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Warkentin, Loree Compton (1903-1965)
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Minister's Wife, Teacher,Dies at Clinton, Okla.'''</font> |
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| + | Corn, Okla. — Mrs. Loree Warkentin, 62, a teacher in the Corn public schools for eight years and wife of Rev. J. K. Warkentin of Clinton, died at the Clinton Hospital on June 26. |
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| + | Funeral services were conducted at the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church on Sunday afternoon, June 27, after which the body was sent to Lipan, Texas, her former home, for final services and burial on Monday. |
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| + | Mrs. Warkentin, the former Loree Compton, had taught in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. While teaching at Munday, Texas, she met and married J. K. Warkentin, who had established a chiropractic practice in Fort Worth. Soon afterward he was called into the ministry. |
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| + | Due to ill health, Mrs. Warkentin had retired from teaching duties at the Corn School at the end of the 1964 school year. |
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 23 February 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary:1965 Jul 8 p. 7
Birth date: 1903
text of obituary:
Minister's Wife, Teacher,Dies at Clinton, Okla.
Corn, Okla. — Mrs. Loree Warkentin, 62, a teacher in the Corn public schools for eight years and wife of Rev. J. K. Warkentin of Clinton, died at the Clinton Hospital on June 26.
Funeral services were conducted at the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church on Sunday afternoon, June 27, after which the body was sent to Lipan, Texas, her former home, for final services and burial on Monday.
Mrs. Warkentin, the former Loree Compton, had taught in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. While teaching at Munday, Texas, she met and married J. K. Warkentin, who had established a chiropractic practice in Fort Worth. Soon afterward he was called into the ministry.
Due to ill health, Mrs. Warkentin had retired from teaching duties at the Corn School at the end of the 1964 school year.
