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Rufenacht, Emma Rose (1872-1962)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Aug 23 p. 7

Birth date: 1872

text of obituary:

Early-Day Ransom, Kan. Settler Dies at Age 90

Ransom, Kan. — Mrs. Emma Rose Rufenacht, 90, an early-day settler in this western Kansas community, died Aug. 18 at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays where she was being treated for a broken hip and arm suffered several days earlier.

A native of Bloomington, Ill., she had lived in this area most of her life.

Survivors include one son, six daughters, two half-sisters, one half-brother, 34 grandchildren and 75 great-grandchildren.