Pankratz, Mary Flaming Voth (1903-1983)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1983 Sep 15 p. 8

Birth date: 1903

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Mary Voth Pankratz, 80, died Sept. 4 at the Bethesda Home in Goessel, where she had resided since 1981. Services were conducted Sept. 7 in the Tabor Mennonite Church, with James Schrag officiating. In 1927 she married David Voth, who died in 1967. In 1970 she married John Pankratz, who died in 1974. Survivors include four brothers, Frank Flaming of Lehigh, Abe Flaming of Inman, Dick Flaming of Peabody and Jacob Flaming of Goessel; two sisters, Eva Hiebert of North newton and Katherine Janzen of Newton; five daughters, two step-daughters, four step-sons, 17 grandchildren, 21 step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and 28 step-great-grandchildren. One brother and one sister preceded her in death. A memorial was established for Mennonite Central committee.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1983 Oct 13 p. 11