Kanagy, John Ernest (1957-1958)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 May 29 p. 8

Birth date: 1957 Feb 27

text of obituary:

15-MONTH-OLD SON OF MISSIONARIES DROWNS IN JAPAN

Goshen, Ind. — Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brunk of Goshen received word May 20 of the drowning of their 15-month-old grandson, John Ernest Kanagy, at Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.

The little boy was the son of Lee and Adella (Brunk) Kanagy, now serving their second term in Japan under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.

The Brunks had earlier made arrangements to spend the summer with their children in Japan. They plan to sail from Seattle about June 1.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Jun 5 p. 8

text of obituary:

JOHN ERNEST KANAGY

John Ernest Kanagy, son of Lee and Adella Kanagy of Nakashibetsu, Nemuro-koku, Hokkaido, Japan, was born Feb. 27, 1957 at Elkhart, Ind. With his parents, two brothers and sister, he visited in many homes and churches in the U. S. and Canada during the first five months of his life.

At the age of five months John travelled with the family by ship to Japan, where his parents were called of God to teach the Good News of a Living Saviour. They returned to Nakashibetsu on August 25, 1957. Here John grew and played in the home, a gentle little brother who made friends easily with Japanese visitors.

On May 20, 1959, at the age of 14 months and 23 days, John was suddenly called to his heavenly Home through the death-gate of drowning in a shallow pond back of the home. John is survived by his parents, two brothers, Daniel and David, a sister Ruth, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kanagy of Stuarts Draft, Va., and his maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brunk of Goshen, Ind.

Funeral services were held at the Nakashibetsu Mennonite Church with Eichiro Hatano and Rev. Ralph Buckwalter from the Kushiro Mennonite Church officiating. Burial of the ashes will be made in the local community cemetery.