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Smeltzer, J. Olen (1893-1952)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Nov 20 p. 3

Birth date: 1893

text of obituary:

SERVICES HELD AT WAKARUSA, IND. FOR VICTIM OF CAVE-IN

Wakarusa, Ind. — Funeral services were held at the Olive Mennonite church Nov. 10 for J. Olen Smeltzer, 59, who met instant death when buried in a cave-in here Nov. 7. The tragic accident occurred while he was helping to lay a new sewer line in Wakarusa.

Surviving are his wife, Martha, nine children and 11 grandchildren, and a brother Clarence, of Wakarusa.