Myers, Clara Weldy (1888-1954)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 Jun 3 p. 9

Birth date: 1888 Jun 2

text of obituary:

MRS. CLARA MYERS

Clara Weldy Myers, who lived east of Wakarusa, Ind., died at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, May 9, at the Goshen hospital. Death was due to complications.

She was born June 2, 1888, the daughter of Henry and Alma Dollman Weldy. Her marriage to Aaron Myers took place on Dec. 29, 1906.

The husband, ten children and 38 grandchildren survive. The children are Mabel, Mrs. John Yoder of Elkhart, Bertha, Mrs. Ivan Martin, and Maxine, Mrs. Franklin Newcomer, both of Goshen, Kenneth and Harold of New Paris, Lowell of Jerome, Mich., Roscoe, Forrest, Warren and Robert, all of Goshen. Also surviving are two brothers, Noah Weldy of Sarasota, Fla. and Cornelius Weldy of Wakarusa, and two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Loucks and Mrs. Emma Mullet, both of Wakarusa.

Mrs. Myers was a member of the Yellow Creek Mennonite church. The funeral was held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Myers home and at 2:30 at the Yellow Creek Brick church. Peter Wiebe and Ralph Schmucker were in charge. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery.