Krehbiel, Susanna Amalia Ruth (1840-1920)

Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 6 May 1920 p. 7 

Birth date: 1840 Apr 22

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Mennonite Year Book and Almanac obituary: 1921 p. 23

Text of obituary:

SUSANNA A. KREHBIEL

As a mild April sun was setting after a beautiful day the evening shadows were also closing the career of a beautiful life. Mother Krehbiel's spirit peacefully passed from this life's darkling night to her Maker on the evening of April twentieth, 1920, lacking two days of rounding out her eightieth year.

Susanna Amalia Krehbiel, daughter of David and Katherina (Strohm) Ruth, was born April 22, 1840 on a farm at Eichstock, near Munich, Bavaria, Germany, the second of nine children. Hers was the privilege to be born into a god-fearing home, where she could breathe constantly a devoutly religious atmosphere. So, also was the school which she attended until her twelfth year, when her education ended, one in which religious instruction was given in addition to the secular subjects. Her father was one of the ministers of the Mennonite