Classen, Sara F. Reimer (1923-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 May 8 p. 11

Birth date: 1923 Mar 29

text of obituary:

SARA F. CLASSEN

Sara F. Classen, 83, of Hesston, Kan., died April 2, 2006. She was born March 29, 1923, to John J. and Mary J. (Friesen) Reimer in Meade.

She married Edward Classen on July 30, 1944, in Meade.

She was a homemaker. She volunteered for 30 years with organizations Victory in the Valley, the Etcetera Shop in Newton and the Union Rescue Mission in Wichita. She was a member of Koerner Heights Church of the Mennonite Brethren in Newton.

Survivors include her husband, Edward Classen of Hesston; a son, Dale Classen and his wife, Anita, of Salem, Ore.; two daughters, Regina Yoder of Newton and Marjorie Sommerfeld and her husband, Lyle, of Sharon Springs; four sisters, Mary Isaac, Elizabeth Isaac, Katherine Friesen and Eva Rempel; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, John F. Reimer; and two sisters, Agnes Classen and Anna Classen-Jantz.

Memorial services were held at Schowalter Villa Chapel in Hesston.