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Ratzlaff, Jacob Adam (1860-1941)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1941 Jul 16 p. 4
Birth date: 1860
text of obituary:
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the Ingold funeral home for Jacob Adam Ratzlaff, who died Wednesday, May 14, at his home, 237 North Riverside avenue, Reedley, Cal., at the age of 81 years. A brother-in-law of the late Mrs. C. N. Johnson, Mr. Ratzlaff and his wife had made their home in Rialto for the past year. They had resided in California for 29 years.
Mr. Ratzlaff was a native of Poland but had resided in the United States for 67 years. He is survived by his widow, Mary Elizabeth Ratzlaff, one brother, H. A. Ratzlaff; his half-brother, Adam Jantz of Oklahoma, and two sisters; Mrs. Benjamin Koehn and Mrs. H. C. Koehn, both of Oklahoma.
The Rev. W. H. Stockton of the Methodist church was in charge of the services today and two vocal selections were sung by Mrs. George Woodruff and Mrs. E. M. Lash, "No Night There" and "Conciliator."
Interment followed in Rialto Park cemetery with C. O. Johnson, Volney T. Johnson, I. C. Johnson, E. M. Lash, W. S. Farner and Alex Hill acting as pallbearers.