Schultz, Susie Anne Unruh (1889-1947)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 May 8 p. 3

Birth date: 1889 Feb 12

text of obituary:

MRS. HENRY A. SHULTZ [sic SCHULTZ]

Susie Anne (Unruh) Shultz [sic Schultz] was born at Durham, Kansas, Feb 12, 1889, and died on the way to the hospital form Waverly to Topeka, Kansas, April 12, 1947, age 58 years and two months.

She grew to womanhood in Durham and there received her elementary schooling. In her seventeenth year she was baptized and united with the Friedenstal Mennonite church.

She was united in marriage to Henry A. Shultz [sic Schultz], August 19, 1908. To this union four children were born; Laura, who died in her 18th year, Irwin of Newton, Kansas, Owen and Wayne of the home.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shultz [sic Schultz] lived a short time at Ray, Kansas, where Mr. Shultz [sic Schultz] was Missouri Pacific agent. Mr. Shultz [sic Schultz] then became salesman for a lumber firm for a long period of years and lived in several different towns in central Kansas. He was in the grocery business in Salina for two years. In later years the family lived on farms in eastern Colorado and near Durham. Four years ago they moved to a farm four miles northwest of Waverly.

Mrs. Shultz [sic Schultz] leaves to mourn her departure, in addition to her husband and sons, her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, Geraldene and Stanley Irwin; her aged mother, 88 years old; five sisters, Mrs. Lena Jantz of Durham; Mrs. Agnes Ratzlaff and Mrs. Lydia Jantz of Newton, Kansas; Mrs. Mary Barton of Santa Barbara and Mrs. Elisebeth [sic Elizabeth] Richert of Los Angeles, California; three brothers, Dan A. Unruh of Newton, Kansas, Henry A. Unruh of Hope, Kansas, and Alvin Unruh of Canton, Kansas; a number of nephews, nieces and other relatives as well as many friends.

When Mr. and Mrs. Shultz [sic Schultz] moved to Waverly they placed their letters in the Presbyterian church. She was a member of the women’s Bible class, missionary society and the Silver Tea club. Modest and retiring, she was a sincere Christian. Her simple faith was an inspiration to those who associated with her in the work of the church.

Her chief interest was in her home and family. She was a devoted wife and mother. No sacrifice was too great and no task was too hard when it was done to make life more comfortable and happier for those she loved. She met life’s vicissitudes, its joys and sorrows, its successes and failures, with a brave and serene spirit.

“A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. In her tongue is the law of kindness, her husband doth safely trust in her, and her children rise up and call her blessed.”

Funeral service was held in the Presbyterian church Tuesday, April 15, at 10:00 a. m. and was conducted by Dr. Harvey G. Mathis.

Services were also held April 16, 1947, in the Friedenstal community, Tampa, Kansas. A short service was held in the home of Mrs. J. L. Jantz, after which services were held in the Friedenstal church, and interment in the Friedenstal cemetery, with Harvy Jantz conducting and Rev. H. B. Schmidt of Goessel, Kansas, assisting. Music was furnished by a men’s octet with Mrs. Harvey Jantz at the piano.