Baehr, Jacob Peter (1881-1981)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1981 Apr 16 p. 8

Birth date: 1881 March 28, Stockborn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date of Death: 1981 April 10, Hesston, Kansas

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Jacob Peter Baehr, formerly of North Newton, died at Schowalter Villa in Hesston Apr. 10 at the age of 100. Baehr had been the subject of a recent feature article in the Review highlighting his 100th birthday March 28. He was born in Germany and had married Edna Martin in 1912. She died in 1970. Survivors include four sons, Paul of Chicago, Ill.; Karl of Garden City, Rufus of Evanston, Ill. and Herbert of Fillmore, Calif.; one daughter, Ruth Shephard of Fitchburg, Mass.; a sister, Elizabeth Moser of Bluffton, Ohio; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services were conducted at the Bethel College Mennonite Church Apr. 12 by John A. Esau and Donald Kaufman.

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Stockborn, Bavaria
Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Schowalter) Boehr
Married Edna C. Martin 1912 June 9, Newton, Kansas
Minister -- Kansas, Ohio, Illinois
Insurance salesman -- Newton, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Academy 1912

Photo holdings:
Individual
Individual -- Freeman, SD
With sister, Lena -- c. 1912
With wife, Edna
See Emil J. Waltner (1883-1981) for group photo

Sources:
Obituary
Grandma Profile #414084
Note: Jacob changed the spelling from Boehr to Baehr.
Photo with wife from Ronald A. Krehbiel 1996