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Hostetler, Martha Elizabeth Bare (1885-1965)
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| + | Martha Elizabeth (Bare) Hostetler was born Sept. 18, 1885 at Marion, Kan.; died Dec. 5, 1965 at the Albany Mennonite Home for the Aged, Albany, Ore., at 80 years of age. |
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| + | At age 11 she moved with her parents from Marion, Kan. to Oronogo, Mo., a distance of 200 miles and a nine-day journey by wagon train. She spent her early years working as a licensed practical nurse in private homes. |
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| + | In 1913 she was united in marriage to Monroe Hostetler at Harper, Kan. She leaves two children, Mrs. Lloyd (Ferne) Driver, Hubbard, Ore., and Paul Hostetler, Milwaukie, Ore.; two sisters, Nannie Weaver of Missouri and Kate Underwood of California; one brother, Joe Bare, Kansas; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, who dearly loved and enjoyed just being with grandma. She would always remember each grandchild with a birthday card and letter. |
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Revision as of 21:15, 2 September 2010
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Feb 1966 p. 8
Birth date: 1885
text of obituary:
MRS. MARTHA HOSTETLER
Martha Elizabeth (Bare) Hostetler was born Sept. 18, 1885 at Marion, Kan.; died Dec. 5, 1965 at the Albany Mennonite Home for the Aged, Albany, Ore., at 80 years of age.
At age 11 she moved with her parents from Marion, Kan. to Oronogo, Mo., a distance of 200 miles and a nine-day journey by wagon train. She spent her early years working as a licensed practical nurse in private homes.
In 1913 she was united in marriage to Monroe Hostetler at Harper, Kan. She leaves two children, Mrs. Lloyd (Ferne) Driver, Hubbard, Ore., and Paul Hostetler, Milwaukie, Ore.; two sisters, Nannie Weaver of Missouri and Kate Underwood of California; one brother, Joe Bare, Kansas; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, who dearly loved and enjoyed just being with grandma. She would always remember each grandchild with a birthday card and letter.
