Voth, Eldon Henry (1914-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Sep 3 p. 6

Birth date: 1914 Feb 17

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— Eldon Henry Voth, 45, who was born in Newton and lived here unti moving to Wichita 19 years ago, died Sunday at his home in Wichita. He was a member of the First Mennonite church of Newton. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday forenoon at the Broadway mortuary in Wichita, Rev. G. S. Stoneback of Wichita officiating. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery here. Mr. Voth is survived by his mother, Mrs. Katie Voth of Wichita; a son, Tristan, of Madrid, Spain; four sisters, two half-sisters, two brothers and one half-brother.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Sep 17 p. 8

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ELDON HENRY VOTH

Eldon Henry Voth, son of Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Voth, was born Feb. 17, 1914 at Newton, Kansas. He attended schools in Newton and became a member of the First Mennonite church here upon baptism by Rev. J. E. Enz.

Nineteen years ago he moved to Wichita, entering the Boeing Airplane Co. in 1941, where he was still employed at the time of his death.

He passed from this earthly life Sunday, Aug. 30, 1959, leaving behind his mother, Mrs. Katie Voth of Wichita; a son, Tristan, of Madrid, Spain; four sisters, Edna of Wichita, Mrs. Hilma Biesterfeld of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Wanda Goertz of San Antonio, Texas and Mrs. Norma Mingenback of Wichita; two half-sisters, Mrs. P. E. Frantz and Mrs. P. A. Dyck, both of Newton; two brothers, Herman R. and Waldo C., both of Wichita; and one half-brother, A. C. Voth of Clarinda, Iowa.

Funeral services were conducted Sept. 2 at the Broadway mortuary in Wichita with Rev. G. S. Stoneback, pastor of the Lorraine Avenue Mennonite church, officiating.

The Mennonite obituary: 1959 Dec 15 p. 787