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Hershberger, Edward

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Edward Hershberger
Hershberger, -- Edward, son of Abner P. and Sarah (Stutzman) Hershberger, was born May 22, 1897, at Milford, Nebr.; passed away Aug. 28, 1951, at the Bethel Hospital, Newton, Kans.; aged 54 y. 3 m. 6 d. He was stricken with encephalitis from which he was recovering when complications set in. He patiently endured eleven weeks of illness.

On Dec. 6, 1917, he was united in marriage to Alma Stauffer, of Milford, Nebr.

In his youth he accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour and was baptized as a member of the Mennonite Church.

In 1937 he and his family moved to Amenia, N. Dak., where he was called to help serve in mission work.

On Dec. 12, 1937, he was ordained deacon of the Red River Valley congregation by I. S. Mast and Eli G. Hochstetler.

In the fall of 1948 he moved to Hesston, Kans., for school. There he and the younger children attended.

Funeral services were in charge of Milo Kauffman, M. A. Yoder, and Laurence Horst. Burial was made in the Zimmerdale Mennonite Cemetery.

Owner of originalHarvey County Genealogical Society
DateAug 1951
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