Albrecht, Chris J. (1868-1948)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1948 Apr 22 p. 3

Birth date: 1868 Dec 27

text of obituary:

CHRIS J. ALBRECHT

Chris J. Albrecht was born Dec. 27, 1868, in South Russia. He departed this life March 20, 1948, at 3:20 p. m. at the Valley View hospital, Monroe, Washington, at the age of 79 years.

During the year 1874 he, with his parents, emigrated to America. They lived in Illinois a few years, after which the family went to McPherson county, Kansas, where he received his early schooling, and later to Reno county, where he grew to young manhood.

On Nov. 28, 1895, he was united in holy wedlock to Frances Zerger. To this union were born two sons and three daughters. During this time they lived at Weatherford, Oklahoma, having lived 23 years in Oklahoma. The family moved to a farm at Kingman, Kansas in the year 1919, where, on March 2, 1924, his beloved companion passed away, leaving the husband and four children to mourn her early departure.

In September he and his four children moved to Monroe, Washington, where he lived for nearly 24 years.

He had been in failing health for the past seven years, suffering with a bad heart condition and dropsy. Friday afternoon, March 19, 1948, he entered the Valley View hospital at Monroe. According to hospital attendants, after several hours he passed into a coma from which he did not rally except to speak a few words to his son before he died.

He leaves to mourn his departure two daughters, Elma Albrecht, Mrs. Linda Peters; two sons, Walter and Raymond; one daughter-in-law and one son-in-law and five grandchildren, all of Route 2, Monroe, Wash.; two brothers and one sister, G. G. Albrecht, Kingman, Kans., Ben Albrecht, Gentry, Arkansas, and Mrs. Anna Loewen, Hutchinson. One daughter, Clara, died in infancy.

Mr. Albrecht was a farmer all his life until his health began to fail. He was a charter member of the Mennonite Country church.

We mourn not as those who have no hope. Father left us with the full assurance of eternal life.

Funeral services were held March 23 at 1:00 p. m. at the Purdy and Kerr Funeral Home in Monroe, with the Rev. Alfred Schwartz officiating. He was laid to rest in the Monroe Memorial Park. — The Children.