Bargen, Mary (1894-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 30 Dec 1965 p. 7

Date of Birth: 1894 April 18, Minnesota
Date of Death: 1965 December 18, Minnesota

text of obituary:

Retired Postal Worker Dies at Mt. Lake</

Mt. Lake, Minn. — Miss Mary Bargen, 71, long-time member of the First Mennonite Church here, died in her sleep early Saturday morning, Dec. 18. Death was due to a heart condition.

Miss Bargen was a postal clerk in the Mt. Lake Post Office for 25 years, retiring in 1959. She was long active in her church, having taught in the Sunday school for about 50 years.

Survivors include one brother, Bernhard of North Newton, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Lawrence (Rosella) Olson of Reno, Nev.; nephews and nieces.

Funeral services were conducted at the First Mennonite Church on Dec. 21.

The Mennonite obituary: 1966 Jan 18 p. 42

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Mt. Lake, Minnesota
Daughter of Isaac Isaac and Sara (Hiebert) Bargen
Single
Civil service postal worker -- Mt. Lake, Minnesota

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
See Jacob Frank Balzer for cousin photo
See David Hiebert Bargen for sibling photos
See Isaac Isaac Bargen for family photo
See Jacob Samuel Schultz (1888-1958) for 1914 group photos

Sources:
B. Bargen's Hiebert gen. cards
Grandma Profile #31421
Find A Grave 73907512