Wedel, Emma Lydia Kaufman (1885-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Aug 1 p. 8

Birth date: 1885 Oct 5

text of obituary:

• Mrs. Emma Lydia Wedel, 82, wife of Rev. P. P. Wedel of Moundridge, died July 24 at Mercy Hospital there. The funeral was conducted Saturday forenoon at the First Mennonite Church of Christian, where her husband served as pastor for many years. Rev. Robert Coon, the present pastor officiated. Mrs. Wedel, the former Emma Kaufman, was born at Pretty Prairie and had lived at Moundridge since her marriage to Rev. Wedel in 1907. He survives with their two sons and six daughters and their families, one sister and three brothers.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Sep 5 p. 11

text of obituary:

EMMA LYDIA WEDEL

Emma Lydia Kaufman Wedel was born on Oct. 5, 1885, in Pretty Prairie, Kan. to Jacob and Anna Krehbiel Kaufman.

Mother was baptized and became a member of the Pretty Prairie Mennonite Church on April 8, 1900. With her parents she moved to the Moundridge, Kan. community. She united with the First Mennonite Church in 1901, remaining a member until the time of her death.

On July 28, 1907, she was married to Peter P. Wedel, and with him shared 60 years of wedded life. Eight children — two sons and six daughters — came to complete the home.

Mother was a great lover of nature, especially bird and flowers. She was a loving wife and mother, often having to stay at home with the children while father attended conferences and held meetings. She also had a keen sense of justice.

For the past two years our parents lived in the Memorial Home at Moundridge. Until recently mother enjoyed reasonably good health. Following a 12-week illness, death came quietly to relieve her of her pain.

She leaves to mourn her departure her beloved husband, Rev. P. P. Wedel; two sons, Richard and Silas, and six daughters, Erma (Mrs. Jake J. Vogt), Wilma (Mrs. Eli Stucky), Maryann (Mrs. Maurice Lawler), Laura Mae (Mrs. Willis Voran), Esther (Mrs. Caroll Waltner), and DeLores (Mrs. Gordon Sawatzky), and their companions; 20 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, three brothers and many other relatives and friends.

We may not grieve as others who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep (1 Thess. 4:13-14.) — The Family.

The Mennonite obituary: 1968 Sep 17 p. 576