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Graber, Daniel (1858-1930)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1930 Oct 15 p. 7
Birth date: 1858
text of obituary:
The funeral services of Rev. Daniel Graber were held at the Sugar Creek Mennonite church Saturday afternoon, September 27 at 1:30 o'clock. Good weather and roads permitted relatives and friends from far and near to be present. Many came from other states to pay their respect to one that they had learned to know and reverence.
The services were in charge of Rev. Simon Gingrich of the Sugar Creek church. Twelve or fifteen ministers from the various Mennonite churches of Iowa and other states were seated on the rostrum or nearby. Rev. John Y. Schwartzendruber of the Lower Deer Creek church near Kalona, Iowa, read the 21st chapter of Revelations and Rev. Daniel Fisher of the East Union church, Kalona, offered prayer. Rev. S. C. Yoder president of Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., and a close friend of the Graber family, delivered a brief eulogy. He said that one of the rewards of the departed was that he was permitted to see his family grow up to an age where they are capable of taking care of themselves and also to note that they were living exemplary lives.
Rev. S. Gingerich used as a basis of his sermon several portions of scripture, 1st and 2nd verses of 1st John, 2nd and latter part of the 13th chapter of 1st Peter, these Rev. Graber had told his older son and Rev. Gingerich several years ago were the basis of his hope.
The pall bearers were nephews of the deceased, D. S. Graber, David Graber, Jonathan Graber, Peter Graber, John Alliman and D. J. Alliman. Interment was made in the Sugar Creek cemetery.
