Suckau, Anna D. (1886-1949)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Jan 27 p. 3

Birth date: 1886 Aug 14

text of obituary:

Missionary in Alabama Called Away in Death

(The following communication was received from Dr. C. H. Suckau, president of Grace Bible Institute, Omaha, Nebr.)

Elberta, Alabama, January 17, 1949 — We are in the balmy south out of the blizzards of the state of Nebraska. The cause of our being down here is, however, not to get out of the cold north, but to come here for the funeral of our sister Anna, who passed away on Wednesday morning, January 12, at 6:30 o'clock.

Sister Anna D. Suckau was born on August 14, 1886, in Newton, Kansas. She was the daughter of John and Maria Suckau. In her early youth she accepted Christ as her Savior. After preparing herself for missionary work she served in several places here at home.

In 1927 she, together with sister Marie came here to work in the neglected South. Sister Marie had previously returned from Africa and had to live in the South because of her health. Sister Anna faithfully witnessed in this community, both among the colored as well as the white population to the end.

In Failing Health Eight Years

Sister Anna had been in failing health during the past eight years. On December 2 she became seriously ill with shingles. She bore her suffering patiently. After it became impossible for Sister Marie to care for her alone, kind neighbors and friends helped out as much as they could. Sister Anna was bedfast during the last month of her life.

We are indeed grateful to brother H. E. Suderman of Newton, Kansas, who has been a life-long friend of the family, to procure help for Sister Marie at this time of her great need, in sending Miss Charlotte Regier of Whitewater, Kansas, to her assistance. Sister Charlotte sacrificed her vacation from relief work in Europe for the time being, in order to come to our relief here.

Services at Elberta

The funeral services for Sister Anna were conducted in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Tabernacle on Friday afternoon. Her earthly remains were laid to rest in the Elberta Community Cemetery, where she awaits the glorious day when the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then we which are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. We praise God that our sister is now absent from the body, in which she suffered so much, and is now present with the Lord. How blessed to know that perhaps soon we shall see her again and be with her and with the Lord forever.

The Mennonite obituary: 1949 Feb 1 p. 1