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Graber, Jakob K. (1860-1942)
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1942 Jun 18 p. 5 |
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| + | After a very pleasant Sunday, at church in the morning, and walking around in the yard at his home at Pretty Prairie, Kansas, in the afternoon, visiting with his friends and relatives, J. K. Graber was summoned home about midnight Sunday night, June 8, and passed quietly away. He had been a resident at Pretty Prairie for almost sixty years, and was past the 81 year mark at the time of his death. |
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| + | Funeral services were held June 10, at the Mennonite church, conducted by the Rev. P. P. Tschetter and Rev. P. P. Wedel. Interment was made in the Mennonite church cemetery. |
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| + | Jacob K. Graber, son of Peter and Freni Goering Graber, was born on September 26, 1860, in Northwestern Poland, of Swiss ancestry. He came with his parents to the United States in 1874, settling near Yankton, S. D., where he experienced the rigors and hardships of frontier life on what was then one vast prairie domain. |
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| + | The ten years he lived in Dakota Territory, were hard ones, for he worked as a hand laborer, livery stable driver, and helped build two of the early railroads that linked together the towns southeast and northwest from Marion Junction. For |
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Revision as of 09:34, 31 October 2013
Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 1942 Jun 23 p. 11
Birth date: 1860 Sep 26
text of obituary:
Jakob K. Graber, Sohn von Peter O. und Freni Göring Graber, ward am 26. Sept. 1860 in Polen geboren, war aber schweizerischer Herkunft. 1874 kam er mit Eltern nach Yankton, S. Dakota. Die 10 Jahre in Dakota auf offener Prairie waren schwer, wo er als junger Mann auf Tagelohn im Leihstall und 4 Jahre am Bau und als Streckenarbeiter an der Chicago, Milwaukee und St. Paul Eisenbahn tätig war. Der belle Schneeglanz auf weiter Flur blendete ihn einst so, daß er 3 Tage im dunkeln Zimmer bleiben mußte um wieder sehen zu können. Im Blizzard von 1885 verlor er einen Bruder und mehrere Freunde. Am 18. Mai 1878 ward er von Aelt. John. Schrag getauft und Glied der Salem Gemeinde. Am 18. Okt. 1883 heiratete er Maria Graber, die, wie er übers Wasser kam. Im März 1884 kamen sie nach Pretty Prairie, Kansas, wo er 57 Jahre wohnte und die Gegend von roher Prairie zu einer fruchtbaren Gegend sich umwandeln sah und dazu mithalf. Sein Leben war ereignisvoll, von Leiden nicht verschont, was Geduld und geistliche Festigkeit erforderte. Heiterer natur, sah er das leben von der besten Seite an, und trug körperliche Verletzungen und Unglück. Er war einer der letzten der Gründer der Pretty Prairie Gemeinden, und auch von denen, die hier zuerst ansiedelten und hier Kinder und Kindeskinder aufwachsen sahen. Er starb plötzlich am Herzschlag am 8. Juni 1942 im Alter von 81 Jahren, 8 M. und 12. Tagen, und hinterläßt 5 Töchter, 4 Söhne, 5 Schwiegersöhne, 4 Schwiegertöchter, 5 Halbbrüder und viele Freunde. Beim Begräbnis dienten die Prediger P. P. Wedel und P. P. Tschetter mit Trostworten.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1942 Jun 18 p. 5
text of obituary:
J. K. Graber
After a very pleasant Sunday, at church in the morning, and walking around in the yard at his home at Pretty Prairie, Kansas, in the afternoon, visiting with his friends and relatives, J. K. Graber was summoned home about midnight Sunday night, June 8, and passed quietly away. He had been a resident at Pretty Prairie for almost sixty years, and was past the 81 year mark at the time of his death.
Funeral services were held June 10, at the Mennonite church, conducted by the Rev. P. P. Tschetter and Rev. P. P. Wedel. Interment was made in the Mennonite church cemetery.
Jacob K. Graber, son of Peter and Freni Goering Graber, was born on September 26, 1860, in Northwestern Poland, of Swiss ancestry. He came with his parents to the United States in 1874, settling near Yankton, S. D., where he experienced the rigors and hardships of frontier life on what was then one vast prairie domain.
The ten years he lived in Dakota Territory, were hard ones, for he worked as a hand laborer, livery stable driver, and helped build two of the early railroads that linked together the towns southeast and northwest from Marion Junction. For
