Balzer, Ida Gaede (1892-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Mar 27 p. 8

Date of Birth: 1892 December 22, Kansas
Date of Death: 1975 March 18, Kansas

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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● Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Balzer, 82, a resident of Wheatland Homes at North Newton, were held Friday afternoon at the grace hill Mennonite Church southeast of Newton. Rev. E. J. Miller, the pastor, and Rev. S. D. Hartzler of newton officiated. Mrs. Balzer died March 18 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. The former Ida Gaede of Hillsboro, she married Abraham Balzer in 1913, and he died in 1969. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. H. P. Nickel of Buhler; three sons, Frank and Arnold, both of Newton, and Howard of Potwin; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Hiebert of Burns and Mrs. Pete Voth of Little River; one brother, Ruben Gaede of Geneseo; 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchidren.

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Hillsboro, Kansas
Married Abraham Balzer 1913 October 5, Hillsboro, Kansas
Homemaker -- Whitewater and Newton, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
See Abraham Balzer (1888-1969) for family photos
See Peter P. Schmidt (1881-1953) for group photos

Sources:
Obit, MWR 03/27/1975 p. 8
Grandma Profile #324123
Find A Grave 6431915