Siemens, Sarah Franz (1860-1929)

Christlicher Bundesbote obituary: 1929 Oct 3 p. 7

Birth date: 1860 Dec 16

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 Sep 18 p. 1

text of obituary:

STROKE FATAL TO MRS. J. F. SIEMENS OF BUHLER

Mrs. J. F. Siemens of Buhler passed away Monday from a stroke suffered early that morning. A daughter, Mary, got up to do the chores, but before going out into the yard, looked into her mother's room and saw that she was sleeping normally. When she returned after doing the chores she found her mother face downwards, on the floor where she had fallen while in the act of dressing. The daughter quickly summoned the aid of her neighbor, Rev. Peter Flaming, and with his help lifted her mother back on to her bed. Five minutes later Mrs. Siemens passed away. It was learned that Mrs. Siemens had not been well for quite a while before she suffered the fatal stroke.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the South Buhler church and interment will be made at the Hoffnungsau church cemetery.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 Sep 25 p. 3

text of obituary:

Mrs. J. F. Siemens

Our mother, daughter of Heinrich and Sara Franz, was born Dec. 16, 1860 in the village of Steinfeld, south Russia. She migrated with her parents to America in 1874 together with many other relatives and riends [sic]. She was baptized upon her confession of faith Aug. 24th, 1879 by Rev. Dietrich Gaeddert at the Hoffnungsau church. Feb. 24th, 1881 she was united in marriage with John F. Siemens by Rev. Dietrich Gaeddert. They so sojourned together 48 years. With the exception of her early youth and 6½ years in California she spent her life in the communities of Inman and Buhler.

She is known by all and especially by her family to be a loving, God-fearing mother, preaching by example more than by words.

Her physical ailments started 3 years ago and increased in spite of various doctors' efforts. Regardless of her suffering she expressed the wish repeatedly that she might be permitted to stay with her husband, who sadly needed her presence and care. During the later years when ill health and old age were inevitably creeping into our loving home, we had a pillar of strength and sacrifice in our sister Marie, who patiently did all in her power to make things easier. However on Sept. 16, 1929 at 7:16 A. M. after she had dressed and was ready to leave the bed our mother had a sudden violent attack of crebral [sic] hemorrhage, she dropped to the floor and in a few moments her spirit had ascended. She leaves to mourn her departure her feeble and aged husband, two brothers, Henry of this community and Peter of Corn, Okla.; seven sons, John, Henry, Peter, Jacob, David, Arthur and Curt, all farmers near Buhler, and Lydia, a member of ter at Liberal, Kans., Jacob in business at Newton and Curt, studying at Bethel College;; five daughters, Sara, widow, who now is Mrs. P. T. Ratzlaff at Shafter, Calif., Marie, single, at home, Anna, Mrs. C. B. Froese and Agatha, Mrs. A. B. Froese on farms near Buhler, and Lydia, a member of the high school faculty at Goessel. She had 36 grand children and 2 great grand children.

She was preceeeded [sic] in death by her only sister Anna, Mrs. John Franz, thirteen years ago, two of her children, Marie and Herman, who died in infancy, and five grand children. All living friends, relatives, children and grand children deeply regret her departure, but all have the hope of meeting her where there will be no parting. She attained the age of 68 years and 9 months.

The Mennonite obituary: 1929 Oct 10 p. 724