Martha Ellen Zook, daughter of Eli K. and Saloma Frances (King) Zook. She was born March 30, 1879 in West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio. She died on Jan. 1, 1941, at the home of her sister, Saloma Leasa, near Allensville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 61y 9m 2d. When she was two years old her parents moved the family to Garden City, Missouri, where she would live the greater part of her life. She eccepted Chris and was baptized by Bishop J. C. Kanagy, uniting with the Amish Mennonite Sycamore Grove Church, near Garden City, when she was in her early teens. In 1935 she place her letter with the Allensville congregation. Mattie read the Bible through each year. She is survived by, five sisters, Mary, wife of L. C. Hostetler, Sheffield, Ill.; Ida, wife of Milton Hostetler, Shelbyville, Ill.; Emma, widow of M. J. Weber, Reeves, Ga.; Saloma, wife of Albert Leasa of Allensville, Pa.; and Fannie, wife of David E. Plank, Detroit, Mich., thirteen nieces and eighteen nephews also remain, as wee as a number of grand-nieces and nephews. Those who preceded her in death, her mother, father, two brothers, John L and Edward K. Zook. Funeral services were conducted by Elmer E. Yoder of Allenville and Moses Slabaugh of Harrisonburg, Va.
Martha Ellen Zook, daughter of Eli K. and Saloma Frances (King) Zook. She was born March 30, 1879 in West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio. She died on Jan. 1, 1941, at the home of her sister, Saloma Leasa, near Allensville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 61y 9m 2d. When she was two years old her parents moved the family to Garden City, Missouri, where she would live the greater part of her life. She eccepted Chris and was baptized by Bishop J. C. Kanagy, uniting with the Amish Mennonite Sycamore Grove Church, near Garden City, when she was in her early teens. In 1935 she place her letter with the Allensville congregation. Mattie read the Bible through each year. She is survived by, five sisters, Mary, wife of L. C. Hostetler, Sheffield, Ill.; Ida, wife of Milton Hostetler, Shelbyville, Ill.; Emma, widow of M. J. Weber, Reeves, Ga.; Saloma, wife of Albert Leasa of Allensville, Pa.; and Fannie, wife of David E. Plank, Detroit, Mich., thirteen nieces and eighteen nephews also remain, as wee as a number of grand-nieces and nephews. Those who preceded her in death, her mother, father, two brothers, John L and Edward K. Zook. Funeral services were conducted by Elmer E. Yoder of Allenville and Moses Slabaugh of Harrisonburg, Va.
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