Teuscher, Mary Roth (1875-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 14 p. 8

Birth date: 1875 Sep 29

text of obituary:

MRS. MARY TEUSCHER

Mary Teuscher was born Sept. 29, 1875, at Morton, Ill. a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Roth, and died at the home of Mrs. Beulah Ayresman at Gibson City, Ill. March 28, 1959, at the age of 83 years and six months. She had resided at Fisher, Ill. for 54 years, spending the past six years in the home of Beulah Ayresman.

On March 9, 1897, she was married to John Teuscher, who preceded her in death on April 30, 1935.

Surviving are two sons, Daniel and Melvin, and three daughters, Esther (Mrs. S. M. Zehr), Freda (Mrs. Walter Oyer), and Clara (Mrs. Leslie Heiser), all of Fisher. In addition to these children Mrs. Teuscher is survived by 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; two brothers, D. K. Roth of Gibson City, Ill. and Samuel R. Roth of Morton, Ill.; and one sister, Amelia Roth of Morton. A son and a daughter preceded her in death.

She accepted Christ early in life and united with the Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member until death.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 30, at 10:30 a. m. at the Gibson City Bible Church in Gibson City, Ill., with Rev. J. A. Heiser and Rev. Leslie Gamble officiating. Burial was made in East Bend Mennonite Cemetery.