Schrag, Anna Marie Stucky (1881-1969)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Apr 24 p. 8

Birth date: 1881 May 24

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• Mrs. Anna M. Schrag, 87, a resident of the Prairie Sunset Home at Pretty Prairie, died there Monday. The funeral was announced for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Pretty Prairie Mennonite Church, with Rev. Ben Rahn officiating. A native of Marion, S. D., Mrs. Schrag was the widow of Jacob H. Schrag who died in 1963. They resided at Wellington. Surviving are sons Edwin J. of Wellington, Elmer P. of North Platte, Neb., and Eston Berry of Goddard; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 May 29 p. 15

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ANNA MARIE SCHRAG

Anna Marie (Stucky) Schrag was born at Marion, S. D. on May 24, 1881. When she was three her mother passed away, the home was broken up and Anna was placed in the John J. Stucky home on a farm near Moundridge, Kan. where she was raised to womanhood.

She was married to Jacob H. Schrag on May 21, 1901. The couple settled on a farm north of Pretty Prairie, Kan. Here two sons, Edwin and Edward, were born. Edward took suddenly ill and passed away before he was a year old.

Jacob and Anna left the farm near Pretty Prairie in 1906 and moved back to Moundridge. Here one daughter Martha and two sons, Elmer and Herbert, were born.

Life was very good to Anna and Jacob. Their business flourished and the four children grew into adulthood. The second tragedy in Anna's life occurred when Martha was killed in a farm accident in May 1931 and the infant son Eston Beery was left without a mother. Anna and Jacob took Eston into their home and raised him to manhood.

In 1944 the couple retired from business and moved to Wellington, Kan. to be near the two sons residing there. Here they lived in retirement until death claimed Jacob in 1963. Herbert's sudden death in 1961 was a great shock to the aging parents. From 1963 until Dec. 1, 1968, Anna made her home next door to the eldest son. When it became evident that living alone was becoming difficult, she was admitted to Prairie Sunset Home at Pretty Prairie, Kan. where she passed away on April 21, 1969, at the age of 87 years, ten months and 27 days.