Krehbiel, Clarence (1923-1947)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Aug 21 p. 1

Birth date: 1923

text of obituary:

HOLD FINAL SERVICES FOR ROBBERY VICTIM AT PRETTY PRAIRIE

Pretty Prairie, Kansas. — Funeral services took place at the First Mennonite church near here during the present week for Clarence Krehbiel, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Krehbiel, who was believed to have died at the hands of robbers at an intersection of country roads early Monday morning.

The young man’s body was found by neighbors between one and two a. m. with three bullets through the heart, inflicted by his own gun. He had been the victim of hold-ups on two previous Sunday nights, On July 27 and Aug 3, while returning from the home of his fiancee, Helen Schwartz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Schwartz. In both instances he was accosted by three men who demanded cash and threatened him and his family. Both the sheriff and coroner expressed the opinion that it was a case of murder.