Albrecht, Lena Ratzlaff (1888-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Sep 19 p. 8

Birth date: 1888 Jul 21

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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• Mrs. Lena Albrecht, 86, widow of Rev. Abraham Albrecht, died Sept. 14 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Mennonite Church, with Dr. Albert Epp and Rev. Andrew Shelly officiating. Mrs. Albrecht, the former Lena Ratzlaff, married Rev. Albrecht in 1912. He died in 1955. She formerly was employed as a dietitian at Axtell Christian Hospital and Prairie View. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Dirks Sr. of Wollaston, Mass. and Mrs. Herbert Miller of Newton; one son, Paul of Claremont, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Willie Jantz of Hillsboro; one brother, Adam Ratzlaff of Salina; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Oct 17 p. 11

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MRS. LENA ALBRECHT

Lena Ratzlaff Albrecht, daughter of Susie and Andrew Ratzlaff, was born July 21, 1888, on a farm near Canton, Kan. and died Sept. 14, 1974 at the age of 86.

She was 16 years old when after instruction in catechism she confessed her faith in Christ as her Savior, was baptized, and became a member of the Canton Mennonite Church. In the more recent past she had been a faithful member of the First Mennonite Church of Newton.

She was married to Abraham Albrecht on July 19, 1912. To this union were born two daughters and a son for whom they provided a loving, Christian, and stimulating home. They also shared forty years of a varied and interesting ministry in schools and churches, serving the communities of Hesston, Newton, Hillsboro, Ransom and others for shorter periods until his death in 1955.

She found joy in her life of service to people whether in her home where she was a loving and concerned mother, or in the church where she taught Sunday school for many years, preparing her lessons with care because of her love for the members and in search for the truth in the Scriptures. She was interested in missions and mission circles. With her encouragement the first mission circle was founded in the Inman Mennonite Church, and she became its first president. She enjoyed very much her dietary work at Axtell Hospital and Prairie View Mental Health Center and worked hard that her service be of high standard.

Those of her family who will remember her life of loving service are her daughters, Frieda and husband Marvin Dirks of Wollaston, Mass., Martha and husband Herbert Miller of Newton, Kan. and son Paul and wife Bernice of Claremont, Calif.; her brother Adam Ratzlaff, and wife Harriet, and her sister Hilda and husband Willie Jantz; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.