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Smoker, John E. (1916-1970)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Jan 8 p. 9

Birth date: 1915

text of obituary:

BISHOP DIES FROM FALL ON ICE

New Holland, Pa. — Funeral services for Bishop John E. Smoker, 54, were held Dec. 24.

A bishop in the Old Order Amish Church, he died unexpectedly in the recovery room of a hospital Dec. 22 after undergoing an operation for a torn ligament in his shoulder. He had suffered the injury in a fall on ice a week earlier.

He leaves his widow, Rachel, three sons and three daughters and their families.