Voth, William Cornelius (1888-1962)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 May 17 p. 6

Birth date: 1888 Mar 10

text of obituary:

Veteran Missionary Called Away In Death

Rev. William C. Voth, 74, missionary under the General Conference for 40 years, died Sunday evening at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. Rev. Voth had been in ill health for sometime but the immediate cause of death was heart attack.

Since returning from their last term of service in Japan and Formosa in 1958, Rev. and Mrs. Voth have resided at 221 S. Walnut street in Newton. They entered missionary service in China in 1919, continuing their after successive furlough until 1939. Later they served intermittently on fields in South America, the Far East and in the United States.

Rev. Voth was born March 10, 1888 in Lehigh, Kans., the son of Cornelius C. and Sara Voth. June 19, 1918, he was married to Matilda Kliewer at Grace Hill Mennonite Church east of Newton, who now survives together with the following children: Mrs. Wm. (Maurine) Regehr, Oraibi, Ariz.; Mrs. Helmut (Helen) Bertrand, North Newton; Stanley, Henderson, Nebr., and Leland of Ithaca, N. Y. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. J. J. Janzen of Medford, Okla., and one brother, Edward D. of Newton.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, 10:30 a.m., at the Bethel College Church, of which he was a member. Rev. Russell L. Mast, the pastor, and Rev. P. A. Wedel, pastor of the Bethel Mennonite Church, Inman, will officiate.

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