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Rutt, Jacob L. (1889-1961)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 May 11 p. 1

Birth date: 1889

text of obituary:

FORMER MISSIONARY TO ARGENTINA DIES AT LANCASTER, PA.

Lancaster, Pa. — Rev. Jacob L. Rutt, 72, who served as a missionary to Argentina under the Mennonite (Old) Church for 28 years, died at the General Hospital here May 4 after a brief illness.

A native of Lancaster County, Rev. Rupp [sic Rutt] attended Pennsylvania State College and was a graduate of the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He leaves his wife, the former Mary Herr; one daughter, Ruth Eileen, wife of Rev. J. Lester Graybill of Orrville, O.; and two grandchildren.