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Smith, Abraham A. (1883-1969)
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Apr 24 p. 7
Birth date: 1883
text of obituary:
Retired M. B. Minister Called by Death At Dinuba, Calif.
Reedley, Calif. — Rev. Abraham A. Smith, 86, who spent more than half a century as a minister of the gospel, died April 12 at the Dinuba Hospital after a brief illness.
The funeral was conducted the morning of April 16 at the Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church.
A native of Nebraska, Rev. Smith was ordained to the ministry in the M. B. conference at Hurley, S. D. in 1908. From 1909 to 1943 he was in charge of a mission in Minneapolis, Minn. After that he was active in Christian work at Enid, Okla., Lodi, Calif., and in Reedley. He retired from the ministry in 1961.
Surviving are his widow, Martha; four daughters and one son and their families, three brothers and one sister.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 May 29 p. 15
