Eitzen, D. P. (Mrs.) Nickel (1880-1929)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 May 29 p. 6

Birth date: 1880 Dec 16

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— Rev. D. D. Eitzen, student at Bethel College left for his home at Mt. Lake, Minn., to be at the bedside of his dying mother. Word has since been received that his mother, Mrs. D. P. Eitzen, wife of Rev. D. P. Eitzen, passed away Saturday morning and the funeral will be held Thursday. Many friends here join in expressing their sympathy for Dave and his father and family in their grief at the loss of their mother. The very finest confidence and companionship are known to have existed between Dave and his mother and he feels the loss perhaps, more than others.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 Jun 12 p. 4

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Mrs. D. P. Eitzen

Mt. Lake, Minn., May 30. — Funeral services for Mrs. D. P. Eitzen, who died Saturday after a period of suffering which dates back for some time, will be conducted this afternoon (Thursday) from the Bergfelder Church. It is expected that hundreds will come to pay their respects to the deceased wife of the pastor of the church.

The deceased, daughter of Elder Theodore Nickel, was born on December 16, 1880, and spent the days of her youth upon the parental farm five miles southeast of Mountain Lake. In 1899, upon confession of faith, she was baptized and taken into the church. The following year she married her now mourning husband, Rev. D. P. Eitzen. The union was blessed with four sons and one daughter; one son however, dying in infancy.

As a young woman, she enjoyed perfect health, but as she grew older, she complained of ailments often, and at times they were really serious. About fifteen years ago she was taken with a stroke, and since that time has been ailing more or less ever since, and a weak heart brought about more complications. On March 25th, she was operated for gall stones in the local hospital, and the operation seemed to be successful. After three weeks of care, she was able to return to her home, but instead of improving, her condition grew worse. She was taken to the hospital once more, and after further recovery, again taken home, where she longed to be. Her condition grew worse at once, and she was taken to the Bethel hospital a final time, where she heard the call of the creator on last Saturday, may 25th, shortly before nine o'clock in the evening.

She leaves to mourn her departure her widower, three sons and one daughter-in-law, her eighty-year-old mother, seven brothers, one uncle and an aunt and many, many friends, who sympathize with the family in their bereavement. — Mt. Lake Observer.