Richert, Mildred Bird (1905-1936)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1936 Aug 26l p. 6

Birth date: 1905 Sep 25

text of obituary:

Mrs. Tobias B. Richert

Mrs. Mildred Bird Richert was born September 25, 1905, at Java, So. Dak. In her youth her parents moved to Aberdeen and then to Souix [sic Sioux] Falls, So. Dak., here she grew to womanhood. She found her Savior Jesus Christ while still in teen age and joined the salvation Army.

On August 18, 1924, she married Tobias B. Richert and moved to Richey, Montana. She resided in this district from that time on with the exception of one summer and two winters spent in her old home.

On July 24, 1927, she was baptized on the confession of her faith and taken into fellowship of the Bethelhem [sic Bethlehem] Mennonite Church, of which she remained a valuable member until her death.

She became the mother of five children, two sons and three daughters, the baby girl being only five days old when she died. The cause of her death was somewhat a mystery. Complications brought a sudden end after a few hours of serious illness. God called and his child went to follow Christ through death into life. She passed away August 7 at 12:20 o'clock in the morning.

Of her loved ones her father and three brothers and one sister have gone before into the Great Beyond.

Those left to mourn are: the husband, Tobias B. Richert, and children Raymond Tobias, Benjamin McLelland, Daisy Dorothy, Mary May, and Betty Darlene; her mother, Mrs. Lula Bird; her brothers Mack and Steeve [sic Steve] of Souix [sic Sioux] Falls and Dick Bird of California; her sisters Mrs. Lilly Quinley, Mrs. Grace Graham, Mrs. Daisy McCaley of Souix [sic Sioux] Falls, So. Dak., Mrs. Mable Spindler of Souix [sic Sioux] City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary Johnson of Davenprot, Iowa, also many near relatives of her husband and a great number of friends.