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Wadel, Jacob (1906-1962)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Mar 22 p. 7
Birth date: 1906 Jan 13
text of obituary:
Greensburg, Kan. — Jacob Wadel, 56, well-known farmer here, suffered a fatal heart attack March 15 while loading feed.
A native of the Durham, Kan. community, he came to Kiowa County with his parents in 1911. Following his marriage to Evelyn Unruh at Halstead in 1931, they farmed southwest of here.
Funeral services were arranged for March 19 at the Bethel Mennonite Church here, of which he was a member, with Carl Dirks and Abe Toews officiating.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Apr 26 p. 8
text of obituary:
JACOB WADEL
Jacob Wadel, son of Andrew and Susie (Dirks) Wadel, was born Jan. 13, 1906 at Durham, Kan. and passed away at his home near Greensburg, Kan. on March 15, 1962. He reached the age of 56 years, two months, and two days.
In 1911 at the age of five years, he with his parents, moved to the Greensburg community where he resided until death. In the winter of 1931, he surrendered his life to God, and upon this experience of the new life in Christ, was baptized Feb. 3, 1931 and was united with the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. In this faith, he remained faithful and steadfast to the end.
May 31, 1931, he was united in marriage to Evelyn Unruh of Halstead, Kan. To this union three sons and one daughter were born.
On Dec. 8, 1937, he was ordained as a deacon and served faithfully, giving willing service and timely warnings, always an example of retaining the faith.
He leaves to mourn his departure, his deeply bereaved wife, with Floyd and Darrell of the home; Raymond and his wife Neoma of Greensburg, Norma and her husband Keith Koehn of Wilmore, Kan. and four grandsons.
Also surviving are his step parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Jantz of Rich Hill, Mo.; two sisters, Elizabeth, Mrs. John Jantz, and Katie, Mrs. Solomon Jantz, both of Greensburg; five brothers, Harry of Berryville, Ark., Lester of Rich Hill, Mo., Jesse of Kansas City, Mo., Andrew of Kansas City, Kan., and Frank of Richards, Mo., and a host of relatives and friends.
His parents and two sisters, Della and Edith, preceded him in death.
