Basinger, Marie Enns (1890-1966)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 7 Apr 1966 p. 7

Date of Birth: 1890, Chicago (see alternate date below)
Date of Death: 1966 March 22, Mt. Lake, Minnesota

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Daughter of John F. and Minnie "Wilhelmena" (Sohr) Enns
Adopted daughter of Rev. Jacob J. and Susanna (Franz) Balzer, at age 3
Married Harvey Raymond Basinger MD 1915 September 15, Pandora, Ohio (Alternate location is Mountain Lake, Minnesota)
Piano teacher -- Mt. Lake, Minnesota

Bethel alumni note:
Bluffton College

Photo holdings:
See Jacob J. Balzer for family photo

Sources:
Who's Who Among Mennonites--Basinger
Grandma Profile #1356483, as ____ Balzer, daughter of Jacob J and Susanna Balzer, no other information
Grandma Profile #595846, as Marie Enns, DOB 1889 October 17, Chicago, Illinois. Mother, Minnie, died in 1892.
Mennonite Weekly Review 1966 April 7, p. 7 obituary--Born in 1890 in Chicago to John and Wilhelmena Enns. Brought to Mountain Lake at the age of three and raised by Rev. Jacob and Susanna Balzer.