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Stutzman, Idella Marlene (1947-1949)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 Jan 5 p. 3
Birth date: 1947 Sep 8
text of obituary:
IDELLA MARLENE STUTZMAN
Idella Marlene, daughter of John and Martha (Kauffman) Stutzman, was born Sept. 8, 1947, and died at the Mercy hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, on Dec. 30, 1949, at the age of two years, three months and 12 days.
Surviving are the father and mother; one sister Clarette, age six; two brothers, Merle, four and John Ervin, 11 months; the grandparents, Ervin Stutzmans and Henry Kauffmans at Kalona; two great grandfathers, Joni Bontrager of Shipshewana. Ind., and Noah Stutzman of McMinnville, Ore.; a number of uncles, aunts, and cousins, and many other relatives and friends.
She was sick one week and in the hospital only one day. The cause of death was an enlarged heart and other complications.
She was sincere in everything she did, and in her young life always had a desire to go to church.
Funeral services were held at the Fairview Conservative Mennonite church on Dec. 22, in charge of Albert Miller and Morris Swartzendruber. — The grief-stricken parents.