Roth, John (1862-1940)

Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 1940 Jul 9 p. 14

Birth date: 1862

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Jun 19 p. 1

text of obituary:

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DEPARTED MINISTER HELD BY SWISS MENNONITE CHURCH

Whitewater, Kansas, June 13. — The Rev. John Roth, formerly of this community but more recently of Salem, Oregon, died at his home Friday, June 7.

The funeral service and burial was at Salem, Oregon,but his many old friends in this vicinity thought it appropriate that a memorial service be held in his honor in what was his home community for so long.

Accordingly the service was held at the Swiss Mennonite church north of Whitewater on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Roth had been pastor of this church for thirty-seven years. The music was by a male quartet composed of LaVerne Rutschman, John Wuthrich, Curt Claassen and Robt. Roth, with Miss Pauline Roth at the piano. Rev. G. N. Harms of Grace Hill church and Rev. H. J Dyck of Zion church spoke in memory of their departed friend and pastor. — Whitewater Independent.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Jun 19 p. 1

text of obituary:

Mennonite News of General Interest.

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— Rev. John Roth, 77, of Salem, Oregon, but formerly of Whitewater, Kansas, died at his home at Salem Friday, June 7. Outstanding experiences of his long life were: Years of work in stone quarries or hay fields of the Swiss Alps; the trip to America with his young wife and two children, and early pioneer experiences at Peabody, Kansas; 27 years of service as minister of the Swiss Mennonite church of Whitewater, and finally the establishment of a new home at Salem Oreg., in 1927.