Frey, Elma Woelk (1913-1938)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1938 Oct 12 p. 5

Birth date: 1913 Feb 25

text of obituary:

Elma Woelk Frey.

My dear wife, Elma Woelk Frey, was born February 25, 1913, near Goessel, Kansas. She received her education in the public schools and later attended the Goessel high school, from which she graduated in 1932.

She was baptized upon confession of her faith on June 8, 1930, by the Rev. P. H. Richert and accepted as member into the Tabor church of which she remained faithful to the end. She was a willing worker in the church taught Sunday school for a number of years and was an active member in the sewing society, of which she was secretary at present.

On September 23, 1934, we were united in holy matrimony by the Rev. P. H. Richert.

On our fourth wedding anniversary she became sick and was taken to the Bethesda hospital the following day where all that medical and loving care could offer was given her. Although many prayers were offered all seemed to be in vain for the Lord's will was to take her to her eternal rest.

After nine days of serious illness she passed away on September 28, 1938, at 3:40 p.m. to met her Savior whom she in all simplicity served and loved. Her death followed complications after an operation for appendicitis.

She was a loving wife, willing to serve whenever possible. As wife she was always concerned about the welfare of our home, often forgetting her own well-being.

She leaves to mourn her too early departure, me her husband, John W. Frey; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Woelk; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Pete Frey; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Schroeder; two sisters, Dora and Olga (Mrs. Walter Franz); two brothers, Rudolph and Herbert; nine sisters-in-law, seven brothers-in-law and a host of relatives and friends.

She reached the age of 25 years, 7 months and 3 days.

I wish to thank all who have so kindly shown their sympathy during the sickness and death of my loved one, for the doctors and nurses care at the hospital and the many prayers offered during her illness.

     I cannot say, I will not say
That she is dead, — She is just away!
     With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
She has wandered into an unknown land,
     But left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since she lingers there
     But you — O you, who the wildest yearn
For the old time step and the gland return,
     Think of her faring on, as dear
In the love of there as the love of here;
     Think of her still as the same, I say:
She is not dead — she is just away!

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, October 2, at 1 p.m. at the Tabor church. The Rev. P. H. Richert gave a German sermon based on Romans 14:7 - 8 and the Rev. P. H. Unruh in the English language, based on 2 Cor. 5:8 and Acts 2:38. A male quartet sang two numbers "God's Loving Hand" and "With me all the Way". She was laid to rest in the church cemetery. — The bereaved Husband.

The Mennonite obituary: 1938 Oct p. 1513