Langenwalter, Jessie Braunlich (1882-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Nov 7 p. 12

Birth date: 1882

text of obituary:

● Mrs. Jessie Langenwalter, 86, died Monday morning at Bethel Deaconess Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of Dr. J. H. Langenwalter, well-known Mennonite educator and church leader, a former president of Bethel College, who died here in 1965. A native of New Martinsville, W. Va., she was married to Dr. Langenwalter in 1905 at Bluffton, Ohio. In recent years she had been a resident of the Bethel Home for the Aged. Survivors include sons Robert G. of Wichita and Richard B. of Hutchinson; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Dreier of Kansas City and Mrs. Lois Holmes of Wichita; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral was held Wednesday forenoon at the Bethel College Church, of which she was a member, with Rev. Esko Loewen and Dr. D. C. Wedel officiating.

The Mennonite obituary: 1968 Dec 3 p. 754