Suckau, Lulu O. Johnston (1885-1962)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Dec 13 p. 5

Birth date: 1884

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• Mrs. Lulu O. Suckau, widow of Dr. C. H. Suckau, died Monday at Ligonier, Pa. where she had resided with a daughter, Mrs. Edna R. Gerstner. The body has been returned here for burial, and graveside services have been tentatively arranged for 3 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Cemetery with Rev. John Thiessen officiating. Dr. and Mrs. Suckau, formerly of Newton, served as missionaries to India from 1909 to 1928. Upon their return they resided at Berne, Ind. where Dr. Suckau was pastor of the First Mennonite Church for a number of years. In 1943 he was instrumental in the founding of Grace Bible Institute, Omaha, Neb., and served as the first president of the school. Surviving in addition to the daughter in Pennsylvania is a son, Dr. J. W. Theodore Youngs at Bloomington, Ind.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Dec 20 p. 5

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• Rev. John Thiessen officiated at graveside services for Mrs. Lulu O. Suckau of Saturday afternoon in Greenwood Cemetery. The widow of Rev. C. H. Suckau and a former resident here, she died Dec. 10 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Gerstner, at Ligonier, Pa. a sister-in-law, Miss Marie Suckau, is a resident of the Bethel Home here.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Jan 3 p. 8
The Mennonite obituary: 1963 Jan 8 p. 27

? Was her maiden name Johnston or Johnson?