Doerksen, Justina T. (1892-1960)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Dec 29 p. 6

Birth date: 1892 Oct 10

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— A two-car collision at an intersection of township roads southeast of Buhler last Sunday afternoon claimed the lives of Miss Tina Doerksen, 68, and her sister, Miss Gertrude Doerksen, 70, of McPherson, and critically injured their 79-year-old brother, J. T. Doerksen, driver of one of the cars. He was taken to Grace Hospital in Hutchinson. Larry Dean Martens, 16, of Buhler was the driver of the other car. He and his brother Leslie, 14, were treated for minor injuries at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital here and released. Another passenger in the car, 14-year-old Gordon Schmidt of Buhler, was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a jaw injury.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Jan 5 p. 6

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— The Christmas Day car crash southeast of Buhler claimed its third victim — all members of a McPherson family — with the death of Jacob T. Doerksen, 82, early Tuesdy [sic] in a Hutchinson hospital. Mr. Doerksen's two sisters, Gertrude and Tina Doerksen, 70 and 68 years of age, died in the wreckage of their car. Three Buhler youths in the other car escaped with comparatively minor injuries. Double funeral services for the sisters were held Dec. 28 in the Church of the Brethren at McPherson. Services for their brother are scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the same church. The Doerksens had attended a Christmas gathering at the J. W. Kroeker home, Buhler.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Feb 9 p. 8

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JUSTINA T. DOERKSEN

Justina T. Doerksen, daughter of Gearhard [sic Gerhard] and Sarah [sic Sara] Thiessen Doerksen, was born Oct. 10, 1892, at Buhler, Kan., the community where she attended church, the public schools and grew to womanhood. On Dec. 5, 1909, she was baptized and became a member of the Zoar K.M.B. Church of Inman.

In 1911, she came to McPherson and transferred her church membership to the Church of the Brethren. She loved her Savior, and remained loyal to her church even though regular attendance had been difficult. She had been associated with McPherson college for many years, as a cook, and had done some nursing also.

Justina Doerksen was a good Christian woman, and her life as marked as one that truly rendered service above self to those about her.