Flaming, Herman B. (1892-1974)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1974 Sep 26 p. 11

Birth date: 1892 Mar 9

text of obituary:

HERMAN B. FLAMING

Herman B. Flaming was born on March 9, 1892 in McPherson County, Kansas to Johaan [sic Johann] and Maria Enns Flaming. He died on march 27, 1974 at the Regional Hospital in Clinton, Okla. at the age of 82.

At the age of two he came with his parents and settled on a farm southwest of Corn, Okla. on which his parents had filed a claim. A few years alter they traded for a farm about three miles north of Corn, where he lived with his parents until his marriage in 1915. He attended the Springfield Grade School. He was baptized on May 23, 1915 by Rev. Johaan [sic Johann] Flaming and received as a member of the Bergthal Mennonite Church, Corn. He transferred his membership to the First Mennonite Church of Clinton, Okla. on Feb. 25, 1962 and continued in Christian fellowship with that congregation until his passing.

He married Eva Dick on Dec. 12, 1915 in the Bergthal Church. The ceremony was performed by his father. Two daughters, Erna and Ruth, were born to this union. Ruth died at birth.

At the time of their marriage they purchased a farm one mile north of the Bergthal Church and lived there until 1948, when they moved to a home they had purchased in Clinton. He was employed in the maintenance department of the Oklahoma General Hospital (now Clinton Regional Hospital) for about eight years.

Bible reading was an important spiritual exercise for him, and he loved to attend the worship services in the church.

He was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters.

Surviving are the wife of the home, his daughter Erna and husband, Alfred Schultz; one grandson, Joel Schultz and wife Margaret; four brothers, Ernest of Reedley, Calif., Fred, Alvin, and Clarence all of Weatherford, Okla.; and two sisters, Mary, Mrs. H. N. Kroeker of Corn, and Lydia Suderman of Weatherford.