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Bartel, Emma (1897-1958)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Nov 6 p. 1
Date of Birth: 1897 Aug 12, Kansas
Date of Death: 1958 Oct 25, Kansas
text of obituary:
Retired Mennonite Brethren Editor, Former Missionary Die at Hillsboro
SERVICES FOR P. H. BERG AND EMMA BARTEL HELD AT M. B. CHURCH
Hillsboro, Kan. — Death removed two long-time workers in the Mennonite Brethren Conference with the passing here of P. H. Berg, 76, retired editor and manager of the M. B. Publishing House, and Emma Bartel, 61, former missionary to China.
Funeral services for both were held at the Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, on Oct. 31 and Oct. 29, respectively.
Mr. Berg died of a heart attack at his home on Oct. 28. Born in Russia, he came to the Corn, Okla. community as a young man. He had served in conference publication work for over 35 years. He was manager of the publishing house for 21 years, and had been editor of the “Zionsbote,” the”Vorwaerts” (later the “Hillsboro Journal”) and the”Christian Leader.”
Miss Bartel was born here Aug. 12, 1897, attended Tabor College and the Bethel Deaconess Hospital school of nursing in Newton. She and her sister Bena went to China as missionaries in 1924 and remained until1951. During the war they were interned by the Communists, and eventually had to leave the country.
Since her return from China Miss Bartel had served as a nurse at the Salem Hospital here. She suffered a paralytic stroke in August and had been hospitalized since then.
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Biographical note:
Hillsboro, Kansas
Daughter of Gerhard H. and Eva (Bartel) Bartel
Single
Missionary nurse (MB) -- China 1924-1951
Hospital nurse -- Hillsboro, Kansas
Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Deaconess Hopsital School of Nursing 1921
Photo holdings:
Individual -- 1921 Newton, Kansas
Sources:
MWR 11/6/1958 p. 1
Grandma Online Profile 11707
Find A Grave 9501343: Note DOD listed as 1975 but photo of tombstone shows 1958. Buried next to her sister, Bena Bartel, who served as a missionary with her in China. Bena died in 1975.