Wedel, Lena Krehbiel (1875-1945)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Jan 25 p. 5

Birth date: 1875 Oct 30

text of obituary:

Newton And Vicinity

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— The wide circle of friends of Mrs. P. J. Wedel of North newton were grieved to hear of her death at her home at 8:30 o'clock last Sunday morning. Although she was able to be up and around until a few weeks ago, she had been in failing health for over two years. Friends and relatives from many surrounding communities attended the large funeral which was held at the Bethel College chapel at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Lester Hostetler, pastor of the church, was in charge. She reached the age of 69 years. The Bethel College campus had been her home for the greater part of her life after her marriage to her now deeply bereaved husband, Dr. P. J. Wedel. Three children survive, Esther of the home; Margaret, a teacher in the Lincoln grade school here, and Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, assistant curator at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Feb 8 p. 3

text of obituary:

MRS. PETER J. WEDEL

Lena Krehbiel Wedel was born near Pandora, Putnam Co., Ohio, on October 30, 1875. She was the tenth of twelve children of Henry and Anna Suter Krehbiel, who had come to America from the Kiev area of western Russia in the great Mennonite immigration of 1874.