Grieschar, Ellen Marie Krehbiel (1902-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Jan 22 p. 8

Birth date: 1902

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Funeral services for Ellen Marie Krehbiel Grieschar, 85, of Hesston, a former nurse, were held on Jan. 16 at Schowalter Villa Chapel, Hesston. Graveside services were held later that day at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Emporia with David Habegger and Wesley Jantz officiating. She died on Jan. 13 at Schowalter Villa. A native of Deer Creek, Okla., she lived in Emporia until moving to Hesston in 1972 and was a member of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Survivors include one son, Lafayette C. Grieschar of Emporia; one brother, Abe Krehbiel of Ephrata, Wash.; two sisters, Susan Penner of Hesston and Irma Loganbill of Needville, Texas; and five grandchildren. she was preceded in death in 1961 by her husband, Lafayette Grieschar.