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Karber, Anna Just Unruh (1886-1963)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Jun 13 p. 8

Birth date: 1886 Feb 1

text of obituary:

MRS. ANNA JUST KARBER

Mrs. Anna Just Karber of Fairview, Okla. was born Feb. 1, 1886, in Marion Co9unty, Kan. to Martin and Wilhelmine Just. At the age of nine she came to Fairview, Okla. with her parents where she lived to early adulthood. It was during this time that she realized her lost condition and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour. She was baptized and united with the M. B. Church of North Fairview in 1902.

In 1904 she was married to Henry H. Unruh and in 1908 they moved to Beaver County, Oklahoma. Three children were born to this union. Her husband died in 1913 and the following year she was married to J. P. karber, a widower with two children. Four additional children were born to them. In this busy home she exempllfied [suc] her love to her Lord by being a dutiful wife and mother. She taught Sunday school and helped organize the first Women's Missionary Fellowship. She willingly opened her home to visiting evangelists, ministers and others.