Ratzlaff, Jacob J. (1891-1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Jun 12 p. 5

Birth date: 1891 Feb. 16

text of obituary:

Clerk in Bank For 25 Years

Inman, Kansas. — Funeral services were held at the Hoffnungsau church June 3 for Jacob J. Ratzlaff, 61, who died of a heart attack at the Bethel Deaconess hospital, Newton, on May 31. Rev. Albert Gaeddert and Rev. A. J. Dyck were in charge of the services.

Mr. Ratzlaff, who was born in Reno county, Kansas, on Feb. 16, 1891, had been a clerk in the McPherson and Citizens Bank at McPherson for 25 years.

He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Anna Wiens and Mary Ratzlaff of Inman, Mrs. Justina Froese of Clinton, Okla., and two brothers, Henry of McPherson and Abe of Reedley, Calif.