Bitikofer, Martha Loucks (1892-1985)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1985 Dec 5 p. 8

Birth date: 1892

Text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

Funeral services were held Dec. 3 at Spring Valley Mennonite Church near Canton for Martha Bitikofer, 93, who died Nov. 30 at Schowalter Villa, Hesston. Brad Penner and Wesley Jantz officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include six sons, C. Melvin of Salem, Ore., Allen of Canton, Henry, Ralph, and Clifford, all of Hesston, and LeRoy of Canton; one daughter, Stella Sommerfeld of La Junta, Colo.; 33 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Bitikofer, in 1969.