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Toews, Mary Schroeder (1883-1933)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1933 Jan 4 p. 4
Birth date: 1883 Apr 22
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— Another death which greatly saddened this community occurred at the Bethel hospital at nine o'clock yesterday forenoon when Mrs. G. R. Toews was called to her eternal reward. Mrs. Toews submitted to an operation at the hospital last Friday; however, her condition became increasingly serious until death came yesterday. Funeral services will be held at the First Mennonite church next Friday afternoon. Our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1933 Jan 11 p. 4
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— The First Mennonite church was filled to capacity last Friday afternoon by relatives and friends who came to attend the funeral services for Mrs. G. R. Toews. Mrs. Toevs [sic Toews] had passed away on Tuesday, January 3, after being seriously ill for about one week. Rev. A. Warkentin spoke in German, while Rev. E. G. Kaufman gave the English address comforting the bereaved relatives. A mixed quartet composed of Mrs. G. D. Classen, Mrs. E. J. Linscheid, Miss Mollie Becker, Mrs. Anna Neufeld, Herman Jantzen, Albert Ewert, Paul Ens, and H. J. Andres rendered special music. After the services the deceased was laid to her final resting place in Greenwood cemetery. Immediate relatives who survive are her husband, G. R. Toevs [sic Toews]; two children, Mrs. Paul Bartsch and Irvin Toevs [sic Toews]; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Schroeder, and several brothers and sisters living here and in California.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1933 Jan 18 p. 2
Funeral services for Mrs. G. R. Toevs [sic Toews], who passed away Tuesday, January 3, were held at the First Mennonite church on East First street, Newton, Friday afternoon, January 5, attended by a large number of relatives and friends. Rev. A. Warkentin and Rev. E. G. Kaufman officiated at the service and music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. E. J. Linscheid, Miss Mollie Becker, Mrs. G. D. Classen, Mrs. Anna Neufeld, H. J. Andres, Herman Jantzen, Albert Ewert, and Paul Ens, accompanied by Misses Ann Suderman and Mary Adnres.
The pall bearers were Jake Toevs, Herman Ensz, W. W. Toevs, Gus Andres, Herbert Stucky and Gus Schroeder. Interment was in Greenwood cemetery.
The following obituary of Mrs. Toevs [sic Toews] was read:
It has pleased our heavenly Father to take from us our dearly beloved wife and mother, Mary Toevs [sic Toews] nee Schroeder, and to call her through death into the heavenly home.
She was born on April 22, 1883, as the oldest daughter of David D. Schroeder and Anna Schroeder, nee Voth. Her youth was spent in Gnadenberg, east of newton, the place of her birth.
She was baptized upon confession of her faith that Jesus Christ was her personal savior, by the Rev. G. N. Harms, minister of the Gnadenberg church. This faith has been a source of her strength to her through her whole life.
On September 11, 1902, she was married to Gustav R. Toevs [sic Toews] of newton. The couple made Newton their home and here she became a member of the First Mennonite church. They were blessed with two children, a daughter and a son.
It has always been her greatest desire to do good to others and to strive for peace, and to assist in every worthy cause.
She was an active member in the Sunday school, the Mission sewing society, and the Bethel Ladies' auxiliary, in which she took a good interest.
Above all, she was to us a dear wife and loving mother and we will always remember her untiring efforts to carry out the principles of sincere christian hospitality.
She had undergone two major operations several years ago but recovered sufficiently to continue her life's duties.
On Tuesday, December 27, 1932, she became very ill and was later taken to the hospital for an emergency operation performed on Friday, December 30. Her condition became more serious and on Tuesday, January 3, 1933, at 8:55 o'clock a. m. she slumbered away peacefully to awaken in that everlasting home beyond, having reached the age of 49 years, eight months and eleven days.
The departed leaves to mourn her death, her husband, G. R. Toevs [sic Toews], her two children, Esther Toevs [sic Toews] Bartsch and Irvin Toevs [sic Toews], her aged parents, David D. Schroeder and Anna Schroeder, five sisters: Mrs. W. W. Toevs of Wichita, Mrs. G. H. Andres and Mrs. E. J. Claassen of Newton, Mrs. Herbert Aldrich of Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Herbert Stucky of Moundridge, and three brothers: Herman Schroeder of Los Angeles and G. D. Schroeder and Adolph Schroeder of Newton, and many relatives and friends.
We grieve, but not as those who have no hope for "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them."