Penner, Martha Richert (d. 1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Oct 24 p. 8

Birth date: 1881

text of obituary:

— Funeral services were conducted Saturday forenoon at the First Mennonite Church for Mrs. Martha Penner, 76, widow of the late Rev. P. A. Penner and a missionary to India for many years. Death came Wednesday evening at the Bethel Home for the Aged, where she had lived since 1953. A native of the Goessel community, Mrs. Penner was married to Rev. Penner in 1909 and they retired from the work in India in 1941. Rev. Penner died in 1949. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. H. R. Schmidt of Newton; two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter; one brother, Prof D. H. Richert of North Newton; and one sister, Mrs. H. D. Epp of Henderson, Neb. Officiating at the services in the church were Rev. J. E. Entz, Rev. John Thiessen, and Rev. Orlando Waltner. Rev. W. F. Unruh conducted the commital service in Greenwood cemetery.

The Mennonite obituary: 1957 Nov 19 p. 725