Caroline Amstutz, daughter of John and Anna Tschantz Lehman, was born Jan. 16, 1869; died unexpectedly Feb. 3, 1945, near Kidron, Ohio; aged 76 y. 18 d. She suffered only a few hours following a heart attack.
In 1885 she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Sonnenberg Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death.
On Feb. 27, 1890, she was united in marriage to Cleophas N. Amstutz, who a few years later was ordained minister and then bishop of the same church. He preceded her in death March 5, 1940.
She leaves 6 daughters (Mrs. Edna Nussbaum, Sara - Mrs. Albert Nussbaum, Lydia - Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander, with whom she made her home, Lavina - Mrs. Amos Neuenschwander, Elda - Mrs. Martin Lehman, and Martha - Mrs. Harvey J. Nussbaum, all of the vicinity of Kidron except Lavina, who resides at Berne, Ind.), 35 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Elizabeth - Mrs. John Geiger, and Anna - Mrs. Louis Burkhalter), and 4 brothers (William, Daniel, and Noah, all of the Kidron community, and John, Richfield, Wash.).
One son, one grandson, one brother, and two sisters also preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at the Sonnenberg Church Feb. 6, in charge of Louis Amstutz and Stanford Mumaw. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
--Gospel Herald, Vol. XXXVII, No . 47: February 23, 1945; p. 958
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In 1885 she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Sonnenberg Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death.
On Feb. 27, 1890, she was united in marriage to Cleophas N. Amstutz, who a few years later was ordained minister and then bishop of the same church. He preceded her in death March 5, 1940.
She leaves 6 daughters (Mrs. Edna Nussbaum, Sara - Mrs. Albert Nussbaum, Lydia - Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander, with whom she made her home, Lavina - Mrs. Amos Neuenschwander, Elda - Mrs. Martin Lehman, and Martha - Mrs. Harvey J. Nussbaum, all of the vicinity of Kidron except Lavina, who resides at Berne, Ind.), 35 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Elizabeth - Mrs. John Geiger, and Anna - Mrs. Louis Burkhalter), and 4 brothers (William, Daniel, and Noah, all of the Kidron community, and John, Richfield, Wash.).
One son, one grandson, one brother, and two sisters also preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at the Sonnenberg Church Feb. 6, in charge of Louis Amstutz and Stanford Mumaw. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
--Gospel Herald, Vol. XXXVII, No . 47: February 23, 1945; p. 958
Contributor: AppleRonniB (49227765)
Caroline Amstutz, daughter of John and Anna Tschantz Lehman, was born Jan. 16, 1869; died unexpectedly Feb. 3, 1945, near Kidron, Ohio; aged 76 y. 18 d. She suffered only a few hours following a heart attack.
In 1885 she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Sonnenberg Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death.
On Feb. 27, 1890, she was united in marriage to Cleophas N. Amstutz, who a few years later was ordained minister and then bishop of the same church. He preceded her in death March 5, 1940.
She leaves 6 daughters (Mrs. Edna Nussbaum, Sara - Mrs. Albert Nussbaum, Lydia - Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander, with whom she made her home, Lavina - Mrs. Amos Neuenschwander, Elda - Mrs. Martin Lehman, and Martha - Mrs. Harvey J. Nussbaum, all of the vicinity of Kidron except Lavina, who resides at Berne, Ind.), 35 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Elizabeth - Mrs. John Geiger, and Anna - Mrs. Louis Burkhalter), and 4 brothers (William, Daniel, and Noah, all of the Kidron community, and John, Richfield, Wash.).
One son, one grandson, one brother, and two sisters also preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at the Sonnenberg Church Feb. 6, in charge of Louis Amstutz and Stanford Mumaw. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
--Gospel Herald, Vol. XXXVII, No . 47: February 23, 1945; p. 958
Contributor: AppleRonniB (49227765)
In 1885 she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Sonnenberg Mennonite Church, of which she remained a faithful member until death.
On Feb. 27, 1890, she was united in marriage to Cleophas N. Amstutz, who a few years later was ordained minister and then bishop of the same church. He preceded her in death March 5, 1940.
She leaves 6 daughters (Mrs. Edna Nussbaum, Sara - Mrs. Albert Nussbaum, Lydia - Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander, with whom she made her home, Lavina - Mrs. Amos Neuenschwander, Elda - Mrs. Martin Lehman, and Martha - Mrs. Harvey J. Nussbaum, all of the vicinity of Kidron except Lavina, who resides at Berne, Ind.), 35 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Elizabeth - Mrs. John Geiger, and Anna - Mrs. Louis Burkhalter), and 4 brothers (William, Daniel, and Noah, all of the Kidron community, and John, Richfield, Wash.).
One son, one grandson, one brother, and two sisters also preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at the Sonnenberg Church Feb. 6, in charge of Louis Amstutz and Stanford Mumaw. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
--Gospel Herald, Vol. XXXVII, No . 47: February 23, 1945; p. 958
Contributor: AppleRonniB (49227765)
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