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Janzen, Clayton (1931-1948)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jan 13 p. 1

Birth date: 1931

text of obituary:

DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR BROTHERS WHO DIED IN HOLIDAY TRAGEDY

Mountain Lake, Minn. — A large congregation of relatives and friends attended double funeral services at the Bethel Mennonite church here on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 29, for Robert and Clayton Janzen, brothers who were fatally injured in the auto accident involving the Theodore Janzen family near Gallup, N. M. ten days earlier. Rev. Erland Waltner was in charge of the services.

Clayton, 17, regained consciousness several days after the accident, but joined his older brother in death on Friday, Dec. 24.

The parents and a daughter Doris, 18, were also injured in the accident and were unable to return here for the funeral.