Kornelsen, Sara Harms (1897-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Sep 12 p. 8

Birth date: 1897

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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• Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Kornelsen, 77, of Hillsboro were held the afternoon of Sept. 5 at the Parkview M. B. Church there. Rev. Henry C. Born, the pastor, officiated. Mrs. Kornelsen died Sept. 3 at Salem Hospital. A native of rural Hillsboro, she married George C. Kornelsen in 1921 at the Springfield K.M.B. church near Goessel. They lived at Hillsboro, Greensburg and Inman. Mr. Kornelsen died in 1961. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Mrs. Vernon Friesen and Mrs. Ernest Dirks, all of Hillsboro; one brother, Rev. W. W. Harms of Hillsboro; two sisters, Mrs. H. W. Berg and Mrs. Abe Kornelsen, both of Hillsboro; and nine grandchildren.