Near.-Milton Hiram Near was born at Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1854; died Oct. 20, 1936, at his home at Denbigh, Va.; aged 82 y. 27 d.
At the age of ten he moved with his parents to Waverly, Iowa, and from there to Joplin, Mo., where he lived fifteen years. He then moved to Osborne Co., Kans., where he was united in marriage to Barbara Neuschwanger.
To this union were born 5 children: Froney (Mrs. Elmer Wiese) of La Junta, Colo.; Martha, at home; Rebecca (Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin) of Plainview, Tex.; Lucy (Mrs. Henry Landis) of Chambersburg, Pa.; John Henry, who died at the age of two. In 1909 he moved with his family to Plainview, Texas, where they lived until 1920, when they moved to Denbigh, Va. Here his wife preceded him in death.
He united with the Mennonite Church while living in Kansas and was a man of prayer; calling his family to the altar morning and evening. Funeral services were held at the house by Bro. Geo. R. Brunk and at the Warwick River Mennonite Church by Truman Brunk, Geo. H. Brunk Jr., and Daniel Shenk. Texts, Rev. 14:13; Psa. 116:15.
Gospel Herald, November 26, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.35 - page 750, 751
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At the age of ten he moved with his parents to Waverly, Iowa, and from there to Joplin, Mo., where he lived fifteen years. He then moved to Osborne Co., Kans., where he was united in marriage to Barbara Neuschwanger.
To this union were born 5 children: Froney (Mrs. Elmer Wiese) of La Junta, Colo.; Martha, at home; Rebecca (Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin) of Plainview, Tex.; Lucy (Mrs. Henry Landis) of Chambersburg, Pa.; John Henry, who died at the age of two. In 1909 he moved with his family to Plainview, Texas, where they lived until 1920, when they moved to Denbigh, Va. Here his wife preceded him in death.
He united with the Mennonite Church while living in Kansas and was a man of prayer; calling his family to the altar morning and evening. Funeral services were held at the house by Bro. Geo. R. Brunk and at the Warwick River Mennonite Church by Truman Brunk, Geo. H. Brunk Jr., and Daniel Shenk. Texts, Rev. 14:13; Psa. 116:15.
Gospel Herald, November 26, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.35 - page 750, 751
Not listed in obituary index
Near.-Milton Hiram Near was born at Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1854; died Oct. 20, 1936, at his home at Denbigh, Va.; aged 82 y. 27 d.
At the age of ten he moved with his parents to Waverly, Iowa, and from there to Joplin, Mo., where he lived fifteen years. He then moved to Osborne Co., Kans., where he was united in marriage to Barbara Neuschwanger.
To this union were born 5 children: Froney (Mrs. Elmer Wiese) of La Junta, Colo.; Martha, at home; Rebecca (Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin) of Plainview, Tex.; Lucy (Mrs. Henry Landis) of Chambersburg, Pa.; John Henry, who died at the age of two. In 1909 he moved with his family to Plainview, Texas, where they lived until 1920, when they moved to Denbigh, Va. Here his wife preceded him in death.
He united with the Mennonite Church while living in Kansas and was a man of prayer; calling his family to the altar morning and evening. Funeral services were held at the house by Bro. Geo. R. Brunk and at the Warwick River Mennonite Church by Truman Brunk, Geo. H. Brunk Jr., and Daniel Shenk. Texts, Rev. 14:13; Psa. 116:15.
Gospel Herald, November 26, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.35 - page 750, 751
Not listed in obituary index
At the age of ten he moved with his parents to Waverly, Iowa, and from there to Joplin, Mo., where he lived fifteen years. He then moved to Osborne Co., Kans., where he was united in marriage to Barbara Neuschwanger.
To this union were born 5 children: Froney (Mrs. Elmer Wiese) of La Junta, Colo.; Martha, at home; Rebecca (Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin) of Plainview, Tex.; Lucy (Mrs. Henry Landis) of Chambersburg, Pa.; John Henry, who died at the age of two. In 1909 he moved with his family to Plainview, Texas, where they lived until 1920, when they moved to Denbigh, Va. Here his wife preceded him in death.
He united with the Mennonite Church while living in Kansas and was a man of prayer; calling his family to the altar morning and evening. Funeral services were held at the house by Bro. Geo. R. Brunk and at the Warwick River Mennonite Church by Truman Brunk, Geo. H. Brunk Jr., and Daniel Shenk. Texts, Rev. 14:13; Psa. 116:15.
Gospel Herald, November 26, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.35 - page 750, 751
Not listed in obituary index
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