Nightengale, Tobias Adam (1876-1963)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Feb 7 p. 5

Birth date: 1876 Aug

text of obituary:

• Funeral services for Tobias A. Nightengale, 86, retired farmer of Halstead, were held at the First Mennonite Church there Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. E. Funk officiating. Mr. Nightengale died Friday, Feb. 1, at Bethel Deaconess Hospital here after a long illness. A native of McPherson County, he had lived in the Halstead community since 1915. The large family of survivors includes five daughters, five sons, 34 grandchildren and 51 great-grandchildren, as well as five sisters and three brothers.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Feb 21 p. 8

text of obituary:

TOBIAS ADAM NIGHTINGALE

Tobias Adam Nightingale, the son of Adam and Anna Koehn Nightingale, was born near Galva, Kan., on Aug. 1876, and died at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, on Feb. 1, 1963, at the age of 86 years, five months and four days.

On Feb. 1, 1896 he was united in marriage to Carrie Unruh in Moundridge, Kan. and together they moved onto a farm not far from there. This union was blessed with six sons and six daughters, two of whom, Fred and Marie Anna, died in infancy. For more than 62 years they were permitted to share their days together until on Aug. 14, 1956, mother died.

Sometime after they were married both father and mother were baptized upon their confession of faith in Jesus Christ and received into the fellowship of the Emmanuel Mennonite Church near Galva py [sic] Rev. Peter Balzer. Father remained a member here for many years until on Dec. 30, 1951 he was received as a member of the First Mennonite Church in Halstead by Rev. L. A.Habegger on reaffirmation of his faith, mother having transferred some years earlier.

Bereft of his mother at an early age and beset by the hardships and privations of pioneer life under limited resources, father was deprived of the opportunity of receiving any education. Yet by hard labor and frugality, he and mother were able to provide the necessities of life for their large family.

He leaves to mourn his death, five sons: Ben of Halstead, Adam of Sedgwick, Carl of the home, John of Burrton, and Elmer of Newton; five daughters: Helen, Mrs. Herman Androes, Elizabeth, Mrs. Faye Janes, and Matha, Mrs.Dorsey Bohrn, all of Sedgwick, Minnie, Mrs. Fred Brandenberger of Halstead, and Anna Marie, Mrs. Archie Cox of Kinzua, Ore.; five sons-in-law; five daughters-in-law; three brothers: Ed and John of Ft. Cobb, Okla., and Dan of Goltry,Okla.; five sisters: Mrs. Lena Schmidt of Montezuma, Mrs. Carrie Ratzlaff of Orduray [sic Ordway], Colo., Mrs. DeDan [sic David] Unruh of Carnegie, Mrs. J. A. Unruh of Ft. Cobb, and Mrs. Dave Koehn of Meno, Okla.; as well as 34 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends.

Services were conducted at the First Mennonite Church, Halstead, on Feb. 5, with Rev. A. E. Funk officiating. Burial was in the Halstead Cemetery. — The Children.

The Mennonite obituary: 1963 Mar 5 p. 156