Plank, Samuel J. (1874-1951)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1951 Apr 26 p.9

Birth date: 1874 Dec 8

text of obituary:

SAMUEL J. PLANK

Samuel J. Plank, son of John and Sarah (King) Plank, was born near Lancaster, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1874, and passed away at his home in West Liberty, Ohio, April 6, 1951, aged 76 years, three months, and 28 days.

As a young man he accepted Christ under the gracious ministry of John S. Coffman, and on his 21st birthday was baptized into the Body of the Lord at the Bethel congregation, Garden City, Mo.

On Oct. 11, 1896, he was united in marriage to Ella Kauffman of Garden City, Mo. To this union were born two daughteres [sic]; Maud and Kathryn (Mrs. Emmett King), both of whom survive. He is also survived by three grandchilden [sic], Esther (Mrs. Herman King), Eldon, and John; three great grandchildren; three brothes [sic], Henry of Alhambra, Calif., Solomon and Perry of Harper, Kansas and three sisters, Mrs. Maude Stutzman of Wichita, Kansas. Mrs. Bertha Gerber and Mrs. Mamie Garber of Harper, Kansas.

In 1896 he moved his membership to the Sycamore congregation, also at Garden City, Mo. In 1919 the family moved to West Liberty, Ohio, where he resided until the time of his death. During his residence of 32 years at West Liberty he was a faithful member of the South Union Mennonite church. During his final illness, caused by complications which followed a virus infection, he found His Saviour especially precious, and the glory world very near. The end came peacefully as the shadows gathered in the early evening of April 6.

Funeral services were held April 9 at the home and at the South Union Mennonite church. The services were in charge of Stanley Shenk with Nelson Kanagy assisting. Burial was made in the Fairview cemetery in West Liberty.

Those from out-of-town who attended the funeral included: Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Stofflett of Charlotte, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Joe King of Congerville, Ill., Mrs. Oscar Hostetler of Louisville, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller and Perry Yoder of Smithville, Ohio, Mrs. Irvin Baumgartner of Bluffton, Ohio, and Rev. and Mrs. Edward Smucker of Bellefontaine, Ohio.