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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5 | ||
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Mrs. Engbrecht, the former Helena Deckert, was born in Dorf Karolswalde, Russia, in 1865. She was a member of a Mennonite migrant group which spent the winter of 1874-75 at Newton, Kan. In the spring of 1875 the family came to this area and settled on the prairie. Her husband, Peter Engbrecht, died in 1935. | Mrs. Engbrecht, the former Helena Deckert, was born in Dorf Karolswalde, Russia, in 1865. She was a member of a Mennonite migrant group which spent the winter of 1874-75 at Newton, Kan. In the spring of 1875 the family came to this area and settled on the prairie. Her husband, Peter Engbrecht, died in 1935. | ||
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1959 Mar 12 p. 8 | |||
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Mrs. Helena Engbrecht, daughter of Ludwig and Susana (Jantz) Deckert, was born March 17, 1865, in the village Karolswalde, Russia, and passed away Feb. 4, 1959, having reached the age of 93 years, 10 months and 17 days. | |||
''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175 | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175 | ||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Feb 19 p. 5
Birth date: 1865 Mar 17
text of obituary:
Pioneer at Marion, So. Dakota Dies
Marion, S. D. — Funeral services were held at the Bethesda Mennonite Church near hear Feb. 7 for Mrs. Helena Engbrecht, 93, one of the few remaining pioneers to settle here in the 1870's. She died Feb. 4, having made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Albert Deuschle of Marion, the past 11 years.
Mrs. Engbrecht, the former Helena Deckert, was born in Dorf Karolswalde, Russia, in 1865. She was a member of a Mennonite migrant group which spent the winter of 1874-75 at Newton, Kan. In the spring of 1875 the family came to this area and settled on the prairie. Her husband, Peter Engbrecht, died in 1935.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Mar 12 p. 8
text of obituary:
Mrs. Helena Engbrecht, daughter of Ludwig and Susana (Jantz) Deckert, was born March 17, 1865, in the village Karolswalde, Russia, and passed away Feb. 4, 1959, having reached the age of 93 years, 10 months and 17 days.
The Mennonite obituary: 1959 Mar 17 p. 175