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Johns, Otis N. (1889-1975)
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| + | It has been learned here that Otis N. Johns, retired bishop and pastor emeritus of the Beech Mennonite Church at Louisville, Ohio, died April 23 at the Hartville manor Nursing Home, Hartville, Ohio. |
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| + | Funeral services were conducted at the Beech church on Saturday, April 26. |
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| + | Bishop Johns served the Canton (Ohio) Mennonite Mission Church from 1923 to 1925, after which he became pastor and bishop of the Beech congregation and continued there until his retirement. He also had bishop oversight of other area congregations. |
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| + | Bishop Johns was a leader in youth work and sponsored the first Mennonite youth people's institute in Ohio. He was long active in the Ohio and Eastern Conference and the (Old) Mennonite General Conference, serving as assistant moderator of the General Conference in 1923-33 and as a member of several of its committees on youth work. He was also secretary of the Mennonite Publication Board for some years. |
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| + | A native of the Goshen, Ind. area, he attended the academy at Goshen College as well as the college. He married Margaret Rickert at Columbiana, Ohio in 1910. She survives with one son, three daughters, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. |
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| + | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1975 Jun 5 p. 11 |
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Revision as of 15:31, 7 November 2023
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 May 15 p. 5
Birth date: 1889
text of obituary:
Retired Bishop, Youth Leader Dies
It has been learned here that Otis N. Johns, retired bishop and pastor emeritus of the Beech Mennonite Church at Louisville, Ohio, died April 23 at the Hartville manor Nursing Home, Hartville, Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted at the Beech church on Saturday, April 26.
Bishop Johns served the Canton (Ohio) Mennonite Mission Church from 1923 to 1925, after which he became pastor and bishop of the Beech congregation and continued there until his retirement. He also had bishop oversight of other area congregations.
Bishop Johns was a leader in youth work and sponsored the first Mennonite youth people's institute in Ohio. He was long active in the Ohio and Eastern Conference and the (Old) Mennonite General Conference, serving as assistant moderator of the General Conference in 1923-33 and as a member of several of its committees on youth work. He was also secretary of the Mennonite Publication Board for some years.
A native of the Goshen, Ind. area, he attended the academy at Goshen College as well as the college. He married Margaret Rickert at Columbiana, Ohio in 1910. She survives with one son, three daughters, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jun 5 p. 11
