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Epp, Maria Thiessen Kroeker (1846-1927)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1927 Jul 6 p. 3

Birth date: 1846 Jun 29


text of obituary:

Mrs. Peter Epp

Maria Thiessen Epp was born in Sparrau Molotschna, South Russia, June 29, 1846. Here her youth was spent with her parents till march 21, 1876, when she was united in marriage with Abraham Kroeker.

This marriage was blessed with ten children, eight sons and two daughters of which five sons and one daughter have passed before her.

In 1874 they immigrated to America and settled in Reno County, Kan., near Buhler.