Hartzler, Mamie Yoder (1882-1955)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Aug 4 p. 1

Birth date: 1882 Sep 15

text of obituary:

Called Away In Death At Oslow [sic Oslo], Norway

ACUTE APPENDICITIS ATTACK FATAL TO MRS. J. E. HARTZLER

Goshen, Ind. — Mrs. Mamie (Yoder) Hartzler, wife of Dr. J. E. Hartzler, died unexpectedly Friday, July 19, at Oslo, Norway, while she and her husband were on a tour of northern Europe and the Scandinavian countries.

The news of her death, due to an attack of acute appendicitis, came as a shock to the many friends of Dr. and Mrs. Hartzler here.

Dr. Hartzler returned to the States by plane and arrived in Goshen on Monday, bringing with the the ashes of the body, which had been cremated. Memorial services will held at the Eighth Street Mennonite Church, Friday, Aug. 5, at 2:00 p.m.

The Hartzlers were married at Bellefontaine, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1910. Besides the husband, one son, John of Ashland, Ohio, and one daughter, Helen of Los Angeles, Calif., survive.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Aug 11 p. 5

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Funeral Services Friday Afternoon

Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. Hartzler, 72, who died of acute appendicitis at Oslo, Norway while on a trip with her husband, were held at the Eighth Street Mennonite church Friday afternoon, Aug. 5

The services were conducted by Rev. Robert Hartzler, pastor of the church and Rev. A. E. Kreider.

Mrs. Hartzler’s body was cremated at Osla and the ashes brought back home by Dr. Hartzler. The ashes were buried in Violett Cemetery.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Sep 15 p. 8

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MAMIE YODER HARTZLER

Mamie Yoder Hartzler, wife of J. E. Hartzler, and eldest daughter of David S. and Armenon Yoder, Bellefontaine, Ohio, was born on Sept. 15, 1882, and died in Oslo, Norway, while on a study tour with her husband. A severe attack of acute appendicitis, without warning, brought the end in four days in the Luthran Diakonhjemments (Hospital) in Oslo, reported the best in Norway.

Mrs. Hartzler was a graduate of Goshen College, a public school teacher for a number of years, a member of the Mennonite Church from her youth, and was joined in marriage with J. E. Hartzler on Oct. 5, 1910.

Together they lived a very busy and happy family, church and professional life. Mamie was a wife, a mother, a home-maker and church worker without superior. She was always greatly interested ond [sic] most helpful in the work of her husband, and she always shared patiently in the hard as well as in the happy experiences that came during his professional career.

Mrs. Hartzler accompanied her husband on several study and lecture tours through Europe, Palestine and Egypt. She lived a full, rich and creative life in every way. Her passing is a great loss to her husband, to her children, to her church and to her neighbors. There will be a vacancy in her home and in her church. We give her back to God inasmuch as she was His before she was ours.

"As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs,
Goes down with a great shout upon the hills,
And leaves a lonesome place against the sky."

Appropriate memorial services were held in the Eighth Street Mennonite church on Friday, August 5, 1955, at 2:00 P. M. with Rev. A. E. Kreider and Rev. Robert Hartzler officiating. The final resting place is in the Violet Cemetery, near Goshen, Ind.

The Mennonite obituary: 1955 Sep 20 p. 590