March 9 at the Gnadenau church. Rev. D. V. Wiebe, Rev. Wm. Johnson and Rev. S. H. Epp of Meade officiated. |
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| + | Rev. Barkman died March 4 at the Salem Hospital here, where he had been a patient since Jan. 4 of this year. |
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| + | A native of the Crimea in South Russia, where he was born in 1870, he came to this country with the original K. M. B. group at the age of four and lived in the Gnadenau settlement which they founded. He was married to Marie Hart in 1895, and they lived on the same homestead near here for many years. |
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| + | Rev. Barkman was formerly active in the K. M. B. conference and also served on the board of the Salem Hospital. He had been in declining health for some time and had been blind for the past four years. |
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| + | Surviving are seven sons and two daughters; 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and two brothers. |
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| + | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1956 Mar 29 p. 8 |
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Revision as of 11:31, 26 September 2016
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Mar 15 p. 1
Birth date: 1870
text of obituary:
Aged Minister Of K.M.B. Church Died
REV. JAC. G. BARKMAN WAS PIONEER OF GNADENAU COMMUNITY
Hillsboro, Kan. — Funeral services for Rev. Jacob G. Barkman, 86, aged minister of the K.M. B. Conference and a member of the original Gnadenau settlement near here, were held March 9 at the Gnadenau church. Rev. D. V. Wiebe, Rev. Wm. Johnson and Rev. S. H. Epp of Meade officiated.
Rev. Barkman died March 4 at the Salem Hospital here, where he had been a patient since Jan. 4 of this year.
A native of the Crimea in South Russia, where he was born in 1870, he came to this country with the original K. M. B. group at the age of four and lived in the Gnadenau settlement which they founded. He was married to Marie Hart in 1895, and they lived on the same homestead near here for many years.
Rev. Barkman was formerly active in the K. M. B. conference and also served on the board of the Salem Hospital. He had been in declining health for some time and had been blind for the past four years.
Surviving are seven sons and two daughters; 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and two brothers.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Mar 29 p. 8
