Grove, Emma Ellen Haun (1870-1948)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1948 Jan 8 p. 5

Birth date: 1870 Dec 25

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— Funeral services are to be held at the Pennsylvania Mennonite church near Hesston on Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Emma Grove, 76, a resident of the Hesston community for 40 years who passed away at the Axtell hospital here on Monday. The services are to be in charge of Earl Buckwalter. Mrs. Grove is survived by her husband, J. M. Grove; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Beck of Peabody, Mrs. Albert Weaver of Hesston, and Gladys Grove, R. N., of Hillsboro; and one son, Fred H. Grove of Limon, Colo.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1948 Jan 22 p. 3

text of obituary:

MRS. EMMA GROVE

Emma Ellen Grove, daughter of Peter A, and Mary Krantz Haun, was born at Cullom, Illinois, December 25, 1870. She died of coronary occlusion at the Axtell Christian Hospital, Newton, January 5, 1948, at the age of 77 years and 11 days.

At the age of 16 during a series of meetings by J. S. Coffman, she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Mennonite church. On November 19, 1891, she was united in marriage to John Martin Grove. To them were born four children: Mary, (Mrs. Lester Beck) Peabody, Kansas; Fred H., Limon, Colorado; Gladys, Hillsboro, Kansas; and Ruth (Mrs. Albert Weaver), Hesston.

In the spring of 1898 the family moved to Garden City, Missouri. They again moved in 1908 and settled on a farm near Newton. For the last three years their home has been in Hesston.

The golden wedding in 1941 and the 55th anniversary in 1946, which were celebrated by this unbroken family, will be cherished memories.

All her life she was an earnest, active member of the church. For eleven years she served as superintendent of the Primary Department of the Pennsylvania Sunday School. She loved children and worked with them naturally and happily. Until the last she always wanted to sit in church where she could watch the children going to Primary Sunday School. She was a cheerful, patient, loving wife, mother, and grandmother and a friendly, thoughtful, and helpful neighbor.

During her illness all possible medical aid was given to her. She became ill a few days before Christmas, but on Christmas Day she felt so much better that her entire family, who came in to enjoy the day with her, felt much encouraged. Her grandchildren and two little great-grandchildren were a great joy to her. The day following Christmas her illness became more acute and she was taken to the hospital where she remained a week. Before going to the hospital, she told her family that it was now her time to go on ahead of them, that they should remain faithful and come to meet her later on. She made suggestions for funeral arrangements. The last three days she was unconscious and could speak to no one except to God. To Him she murmured frequently, "Come Lord, take me; I am ready to go now.”

She is the last remaining member of her paternal family, having been preceded in death by her parents, brothers, and sisters and one granddaughter, Doris Irene Beck, and one great-grandson, Martin Duane Weaver.

Besides her immediate family she is survived by eight grandchildren, Evelyn, Harold and Carol Beck; Ruby Grove Weaver and her husband Ralph; Albert Junior Weaver and his wife Naomi; Gene, Wanda Lee and Donald Weaver, and by two great-grandchildren, Fred Ralph Weaver and Kathleen Jo Weaver.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, January 8, at 1:30 at the home and at 2:30 at the Pennsylvania Mennonite church, with the Rev. Earl Buckwalter in charge. Burial was in the cemetery nearby.