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Wilting, Ruth M. (1926-1968)

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Mrs. Archie Mitchell wrote the Gerbers that she had recently returned to her home at Klamath Falls, Ore. after a trip to Vietnam, during which she wrote to Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, requesting him to try to contact her husband and the other two missing Americans in Vietnam. He replied that he would attempt to do so through the president of the National Liberation Front, but was uncertain about the effectiveness of such an inquiry.
 
Mrs. Archie Mitchell wrote the Gerbers that she had recently returned to her home at Klamath Falls, Ore. after a trip to Vietnam, during which she wrote to Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, requesting him to try to contact her husband and the other two missing Americans in Vietnam. He replied that he would attempt to do so through the president of the National Liberation Front, but was uncertain about the effectiveness of such an inquiry.
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1968 Feb 15 p. 5 <br>
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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1968 Mar 14 p. 2
   
   

Revision as of 15:24, 17 March 2022

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Feb 8 p. 3

Birth date: 1926

text of obituary:

At Ban Me Thuot, Vietnam

Fiancee of Missing Paxman Among Slain Missionaries

THE FIANCEE of Paxman Daniel Gerber of Kidron, Ohio, missing in Vietnam since 1962, was among six missionaries of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church reported in press releases to have been slain at Ban Me Thuot on Feb. 2.

Miss Ruth Wilting, 42, of Cleveland, Ohio was listed among those killed in a Viet Cong attack on the C.M.A. proscenium at Ban Me Thuot, about 170 miles north of Saigon. Three men and another woman died int he attack, and a daughter of one of the victims died later.

Daniel Gerber was stationed at the leprosarium under the MCC. On May 30, 1962, he and Miss Wilting were seized while walking near the leprosarium. Miss Wilting was released, but Gerber along with Dr. Eleanor Vietti of Houston, Texas and Archie Mitchell of Ellensburg, Wash. were taken into captivity.

No definite word of their fate has been received since that time, although on several occasions there have been "grapevine" reports that they were still alive.

THE KIDRON (Ohio) News reported last week that Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gerber, parents of Daniel, continue to write letters to their son at least every three months. They began this effort at communication in October 1966 after the U. S. State Department furnished them with an address through which mail might possibly reach their son. There has been no indication that any of the letters have reached Daniel.

Miss Wilting had visited the Gerber home here in October 1966 during a furlough. She was a nurse.

Mrs. Archie Mitchell wrote the Gerbers that she had recently returned to her home at Klamath Falls, Ore. after a trip to Vietnam, during which she wrote to Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, requesting him to try to contact her husband and the other two missing Americans in Vietnam. He replied that he would attempt to do so through the president of the National Liberation Front, but was uncertain about the effectiveness of such an inquiry.


Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Feb 15 p. 5
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Mar 14 p. 2

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