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- 13:28, 5 April 2025 Lehman, Jay D. (d. 1973) (hist | edit) [519 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) [391 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) [834 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) [408 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) [586 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) [995 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) [719 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")
- 11:37, 4 April 2025 Clemmer, Leander (Mrs.) (1900-1973) (hist | edit) [505 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''' Mrs. Leander Clemmer, 73, of Newton, Ont. passed away on Dec. 22. Surviving besides her husband are four sons, four daughters, 25 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral service was held from Martin’s Mennonite Meeting House near Elmira on Dec. 24. Category: Mennon...")
- 16:45, 31 March 2025 Sawatzky,Margaretha (1910-2007) (hist | edit) [956 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2008 Dec p. 30 Birth date: 1910 Dec 25 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>MARGARETHA (MARGARET) SAWATZKY</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Margaretha (Margaret) Sawatzky died Dec. 31, 2007. She was born Dec. 25, 1910 in Nikolaithal, Ukraine to David and Elizabeth Peters. Margaret was baptized in 1929 and became a member of the Neu-Chortitza Mennonite Church. She moved with her family to Canada in 1930, where they settled...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:06, 31 March 2025 Giesbrecht, Edward Martin (1922-2008) (hist | edit) [586 bytes] Mdoerksen (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2008 Dec p. 30 Birth date: 1922 JAN 10 text of obituary: <nowiki><center><h3>Edward Martin Giesbrecht</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki> Edward Martin Giesbrecht died Mar. 27, 2008. He was born in 1922 and lived in Rosenfeld, Man., and Winnipeg. Predeceased by 6 siblings, Edward is mourned by his wife Mary (nee Fehr); children Yvonne (John) Trinke, Sandra Thiessen, Lori (Rob) Ezako, Ed (Janet), Lorne (Carol), Gene (Barb); 18...") Tag: Visual edit
- 16:17, 19 March 2025 Buckwalter, Martin S. (1909-1973) (hist | edit) [760 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Jan 25 p. 5 Birth date: 1909 Text of obituary: '''Pennsylvania Store Owner Dies in Florida''' Ephrata, Pa.— Martin S. Buckwalter, 64, well-known businessman of Martindale, died Jan. 13 at his winter home in Sarasota, Fla. A native of this area, Mr. Buckwalter was a storekeeper in Martindale for the past 27 years. He also served as Earl Township auditor and as past president and assistant chief of the Martindale Fire C...")
- 16:15, 19 March 2025 Landis, John (1945-1973) (hist | edit) [331 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Jan 25 p. 3 Birth date: 1945 Text of obituary: '''Dies in Accident''' McAlisterville, Pa. — Funeral services were held Jan. 8 for John Landis, 28, son of William Landis who was killed in a truck accident in western Pennsylvania. Category: Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 16:05, 19 March 2025 Miller, Katheryn N. (1956-1973) (hist | edit) [1,152 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1973 Jan 18 p. 3 Birth date: 1956 Text of obituary: '''Amish Sisters Killed ln Highway Crash''' Topeka, Ind. — Double funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning, Jan 10, at the Orla Troyer residence here for Wilma N. Miller, 18, and her sister Katheryn N., 17, who were fatally injured in a car-buggy accident Saturday evening, Jan 6. The two girls, daughters of Nathaniel E. and Maryann Miller of rural Topeka, were t...")
- 17:47, 14 March 2025 Young, Gilbert C. (1906-1970) (hist | edit) [423 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1970 Jul 23 p. 8 Birth date: 1906 Text of obituary: '''Newton and Vicinity''' Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Penner and family of North Newton went to Louisville, Ohio last week to attend funeral services for Mrs. Penner's father, Gilbert C. Young. Mr. Young who was 64, died July 14. The funeral was held July 17 at a Louisville funeral home. Category: Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 17:44, 14 March 2025 Esh, Johnnie S. (1967-1970) (hist | edit) [415 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1970 July 2 p. 10 Birth date: 1967 Text of obituary: '''Boy Suffocated By Sack of Feed''' Leola, Pa.—An unusual accident recently claimed the life of three-year-old Johnnie S. Esh, son Amos and Annie Esh of rural Lititz. The boy was playing in the barn when a sack of feed fell on him and caused death by suffocation. Category: Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries")
- 17:40, 14 March 2025 Tice, Joseph (1957-1970) (hist | edit) [1,206 bytes] WikiSysop (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1970 1970 July 2 p. 1 Birth date: 1967 '''Tornado in Eastern Pennsylvania Leaves One Dead, 5 Injured''' Lebanon, Pa.—A tornado ripped through a rural area near Myerstown in eastern Lebanon County the evening of June 18, causing heavy property damage and leaving one dead and five injured. Thirteen-year-old Joseph Tice was fatally injured when struck by a timber in the Paul Kurtz barnyard where he was helping with some concret...") originally created as "Tice, Joseph (1967-1970)"