Balzer, Abraham (1888-1969)

Date of Birth: 1888 September 24, Kansas
Date of Death: 1969 June 25, Kansas

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Jul 3 p. 11
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Jul 24 p. 11
The Mennonite obituary: 1969 Sep 9 p. 539

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Whitewater, Kansas
Son of Peter and Eva (Klaassen) Balzer (wife 2, husband 1)
Married Ida Gaede 1913 October 5, Hillsboro, Kansas
Farmer -- Whitewater, Kansas
Stockyards night watchman -- Wichita, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
With wife (wedding) -- 1913
With another male (at car) -- (2 poses) from P.P. Schmidt collection
With wife and another couple -- c. 1920s (Identified by Elsie Schmidt Harms 1992)
See Peter P. Schmidt (1881-1953) for group photos

Sources:
MWR 7/24/1969 p. 11
J. Klaasen ... family 1987 p. 20 & 27
Grandma Profile #324053
(After he was married, he and his wife lived with his mother and stepfather for 21 years.)