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Speer, Ruth Edna Borth (1919-1940)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Sep 25 p. 5
Birth date: 1919
text of obituary:
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— Relatives here have received word from Winton, Calif., of the sudden death of Mrs. Ruth Broth Spier [sic Speer], formerly of Cheney, Kansas. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Borth of Cheney, her husband to whom she was married less than a year, and a large circle of relatives and friends. She was a member of the Pretty Prairie Mennonite church. Funeral services were held at Winton on Monday.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Oct 2 p. 6
text of obituary:
Ruth Edna Speer, daughter of Ephraim and Clara Borth, was born May 18, 1919; died September 19, 1940, in the Merced hospital, Merced, California, at the age of 21 years, 4 months and 1 day.
She was born near Moundridge, Kansas, and later as a little girl moved to Cheney, Kansas, with her parents.
At the age of eight she was suddenly taken very ill and underwent a major operation which nearly took her life. During that time she definitely gave her heart to the Lord Jesus Christ. At the point of death she lifted her little arms and said, "I see Jesus." It however pleased the Lord to leave her with her parents for a few more years. The days of her convalescence were days of blessing for those about her, for she was a living witness to the goodness of the Lord.
