Mullet, David (1887-1961)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Jun 29 p. 8

Birth date: 1887 Mar 26

text of obituary:

DAVID MULLET

David Mullet, son of Jacob B. and Sarah (Mast) Mullet, was born March 26, 1887 at Bremen, Ind. and died at his home near Bloomfield, Mont. on May 29 at the age of 74 years, two months and three days. In 1904 he moved with his parents from Wolford, N. D. to Montana, where he later homesteaded and continued farming until his death.

He was married to Edna Maude Kauffman on Jan. 10, 1912. She preceded him in death May 23, 1931. He was the last surviving member of the Jacob B. Mullet family: Mose, Joseph, Jacob, Menno, Katie (Mrs. Eli Chupp) and Sarah (Mrs. John Villard), all of whom were one time residents of the Bloomfield community.

Survivors include five sons and two daughters, Florence, Henry, Roy, and Mary (Mrs. Rudolph Nissley) of Bloomfield, Timothy of Phoenix, Ariz, Harold of Albany, Ore., Ernest of Glendive, Mont., and 26 grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces. A daughter, Esther, died in infancy and a son, Lloyd Nelson died at the age of one and a half years.

Nine years ago he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralyzed and from which he never fully recovered.

He was baptized and joined the Amish church in 1912. In 1917 he became a charter member of the Mennonite Church near Bloomfield, now known as the Red top Mennonite Church, of which he was a faithful member until death.

Funeral services were held June 2 at the RedTop Mennonite church in charge of Elmer Borntrager, Lloyd Kauffman, and Eli Hochstetter.