Fankhauser, Matilda (1872-1960)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Mar 17 p. 5

Birth date: 1872

text of obituary:

Former Teacher Dies at Age 88

Kidron, Ohio. — Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Frankhauser [sic Fankhauser], 88, long-time resident of this community and former correspondent for several newspapers, were held March 11 at the Salem Mennonite church. Rev. James R. Reusser officiating.

Mrs. Frankhauser [sic Fankhauser] died March 8 at a Millersburg nursing home where she had lived for the past two years.

As a young woman she attended Ohio Northern university at Ada, O. and then taught school and also music classes. She was a Sunday school teacher for more than 40 years. She and her late husband, Nick Frankhauser [sic Fankhauser], lived for some years at Berne, Ind. where he was employed by the Berne Witness Co.

Mrs. Fankhauser was the oldest in a family of eight children, six of whom survive.

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