Burkhalter, Martha Rose (1889-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Oct 7 p. 10

Birth date: 1889

text of obituary:

RETIRED MISSIONARY TO INDIA DIES AT FORT WAYNE, IND.

Miss Martha Burkhalter of Berne, Ind., long-time missionary to India under the General Conference Mennonite Church, died Monday evening according to word received by the Board of Missions office here.

Death came at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne where she had been critically ill for several weeks. She would have reached her 76th birthday on Oct. 12.

Miss Burkhalter served on the India field for more than 41 years, having retired in 1959.

Funeral services are to be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Mennonite Church of Berne.

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