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Warkentin, Mary Lehrmann (1865-1945)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Dec 13 p. 1

Birth date: 1865

text of obituary:

NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST

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— Mrs. Mary Lehrmann Warkentin, 80 year old pioneer at Geary, Okla., died at the home of her daughter there on Friday, Nov. 30. Approximately 50 years ago Mrs. Warkentin had served as cook for the Indian children at the Darlington Mennonite mission in Oklahoma. After her marriage to Jacob H. Warkentin in 1899, she and her husband settled on a claim in the Okarche district. Funeral services conducted on Sunday, Dec. 2, were in charge of Rev. Henry Hege, Corn, Okla.