Baehr, Edna C. Martin (1881-1970)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 February 12 p. 8

Date of Birth: 1881 January 17, McPherson County, Kansas
Date of Death: 1970 February 5, Hesston, Kansas

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• Mrs. Edna M. Baehr, 89, wife of Jacob P. Baehr, died Feb. 5 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston after a long illness. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon at the Bethel College Church, of which she was a member, with Dr. Lloyd Ramseyer and Rev. Esko Loewen in charge. Rev. and Mrs. Baehr lived in North Newton for many years before moving to Schowalter Villa. Surviving in addition to Rev. Baehr are sons Paul and Rufus, both of Chicago, Karl of Garden City, N. Y., and Herbert of Filmore, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Louis Sheperd of Fitchburg, Mass.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ernest Mackay of LaJolla, Calif.

The Mennonite obituary: 1970 Feb 17 p. 115

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Spring Valley, Kansas; Newton, Kansas
Daughter of Henry and Susanna (Krehbiel) Martin
Married Jacob Peter Baehr 1912 June 9, Newton, Kansas
Homemaker -- North Newton

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Academy student 1893-94, 1901-02, 1908-09

Photo holdings:
Individual
See Edna C. Martin for individual photos
See Elsa Maude Haury for Sukhwara Society photo
See Anna Elizabeth (Claassen) Linscheid for 1957 group photo

Sources:
Alumni card
Photo from Ronald A. Krehbiel
Krehbiel gen. chart (Rosemary's) IV-5
Grandma Profile #414085