Dirksen, Aganetha Krause (1874-1964)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Oct 22 p. 5

Birth date: 1874 Feb 4

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• Mrs. Peter H. Dirksen, one of only four surviving members of the Alexanderwohl group which migrated here from Russia 90 years ago, died Monday at the Memorial Home for Aged, Moundridge, where she had been making her home. Mrs. Dirksen was born in South Russia on Feb. 4, 1874 , and came to Kansas the same year with her parents, Jacob and Anna Pankratz [”sic” the family surname was Krause]. She leaves three daughters, of whom Mrs. Herman P. Schroeder and Mrs. Adolf J. Schroeder live in Newton, four sons, 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Home and the Newton First Mennonite Church, with Rev. Arnold Epp officiating.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Oct 29 p. 5

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• Funeral services for Mrs. Peter H. Dirksen, 90, were held last Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Home for Aged in Moundridge, where she had been residing, and the Newton First Mennonite Church. Mrs. Dirksen, the former Aganetha Krause, died Oct. 19.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Nov 19 p. 11

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MRS. AGANETHA DIRKSEN

Mrs. Aganetha (Krause) Dirksen, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Pankratz) Krause, was born in Gnadenthal, South Russia on Feb. 4, 1874. During the same year she immigrated to America with her parents, settling in McPherson County, Kan.

She made her profession of faith in Christ in 1892 at which time she also took catechetical instruction and was baptized upon the confession of her faith by Elder Jacob Buller and received into the fellowship of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church.

In 1893, she entered into holy wedlock with Peter H. Dirksen. Performing the ceremony was Rev. Peter Balzer who chose as his text, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31),

In 1920 her church membership was transferred to the newly organized Goessel Mennonite Church. In 1936 Mrs. Dirksen with her husband retired in Newton and shortly thereafter transferred her membership to the First Mennonite Church , of Newton. Here she remained a faithful member to the end of her earthly pilgrimage. Her husband passed away in 1952. She died on Oct. 19, 1964 at 8 a.m. in the Mercy Hospital at Moundridge.

Survivors include seven children: Augusta, Mrs. Herman Schroeder, Elizabeth [sic Elisabeth], Mrs. Adolf J. Schroeder, of Newton; Menno and wife Edna, Theodore and wife Martha, Roland and wife Rosella, of Moundridge; Anna, Mrs. Marvin A. Schroeder of Kansas City; Peter K. and wife Dorothy of Flagstaff, Ariz.; one son-in-law, Leo Osbourn [sic Osbourne] of Manhattan; 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

Two daughters, Mathilda, Mrs. Leo Osbourn [sic Osbourne] and Rachel; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild preceded her in death.

The Mennonite obituary: 1964 Dec 1 p. 751