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- 10:35, 8 April 2025 Miller, Michael Lavon (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [1,233 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Oct 18 p. 7 Birth date: 1971 text of obituary <center>Iowa Dairy Farmer, Grandson Killed When Car Hits Bridge</center> Kalona, Iowa. —Double funeral services were held at the English River Church of the Brethren near South English on Oct. 6 for Eli P. M. Miller, 53, and his two-year-old grandson, Michael Lavon Miller, who died in a highway crash on Oct 3. Officers reported that the car, driven by Mr. Miller left Highway 22 a sh...")
- 09:36, 8 April 2025 Eicher, Mrs. Ernest V. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [772 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 4 Oct 1973 p. 11 Birth date: text of obituary <center>AMISH WOMAN DIES FROM INJURIES</center> Berne, Ind.—Mrs. Ernest V. Eicher, 39, of rural Geneva, died at Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne on Sept. 18 from head injuries suffered in an accident on Sept 12. Mrs. Eicher and her husband were riding in a buggy on a gravel road near their home when the shaft of the buggy broke and the horse started kicking. She was thrown out, landing h...")
- 09:04, 8 April 2025 Horst, Sheldon Jay (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [751 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 27 p. 10 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Virginia Boy Victim Of Accidental Hanging</center> Harrisonburg, Va.—An accident at the James D. Horst farm near Mt. Crawford recently claimed the life of the Horsts' nine-year-old son, Sheldon Jay. The boy and a five-year-old companion had been playing with a rope in a tractor shed. The Horst boy was found with the rope knotted around his neck and attached above, but his feet w...")
- 07:42, 8 April 2025 Borkholder, Daniel (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [574 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 27 Sep 1973 p. 2 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Five-Year Old Amish Boy Hit by Car</center> Goshen, Ind.—A five-year-old Amish boy met instant death on Sept 16 when struck by a car on the Plymouth-Goshen Trail in front of his home, five miles west of Nappanee. Officers reported that Daniel Borkholder, son of Alvin and Ruth Borkholder, darted into the path of a car driven by a 19-year-old Bremen girl. Funeral services were hel...")
- 07:39, 8 April 2025 Gingerich, Frank (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [838 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 20 Sep 1973 p. 11 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Plastering Contractor, Fruit Grower Dies</center> Upland, Calif.—Frank Gingerich, 74, a plastering contractor and fruit grower of Upland, died Aug. 22 at San Antonio Community Hospital. A native of Johnson County, Iowa, he was an Upland resident for 51 years and a member of the Upland First Mennonite Church. Surviving are his widow, Joella; a son, Keith, of Upland; three daught...")
- 06:42, 8 April 2025 Lohrentz, Anna (d.1973) (hist | edit) [566 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Sep 13 p. 8 Birth date: text of obituary center • Funeral services for Anna Lohrenz, 74, were conducted Monday afternoon at the Garden Mennonite Church near Hesston by Rev. Leonard Harder, the pastor. Miss Lohrenz was born in Harvey County and was a lifetime resident of this area. In recent years she had been a guest at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Moundridge. She died Sept. 7 at Mercy Hospital. Her o...")
- 06:30, 8 April 2025 Stutzman, Julie Ann (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [1,005 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 13 p. 3 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Mother, Two Children Die in Mexico Crash</center> Kinross, Iowa. — A crash on Highway 180 near Cardenas in southern Mexico on Aug. 29 claimed the lives of Mrs. Wilford Stutzman, 43, her son Joseph, 16, and daughter Julia Ann, 2, of this community. Mr. Stutzman is pastor of the Salem Mennonite Fellowship, an unaffiliated Mennonite congregation here. The family consisting of the p...")
- 06:20, 8 April 2025 Glick, Ruth Ann (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [499 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Sep 6 p. 7 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Little Girl Run Over By Truck Wheel</center> Gap, Pa.—An accident at the farm of Leroy S. and Sylvia (Beiler) Glick near here claimed the life of their one-year-old daughter, Ruth Ann. The little girl was playing unnoticed under a truck which was parked on the farm driveway when the truck moved forward, a wheel passing over her head. Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obitu...")
- 06:06, 8 April 2025 Rempel, Tina (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [709 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 6 p. 6 Birth date: text of obituary Little Girl Drowns In River at Reedley Reedley, Calif.—Searchers recovered the body of nine-year-old Tina Rempel from the Kings River here on Aug. 14, nearly three days after she fell from a buoy at Reedley Beach. Tina and her sister Marie, 5, were sitting on the buoy when they were thrown into the cold, swift waters of the river by waves from a passing boat. Marie was pulled from the r...")
- 06:04, 8 April 2025 Regier, Sherri Lynn (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [478 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 6 p. 3 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Kansas Girl Drowns On Labor Day Outing</center> Buhler, Kan.—A swimming accident at Willow Lake northwest of Halstead on Labor Day claimed the life of Sherri Lynn Regier, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Regier of Buhler. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Buhler Mennonite Church. Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 20:49, 7 April 2025 Frey, Noah (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [601 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 23 p. 10 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''Jumps Into Path of Car'''</center> Mount Forest, Ontario. — Ten-year-old Noah Frey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Frey of the Mennonite settlement here, was instantly killed in an accident near his home on Aug. 6. The boy reportedly jumped down from a hay wagon that was parked on Highway 89 and was hit by an oncoming car. Surviving in addition to his parents are seven brothers...")
- 18:56, 7 April 2025 Carlson, Flora Jean (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [902 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 16 p. 8 Birth date: 1886 text of obituary center • Funeral services for the three Marion County residents who were killed in a two-car accident on K-15 near Durham on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 2, were held in Hillsboro and Durham area churches. The services for Jacob T. Loewen, 77, a native of Hillsboro and retired long-time partner in Buller Manufacturing Co. were hold at the Hillsboro First Mennonit...")
- 18:53, 7 April 2025 Kaufman, Lydia M. Flickner (d.1973) (hist | edit) [2,397 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 9 p. 11 Birth date: 1895 Apr 15 text of obituary <center>'''LYDIA M. KAUFMAN'''</center> Lydia M. (Flickner) Kaufman, daughter of Peter A. Marta Goering Schrag Flickner, was born on April 15, 1895 on a farm near Moundridge in McPherson County, Kansas. She attended Mound Grade School. She accepted Christ as her Savior, was baptized by Rev. C. J. Goering and remained a faithful member of the Eden Mennonite Church until her de...")
- 18:32, 7 April 2025 Culver, Darwin W. (d.1973) (hist | edit) [777 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 9 p. 3 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''Car-Truck Collision Near McPherson Fatal For Two, Injures One'''</center> McPherson, Kan.—Two persons were killed and a third critically injured Saturday evening, Aug. 4, in a head-on car-truck collision just west at here on US. 56. The fatalities, both at McPherson were Clarence J. Keith, 40, driver of the car, and a passenger, Darwin W. Culver, 40. The driver of the semi-t...")
- 18:30, 7 April 2025 Keith, Clarence J. (d.1973) (hist | edit) [776 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 9 p. 3 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''Car-Truck Collision Near McPherson Fatal For Two, Injures One'''</center> McPherson, Kan.—Two persons were killed and a third critically injured Saturday evening, Aug. 4, in a head-on car-truck collision just west at here on US. 56. The fatalities, both at McPherson were Clarence J. Keith, 40, driver of the car, and a passenger, Darwin W. Culver, 40. The driver of the semi-t...")
- 18:27, 7 April 2025 Eicher, Glen Allen (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [704 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 9 p. 3 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''Eight-Year-Old Boy Killed While Playing With Tractor Tire'''</center> Atmore, Ala.—Glen Allen Eicher, eight-year-old son of Ward and Dolly Eicher of rural Atmore, died instant death July 24 when playing with a tractor tire that was leaning against a tree in the yard. The boy was found by one of his sisters with the tire and rim lying on his head. The funeral was held in the...")
- 18:25, 7 April 2025 Jost, Edward (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [802 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Aug 9 p. 2 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''Young Man Dies In Colorado Mountain Climbing Accident'''</center> Hillsboro, Kan. —Funeral services for Edward Jost, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jost of rural Peabody, were held at the Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church near here on Aug. 2, with Rev. Henry Brucks officiating. Jost, who was employed as a data processor in Denver, Colo., and a fellow-employee were climbing...")
- 18:23, 7 April 2025 Miller, Wayne J. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [646 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Aug 9 p. 2 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''AMISH BOY KILLED IN FARM MISHAP'''</center> Dover, Del.—Funeral services for Wayne J. Miller, 6, were held on July 18 at the home of his grandparents, Mr. end Mrs. Andy A. Miller, Sr. Young Wayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy A. Miller, was on the farm of his uncle, Harry Miller, where threshing operations were taking place, when he fell from a wagon load of oats bundles and the...")
- 17:16, 7 April 2025 Neufeld, Angelica Rose (2008-2008) (hist | edit) [773 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary:2008 Dec p. 30 Birth date: 2008 Aug 3 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>ANGELICA ROSE NEUFELD</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Angelica Rose Neufeld was stillborn Aug. 3, 2008, daughter of Tim and Tamara Neufeld of Steinbach, Man. She is mourned by her parents; brother Ashton; grandparents Heinz and Anne Toews, Tim and Yvonne Neufeld, and their families. The committal service was Aug. 8, at the Heritage Cemetery, Steinb...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:38, 7 April 2025 Frischbutter, Heinrich (1938-2008) (hist | edit) [591 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2008 Dec p. 30 Birth date: 1938 Oct 30 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>HEINRICH (HENRY) FRISCHBUTTER</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Henry Frischbutter died Aug. 3, 2008. Henry is mourned by his wife of 49 years, Lydia (nee Schmidt); children Sieglinde (Larry) Buhler, Elviera (Shelley) Golebeski, Eleanore (Wayne) Wiebe, Walter (Sheryl), David (Stefanie), Alfred (Monica); 15 grand- children; 7 siblings. The funeral w...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:24, 7 April 2025 Penner, Maria Boese (1908-2008) (hist | edit) [1,305 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituaries: 2008 Dec p.30 Birth date: 1908 Sep 25 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>MARIA BOESE</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Maria Penner died Aug. 1, 2008. She was born Sept. 25, 1908 in Paulsheim, Ukraine to David and Maria Boese. Maria was converted in 1929, baptized the same year, and became a member of the church. The Lord was her refuge in spite of the arrest of ministers and closure of churches a few years later. Mari...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:02, 7 April 2025 Martens, Agnes Goertz (1950-2008) (hist | edit) [1,114 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2008 Dec p. 30 Birth date: 1950 Jan 13 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>AGNES (AGGIE) MARTENS</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Agnes (Aggie) Martens died June 17, 2008. She was born in Altona, Man. to John and Margaret Goerz. She made a commitment to follow Jesus at an early age and was baptized and got involved in her local church in Virgil, Ont. She attended Winkler Bible School, where she met David Martens whom she...") Tag: Visual edit originally created as "Martens, Agnes (1950-2008)"
- 12:11, 7 April 2025 Byler, William (d.1973) (hist | edit) [749 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jul 26 p. 8 Birth date: text of obituary <center>'''AMISH BOY KILLED IN FARM MISHAP'''</center> Huntsburg, Ohio—William Byler, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Byler of rural Huntsburg, was killed in an accident on his father's farm recently. The boy and his older brother Jonas were riding on bales of hay loaded on a horse-drawn wagon driven by their father, when some bales slid onto the horses. The animals became...")
- 11:09, 7 April 2025 Parker, Paul (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [772 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jul 19 p. 6 Birth date: text of obituary Noted Engineer, Lay Leader Dies in India Paul Parker, noted Christian engineer and churchman of India, died May 20 at his home in Pendra Road, M.P., it has been learned by Rev. Lubin Jantzen of Newton. He was a personal friend of Rev. Jantzen, former missionary to India. Death came after a long and painful illness of cancer of the bone. He was about 70 years of age. Dr. Parker visited t...")
- 08:24, 7 April 2025 Sprunger, Eva F. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [746 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jul 12 p. 9 Birth date: text of obituary '''FORMER MISSIONARY TO CHINA DIES''' Berne, Ind.—Funeral services for Miss Eva F. Sprunger, 81, a resident at Swiss Village here, were held on Friday morning, June 29. Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander, pastor of the First Mennonite Church, officiated. Miss Sprunger, a member at First Church, served as a missionary at Kutien, Fukien, China for 10 years under the Women’s Division of the Met...")
- 08:17, 7 April 2025 Slabaugh, John (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [740 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Jul 12 p. 3 Birth date: 1949 text of obituary '''Highway Accidents Claim Three Lives In Indiana Community''' Montgomery, Ind.—Highway accidents claimed the lives of three persons in this southwestern Indiana community within two days' time. Mrs. Jake Gingerich, 52, and her daughter Glenda, 24, were instantly killed in a car-truck crash on June 27. The double funeral was held June 30 at the Zion Amish Mennonite Church. Abo...")
- 08:06, 7 April 2025 Wittmer, Mrs. Duane (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [696 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Jul 12 p. 2 Birth date: text of obituary '''Church Organist Dies In Highway Crash''' Wayland, la. —Relatives here received word of a head-on auto crash near Luteville, Mo. which claimed the life of Mrs. Duane Wittmer, 48, at Wichita, Kan. and seriously injured her husband, formerly of Wayland. Mrs. Wittmer was an accomplished musician and served as church organist. The funeral was held June 28 at Hyde Park United Methodis...")
- 07:27, 7 April 2025 Stutzman, Atlee (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [384 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jul 5 p. 4 Birth date: text of obituary '''Amish Boy Killed''' Randolph, N.Y.—An accident in the Amish settlement here the night of June 8 claimed the life of Atlee Stutsman, six-year-old son of the Jake D. Stutzman family. The boy ran onto the road near his home and was hit by a car. Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 06:59, 7 April 2025 Isaac, Milton (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [1,161 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jun 21 p. 7 Birth date: text of obituary '''17-Year-Old Manitoba Youth Drowns During Swimming Outing''' Steinbach, Man. — Seventeen-year-old Milton Isaac drowned in the Kleefeld gravel pit the afternoon of June 2 while on a swimming outing with a group of friends. Using a heavy plank to hold them above water, some of the youths started across the deep pond to the other side. When they were almost at their destination, young I...")
- 06:56, 7 April 2025 Friesen, Dennis John (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [645 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jun 21 p. 12 Birth date: '''Steinbach Boy Killed By Falling Rafters''' Steinbach, Man.—An accident at a home construction site in Steinbach on June 9 resulted in instant death for Dennis John Friesen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Friesen. The boy and some companions were playing across the street from the Friesen home at the site where framing was going up for a new house. Suddenly a large stack of prefabricated rafters, lashed t...")
- 06:53, 7 April 2025 Shirk, Marlin N. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [746 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 21 Jun 1973 p. 9 Birth date: text of obituary Little Boy Drowns In Pond at New Missouri Settlement Ephrata, Pa.—Word was received here of an accidental drowning in the new Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite settlement at Barnett, Mo. Marlin N. Shirk, five-year-old son of Reuben W. and Lydia (Nolt) Shirk, reportedly drowned June 10 when he slipped off an inner tube while playing in a pond at the farm of his grandfather, Elias Shirk. Funera...")
- 13:57, 6 April 2025 Ratzlaff, Arlo (1915-1973) (hist | edit) [778 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mennonite Weekly Review''' obituary: 1973 Feb 15 p. 8 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''NEWTON and Vicinity''' • Arlo Ratzlaff, 58, of Kirwin, Kan. and formerly of Goessel, died Monday morning at the veterans' hospital in Omaha. Funeral services are to be Thursday afternoon at the Miller Funeral Home in Goessel, with Rev. Ronald Krehbiel officiating. Mr. Ratzlaff was a prisoner of war for three months in western Europe during World War Il. He formerly operated a...")
- 11:17, 6 April 2025 Zimmerman, Marvin M. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [756 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Jun 7 p. 9 Birth date: text of obituary SMALL BOY KILLED IN FARM MISHAP Ephrata, Pa.- Funeral services for four-year-old Marvin M. Zimmerman were held on the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Titus Zimmerman of rural Lititz, and at the Midway Mennonite Church in Ephrata Township on Saturday, May 19. Marvin was killed outright on his parents’ farm on May 16 when a clawed wheel of a tractor ran over his head. The accident occurred...")
- 08:59, 6 April 2025 Martin, Dana Devon (d.1973) (hist | edit) [935 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 May 31 p. 2 Birth date: 1950 text of obituary Five-Year-Old Indiana Boy Suffocates in Load of Shelled Corn Goshen, Ind.--- An accident May 17 at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Martin on Route 5, Goshen, claimed the life of their five-year-old son, Dana Devon, by suffocation. The boy was in a wagon loaded with shelled corn as it was being unloaded through a gravity flow spout when the corn suddenly shifted and covered him up. His...")
- 17:23, 5 April 2025 Detweiler, N. Ernest (1909-1973) (hist | edit) [1,281 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Feb 8 p. 10 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''Kansas Couple Killed In Highway Crash''' Harper, Kan.—Double funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, Feb. 3, at the Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church here for N. Ernest and Florence Detweiler, 64 and 63 years of age, who were killed in a highway crash on Jan. 31. Rev. Robert Zehr and Rev. James Detweiler officiated at the services. The accident occurred on K-42 near...")
- 17:23, 5 April 2025 Detweiler, Florence Hostetler (1910-1973) (hist | edit) [1,281 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Feb 8 p. 10 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''Kansas Couple Killed In Highway Crash''' Harper, Kan.—Double funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, Feb. 3, at the Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church here for N. Ernest and Florence Detweiler, 64 and 63 years of age, who were killed in a highway crash on Jan. 31. Rev. Robert Zehr and Rev. James Detweiler officiated at the services. The accident occurred on K-42 near...")
- 17:13, 5 April 2025 Miller, J. Clarence (1895-1972) (hist | edit) [582 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Feb 8 p. 6 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''16-Year-Old Convicted For Slaying in 1972''' Virginia Bench, Va. — Sixteen-year-old John Thomas Lindsey of Fentress has been convicted for the slaying last August of J. Clarence Miller, elderly Mennonite man who was on his route as a substitute mail carrier. Mr. Miller, 77, was a pioneer settler of the Fentress area and had been a regular mail carrier for many years before his r...")
- 17:01, 5 April 2025 Kaufman, Herbert R. (1907 - 1973) (hist | edit) [2,216 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 May 24 p. 8 Birth date: 1911 text of obituary • Funeral services for Herbert R. Kaufman, 66, were held Sunday afternoon at the First Mennonite Church of Moundridge, Rev. James Gingerich, the pastor, officiated. Mr. Kaufman died May 17 at Mercy Hospital after a Iong illness. He farmed in Harvey County most of his life. Survivors include a son, Jim of Moundridge, a daughter, Marilyn, at Denver; his father Andrew at Moundridge, f...") originally created as "Kaufman, Herbert R. (d.1973)"
- 16:52, 5 April 2025 Brown, Henry J. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [806 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 May 24 p. 5 Birth date: Retired Businessman, Former Mayor Dies Mt. Lake, Minn.—Funeral services were held at the Bethel Mennonite Church here on May 9 for Henry J. Brown, 78, a retired businessman and mayor of Mt. Lake from 1946 to 1968. Rev. Walter Gering, pastor, and Rev. Ray Reimer at Firth, Neb, son-in-law of Mr. Brown officiated. A native of the Ukraine, South Russia, Mr. Brown was drafted for military service as a young ma...")
- 13:28, 5 April 2025 Lehman, Jay D. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [529 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 May 10 p. 7 Birth date: text of obituary Little Boy Killed Topeka, Ind.—An accident at the Ervin J. Miller farm near here April 25 claimed the life of the Millers’ two-year-old grandson, Jay D. Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lehman. While at play the boy was pinned between steel fencing material, which fell or was knocked over, and a water tank. He died of suffocation. The parents are members of the Amish church.")
- 10:13, 5 April 2025 Hofer, Peter G. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [395 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 May 3 p. 11 Birth date: Heart Attack Claims Life of Minister Freeman, S. D.—Rev. Peter G. Hofer, 69, of the Bridgewater community died April 21 in the Freeman Community Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Funeral services were held April 24 at the Salem M. B. Church.")
- 09:59, 5 April 2025 Ratzlaff, Orly (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [838 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Mar 29 p. 12 Birth date: Reedley Businessman Dies Unexpectedly Reedley, Calif.- - - Funeral services for Orly Ratzlaff, 42, well known Reedley businessman, were held March 7 at the Mennonite Brethren Church here, of which he was a member. Mr. Ratzlaff died unexpected of a heart attack on March 4 while on a skiing trip with a friend at China Peak. A native of Nebraska, Mr. Ratzlaff opened a furniture store here May 1, 1972. For 11...")
- 07:54, 5 April 2025 Shetler, Eli J. (d.1973) (hist | edit) [412 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Apr 12 p. 5 Birth date: Amish Minister Dies Sugarcreek, Ohio. --- Funeral services were held at the Bishop Noah Coblenz residence near here on March 26 for Pre. Eli J. Shetler, 72, an Old Order Amish minister and retired farmer. Pre. Shetler died at his home after a long illness.")
- 07:44, 5 April 2025 Moyer, Mildred (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [590 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Mar 8 p. 10 Birth date: text of obituary Pennsylvania Crash Claims Three Lives Souderton, Pa. — Funeral services were held Feb. 22 at the Blooming Glen Mennonite Church for Mrs. Mildred Moyer, 45, of Souderton, one of three persons killed in a headon crash at Spring House on Feb. 18. Two young men in the other car, both 23, also were killed. Mrs. Moyer leaves her husband, Nelson L. Moyer; a married daughter living at Browns Mill...")
- 07:31, 5 April 2025 Van der Werf, John (d.1973) (hist | edit) [991 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Van der Werf, John (d.1973) Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Mar 8 p. 8 Birth date: John Van der Werf, 67, a retired contractor, died March 2 at the home in North Newton after a long illness. The Van der Werfs moved here four months ago from Manson, Iowa, where they had lived for 25 years. Natives of The Netherlands, they came to the United States following World War II. Surviving Mr. Van der Werf are his wife, Martha; a son, John, of Elkhart, Ind.; five daughters...")
- 17:50, 4 April 2025 Lambright, Dennis Ray (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [708 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lambright, Dennis Ray (d.1973) Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Mar 29 p. 2 Birth date: 9-Year-Old Amish Boy Drowns in Farm Pond Goshen, Ind. --- Funeral services were held at the Lewis Hochstetler home near Shipshewana on March 15 for Dennis Ray Lambright, nine-year-old boy who was a victim of drowning two days earlier. The boy, son of Menno V. and Ann Lambright of Route 2, Shipshewana, his brother Norman, age 7, and seven-year-old Eugene Yoder were playing at...") originally created as "1973 Lambright"
- 17:33, 4 April 2025 Wagler, Tod (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [541 bytes] Srmaestrogarber (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Wagler, Tod (d.1973) Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Mar 29 p. 5 Birth date: Little Boy Killed In Auto Accident Kokomo, Ind.—A number of relatives from this community attended funeral services at the Bean Blossom Mennonite Church near Morgantown, Ind. on Mar. 4 for Tod Wagler, two and a half month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wagler who was killed in an auto accident. The infant's parents and sister were injured in the accident and were unable to attend the...") originally created as "1973 wagler"
- 11:41, 4 April 2025 Yoder, Paul (1968-1973) (hist | edit) [418 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mennonite Weekly Review''' obituary: 1973 Feb 1 p. 10 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''Amish Boy Killed''' Bourbon, Ind. — Five-year-old Paul Yoder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Yoder of the Amish settlement near here, was killed on Jan. 13 when a pressure tank exploded in the basement of the Yoder home. The boy was dead on arrival at the Bremen hospital. Category: Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 11:39, 4 April 2025 Brunk, Amos (1894-1973) (hist | edit) [751 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mennonite Weekly Review''' obituary: 1973 Feb 1 p. 8 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''Community News from Review Correspondents''' '''Milverton, Ontario''' '''January 12, 1973''' Rev. Amos Brunk, 79, died on Jan. 11 in the Stratford General Hospital. Surviving are one son, three daughters, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Mattie Nafziger, died in 1930, and his second, the former Mary Gerber, in 1957. He farmed in Ellice...")
- 11:38, 4 April 2025 Jacobs, Earl (1907-1973) (hist | edit) [464 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mennonite Weekly Review''' obituary: 1973 Feb 1 p. 8 Birth date: Text of obituary: '''Community News from Review Correspondents''' '''Milverton, Ontario''' '''January 12, 1973''' Earl Jacobs, 66, of Brunner, died suddenly on Jan. 5. Surviving besides his mother are one sister and one brother. Funeral services were held Jan 8 at North Easthope Reformed Mennonite Church, with Rev. Aaron Yost officiating. Category: Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
