Spenst, Anna Bartel (1881-1960)

'Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Nov 10 p. 5

Birth date: 1881 Oct 7

text of obituary:

Double Funeral Held At Dresden, N. D.

Dresden, N. D. — Double funeral services were held at the Bethel Mennonite church on Oct. 11 for Mrs. Jacob Spenst and her grandson, Dale Norman Spenst, who died a few hours apart.

Mrs. Spenst died in St. Mary's hospital in Langdon, following an illness of one day. She suffered a stroke after being admitted to the hospital. Her husband died in 1942.

Dale Norman Spenst, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake A. Spenst, passed away Oct. 7 in St. Michael's hospital in Grand Forks, following nine days of hospitalization as a result of an accidental gunshot wound.

The mishap occurred at the Spenst farm home on Sept. 27 when the youth was attempting to load a shotgun for target practice. The gun accidentally discharged, causing a severe leg injury. The boy went into a coma shortly after arriving at the hospital and was placed in an iron lung the next day.

Rev. Frank Ewert, pastor of the Bethel church, was in charge of the two services.

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'Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Nov 10 p. 8

text of obituary:

MRS. ANNA SPENST

Mrs. Anna Spenst was born Anna Bartel, the daughter of J. B. and Eva Vogt Bartel, Oct. 7, 1881, in Hillsboro, Kan. She was 79 years old at the time of her death. Anna Bartel lived in Kansas until she came to the Langdon, N. D. area when she was 17 years old and has lived in Calalier [sic Cavalier] county, N. D. ever since.

She was united in marriage Aug. 8, 1897, to Jacob Spenst who farmed in Moscow township where the couple made their home since 1912. At the time of her death she was living with her son, Reuben, with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband.

She is survived by four sons and four daughters. They are Jacob and Reuben, Munich; Edwin, Rochester, Minn.; and Roland, Alsen; Mrs. Eva Albrecht, Wales, Mrs. Edwin (Alma) Grinager, Sunset Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Norton (Adeline) Skjerva, Alsen; and Mrs. Richard (Leona) Moore, Ft. Erie, Ont. A stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Barbeau of Brainerd, Minn., also survives.

All of Mrs. Spenst's brothers and sisters are deceased as is her husband.

She was a member of the Bethel Mennonite church, Dresden, N. D., where funeral services were held on Oct. 11.