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Stoll, Anna Yoder (1868-1968)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Feb 1 p. 14
Birth date: 1868 Jun 16
text of obituary:
Pioneer Amish Settler in Southwest Dies
Partridge, Kan. — Funeral services for Mrs. Peter Stoll, 99, pioneer Amish settler in Texas and Kansas, were held Jan. 20 at Liberal, Kan. She was buried at Kismet, Kan. beside her husband who died in 1934.
Mrs. Stoll died in Montgomery, Ind. about five months before her 100th birthday. the Peter Stoll family left Daviess County, Ind. in 1909 to pioneer in a new Amish settlement near Plainview in the Texas Panhandle. The attempt was unsuccessful, and in 1913 the Stolls were the last family to leave that area, moving to Kismet.
A son, Noah Stoll and his family, still live at Kismet, and three daughters reside at Liberal.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Apr 4 p. 15
text of obituary:
MRS. ANNA STOLL
Mrs. Anna Yoder Stoll was born to Isaac and Rose Yoder on June 16, 1868 in Allen County, Indiana. As a small child she moved with her parents to the community of Montgomery, Ind., where she grew to adulthood.
She was married to Peter Stoll on Dec. 12, 1886. Six children were born to this marriage: Mrs. J. H. Graber, Liberal, Kan.; Noah Stoll, Kismet, Kan.; Mrs. Amos Langacher, Kismet, Kan.; Harry Stoll, Montgomery, Ind.; Mrs. Jerry Graber, Liberal, Kan.; Henry Stoll, Montgomery, Ind. Also surviving her are 28 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband preceded her in death on Dec. 26, 1934 at Kismet.
Her pioneer life began with her husband on a farm in Indiana. In 1909 they moved to a farm in Hale County, Texas. In 1913 they moved to a farm in the Kismet community where she made her home until 1950. In that year she went to live with her sons in Indiana, where God called her to her eternal rest on Jan. 16, 1968.
She was a member of the Berea Mennonite Church in Montgomery, Ind. at the time of her death.