Klassen, Christoph (1900-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Feb 24 p. 8

Birth date: 1900

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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• Funeral services for Christoph Klassen, 72, of the Goessel community were held Friday afternoon at the Alexanderwohl Church, with Rev. Ronald Krehbiel officiating. Mr. Klassen died Feb. 15 at Mercy Hospital, Moundridge. He farmed in the Goessel area most of his life. His wife, the former Marie Boese, died in 1964. Surviving are four sons, Eldon of Wichita, Ruben of Route 2, Newton, Anton of Moundridge, and Harold of the home near Goessel; six grandchildren; and four brothers, Peter of Hillsboro, Otto of rural Hillsboro, John of Goessel, and Rudolph of Lebanon, Kan.

The Mennonite obituary: 1972 Apr 4 p. 240