Harms, Marie (1902-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 29 Jan 1987 p. 8

Birth date: 1902

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Funeral services were held on Jan. 24 at Grace Hill Mennonite Church near Whitewater for Marie Harms, 84, of Bethel Home for Aged, Newton. James Voth officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. A homemaker and former teacher, she died at the home on Jan. 20. A native of Whitewater, she had lived most of her life in the rural Whitewater area, moving to the Bethel Home in 1978. Survivors include a son, Myron, of Salem, Ore.; a daughter, Mary Beth Ensz of Granger, Utah; and two sisters, Sister Theodosia Harms of Bethel Home and Ruth Harms of Seattle, Wash. She was preceded in death in 1964 by her husband, William Harms.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 26 Mar 1987 p. 11

text of obituary:

MARIE HARMS

Marie Harms, daughter of G. N. and Maria Harms, was born near Whitewater, Kan., on Oct. 17, 1902. She spent her early life on the family farm and attended a nearby one-room country school. She attended Hillsboro Academy and Bethel College, where she completed requirements for a teaching certificate. She taught in elementary schools at Greensburg and Goessel, Kan.

On Aug. 29, 1930, she was united in marriage to William Harms, with her father officiating at the ceremony. For a time they rented a farm in Harvey County. Later they purchased a farm where they lived the rest of their married life. Her husband died on May 25, 1964.

She was a lifelong member of Grace Hill Mennonite Church. She was an active participant in the women's Bible study and mission society. For a number of years she and her husband were the church custodians.

In 1966 she suffered a stroke from which she never recovered. She entered the Bethel Home for Aged, Newton, in December 1978 and remained there until her death on Jan. 20, 1987.

She is survived by one son; Myron of Salem, Ore.; one daughter, Mary Beth Ensz of Salt Lake City, Utah; four grandchildren; and two sisters, Sister Theodosia Harms of Newton and Ruth Harms of Seattle, Wash.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon