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Boehr, John (1899-1968)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Jul 25 p. 3
Birth date: 1899
text of obituary:
Bluffton, Ohio. — John Boehr, 69, a natural foods salesman and retired farmer of rural Bluffton, met death in a car-truck accident 17 miles north of Fort Wayne, Ind. on July 15. Death was due to a fractured neck and chest injuries.
Funeral services were held at the Diller funeral home here with Rev. Wilmer Shelly officiating. Memorial gifts were designated for the organ fund of the First Mennonite Church, of which Mr. Boehr was a member.
A native of Wisner, Neb., Mr. Boehr is survived by his wife, the former Edna Wiebe, whom he married in 1926; two sons, Richard J. of Bluffton and Joel of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Ezra (Lena) Moser and Mrs. Marie Brand, both of Bluffton; two brothers, Henry of Beatrice, Neb., and Jacob P. of Hesston, Kan.; and seven grandchildren.
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