Toevs, Anna Penner (1889-1954)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 Feb 25 p. 5

Birth date: 1889 Oct 15

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— Mrs. G. R. Toevs passed away suddenly Tuesday evening at the Bethel Home for Aged where she resided and also assisted with household duties. Although suffering with a heart ailment for some time, she had been up and around. She was found seated in a chair about 8:30 p.m. and had evidently been reading at the time of her death. Funeral services are to be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the Sister Frieda Memorial Chapel and 2:30 o’clock at the First Mennonite church. Surviving are two step-children, Irvin Toevs of Newton and Mrs. Paul Bartsch of Topeka.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 Mar 4 p. 6

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— Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Toevs, 64, wife of the late G. R. Toevs, were held at the Sister Frieda Memorial Chapel and at the First Mennonite church Friday afternoon. Mrs. Toevs died of heart attack, Tuesday evening, Feb. 23, while sitting in a chair in her room at the Bethel Home for Aged. The services at the chapel were in charge of Rev. P. P. Buller, after which services in the church and at the graveside in Greenwood cemetery were conducted by her pastor, Rev. D. J. Unruh. The funeral was largely attended, many relatives and friends having come also from Beatrice, Nebr., Mrs. Toevs’ former home.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 Mar 11 p. 9