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Harder, Bernard W. (1877-1970)
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| − | — Rev. Bernard W. Harder, 93, retired minister of Route 1, Whitewater, died Aug. 12 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a stroke about a week earlier. The funeral was conducted Saturday forenoon at the Emmaus Mennonite Church, with Rev. L. R. Amstutz, Dr. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, Rev. E. J. Miller and Dr. D. C. Wedel officiating. Rev. Harder had served as pastor of the Emmaus church for 36 years, and was also a teacher and farmer. He was a member of the Bethel College Church, North |
+ | — Rev. Bernard W. Harder, 93, retired minister of Route 1, Whitewater, died Aug. 12 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a stroke about a week earlier. The funeral was conducted Saturday forenoon at the Emmaus Mennonite Church, with Rev. L. R. Amstutz, Dr. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, Rev. E. J. Miller and Dr. D. C. Wedel officiating. Rev. Harder had served as pastor of the Emmaus church for 36 years, and was also a teacher and farmer. He was a member of the Bethel College Church, North Newton. Surviving are two sons, J. S. and B. G. Harder, both of Route 1, Whitewater; one sister, Mrs. Gus Reimer of Whitewater; two brothers, G. A. of Newton and Willie of Sterling, Idaho; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. |
Revision as of 10:36, 10 December 2013
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Aug 20 p. 8
Birth date: 1877 Jul 30
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— Rev. Bernard W. Harder, 93, retired minister of Route 1, Whitewater, died Aug. 12 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a stroke about a week earlier. The funeral was conducted Saturday forenoon at the Emmaus Mennonite Church, with Rev. L. R. Amstutz, Dr. Lloyd L. Ramseyer, Rev. E. J. Miller and Dr. D. C. Wedel officiating. Rev. Harder had served as pastor of the Emmaus church for 36 years, and was also a teacher and farmer. He was a member of the Bethel College Church, North Newton. Surviving are two sons, J. S. and B. G. Harder, both of Route 1, Whitewater; one sister, Mrs. Gus Reimer of Whitewater; two brothers, G. A. of Newton and Willie of Sterling, Idaho; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The Mennonite obituary: 1970 Oct 6 p. 608
text of obituary:
Bernhard W. Harder, Emmaus Church, Whitewater, Kan., was born July 30, 1877, at Whitewater, and died Aug. 12. He was ordained to the ministry in 1902, served the Emmaus Church for thirty-seven years, and was an officer of the Western District Conference.
