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Lehman, Walter John (1881-1962)

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Birth date: 1881 Oct 12
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<center><h3>WALTER JOHN LEHMAN </h3></center>
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Walter John Lehman, son of John and Elizabeth Gerber Lehman, was born Oct. 12, 1881, near Versailles, Mo. He was the youngest of 11 children, nine of whom preceded him in death. He received his elementary education in both public and German schools in Morgan County, Mo., and later attended Bethel College in Newton, Kansas.
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As a young man he and a cousin, Ed Lehman, decided to go west. They worked in San Francisco following the earthquake of 1906 and later returned to Beaver County, Okla., where the new town of LaKemp was being planned. They built the first business building on the townsite and operated a general mercantile store. He also served as the town's first postmaster and was instrumental in founding the LaKemp State Bank, serving as its president for a time.
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On Jan. 1, 1914, he and Netta Hosterman were united in marriage. They resided in LaKemp until 1918 when they moved to Booker, Texas, the newly formed town created by arrival of the railroad. Here he was engaged in the operation of a hardware store and farming until the family moved to Asland [''sic'' Ashland], Kansas, in 1925 moving to Protection in April of 1926. He owned and operated a hardware and implement store in Protection until his retirement from business on Jan. 1, 1950. Since that time he had been engaged in farming in the Protection community and in Beaver County, Okla.
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At an early age he accepted Christ as his personal savior and became a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church at Versailles, Mo., later transferring his membership to the Methodist Church in Protection. He departed this life on April 11, 1962, at the Ashland hospital at the age of 80 years, six months.
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He is survived by his wife, Netta; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Heckman, WaKeeney, Kan.; two sons, Wendal of Protection and Roger of Reno, Nev.; six grandchildren; and one brother, Joel, of West Liberty, Ohio.
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Funeral services were held April 14 in the Protection Methodist Church, with Douglas Sloan and Sanford Oyer of the Protection Mennonite Church officiating. A quartet from the Mennonite church sang two selections. Interment was made in the Protection Cemetery.
   
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 13 August 2019

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 May 17 p. 8

Birth date: 1881 Oct 12

text of obituary:

WALTER JOHN LEHMAN

Walter John Lehman, son of John and Elizabeth Gerber Lehman, was born Oct. 12, 1881, near Versailles, Mo. He was the youngest of 11 children, nine of whom preceded him in death. He received his elementary education in both public and German schools in Morgan County, Mo., and later attended Bethel College in Newton, Kansas.

As a young man he and a cousin, Ed Lehman, decided to go west. They worked in San Francisco following the earthquake of 1906 and later returned to Beaver County, Okla., where the new town of LaKemp was being planned. They built the first business building on the townsite and operated a general mercantile store. He also served as the town's first postmaster and was instrumental in founding the LaKemp State Bank, serving as its president for a time.

On Jan. 1, 1914, he and Netta Hosterman were united in marriage. They resided in LaKemp until 1918 when they moved to Booker, Texas, the newly formed town created by arrival of the railroad. Here he was engaged in the operation of a hardware store and farming until the family moved to Asland [sic Ashland], Kansas, in 1925 moving to Protection in April of 1926. He owned and operated a hardware and implement store in Protection until his retirement from business on Jan. 1, 1950. Since that time he had been engaged in farming in the Protection community and in Beaver County, Okla.

At an early age he accepted Christ as his personal savior and became a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church at Versailles, Mo., later transferring his membership to the Methodist Church in Protection. He departed this life on April 11, 1962, at the Ashland hospital at the age of 80 years, six months.

He is survived by his wife, Netta; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Heckman, WaKeeney, Kan.; two sons, Wendal of Protection and Roger of Reno, Nev.; six grandchildren; and one brother, Joel, of West Liberty, Ohio.

Funeral services were held April 14 in the Protection Methodist Church, with Douglas Sloan and Sanford Oyer of the Protection Mennonite Church officiating. A quartet from the Mennonite church sang two selections. Interment was made in the Protection Cemetery.

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