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Schrock, Rita Joann (1963-1968)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Aug 29 p. 3

Birth date: 1963

text of obituary:

Five-Year-Old Girl Crushed by Implement

Goshen, Ind. — An accident at the Eric Schrock farm southwest of New Paris the afternoon of Aug. 19 claimed the life of the Schrocks' five-year-old daughter, Rita Joann.

The little girl fell from a bicycle she was riding near the barn, and was run over by a manure spreader pulled by a tractor. her brother Dale, 14, was operating the tractor.

The funeral was conducted Thursday at the Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church.