Lewis Appel died when the roof of a shed caught on fire while he was burning limbs. He carried a bucket of water toward the shed to put out the fire, and died there in the yard of a heart attack.
My uncle, Lewis Appel, has 2 markers, but is buried in Illinois. The second marker is in Virginia, where his wife was buried 12 years after his death. Both markers are pictured here.
Lewis was my great grandmother's brother. The Appel family were Mennonites (United Brethren.)
My uncle was a farmer, a teacher, and a dairyman, raising milk cattle, and selling the milk to local residents. My father knew him well.
Uncle Lewis was married to Margaret "Maggie" Shank Appel (1891 - 1970,) who was buried in Virginia.
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Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 41 - October 14, 1958-page 985, 986
"Appel, Lewis D., son of the late George and Martha (Harshbarger); born March 25, 1880, Cullom, Ill.; died suddenly on Sept. 9, 1958; aged 87 y. 5 m. 15 d. [sic]
Married on April 18, 1942, to Maggie Shank, Harrisonburg, Va., who survives. He was the last of the family, his parents, and 3 sisters having preceded him in death. Church membership: Waldo Mennonite Church. He taught in the public schools, and was actively engaged in Sunday-school work for more than 50 years, having taught his class just two days prior to his passing. Funeral services Sept. 11 in the Methodist Church in Cullom with J. D. Hartzler and Edwin J. Stalter in charge, burial in West Lawn Cemetery."
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My uncle, Lewis Appel, has 2 markers, but is buried in Illinois. The second marker is in Virginia, where his wife was buried 12 years after his death. Both markers are pictured here.
Lewis was my great grandmother's brother. The Appel family were Mennonites (United Brethren.)
My uncle was a farmer, a teacher, and a dairyman, raising milk cattle, and selling the milk to local residents. My father knew him well.
Uncle Lewis was married to Margaret "Maggie" Shank Appel (1891 - 1970,) who was buried in Virginia.
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Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 41 - October 14, 1958-page 985, 986
"Appel, Lewis D., son of the late George and Martha (Harshbarger); born March 25, 1880, Cullom, Ill.; died suddenly on Sept. 9, 1958; aged 87 y. 5 m. 15 d. [sic]
Married on April 18, 1942, to Maggie Shank, Harrisonburg, Va., who survives. He was the last of the family, his parents, and 3 sisters having preceded him in death. Church membership: Waldo Mennonite Church. He taught in the public schools, and was actively engaged in Sunday-school work for more than 50 years, having taught his class just two days prior to his passing. Funeral services Sept. 11 in the Methodist Church in Cullom with J. D. Hartzler and Edwin J. Stalter in charge, burial in West Lawn Cemetery."
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Lewis Appel died when the roof of a shed caught on fire while he was burning limbs. He carried a bucket of water toward the shed to put out the fire, and died there in the yard of a heart attack.
My uncle, Lewis Appel, has 2 markers, but is buried in Illinois. The second marker is in Virginia, where his wife was buried 12 years after his death. Both markers are pictured here.
Lewis was my great grandmother's brother. The Appel family were Mennonites (United Brethren.)
My uncle was a farmer, a teacher, and a dairyman, raising milk cattle, and selling the milk to local residents. My father knew him well.
Uncle Lewis was married to Margaret "Maggie" Shank Appel (1891 - 1970,) who was buried in Virginia.
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Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 41 - October 14, 1958-page 985, 986
"Appel, Lewis D., son of the late George and Martha (Harshbarger); born March 25, 1880, Cullom, Ill.; died suddenly on Sept. 9, 1958; aged 87 y. 5 m. 15 d. [sic]
Married on April 18, 1942, to Maggie Shank, Harrisonburg, Va., who survives. He was the last of the family, his parents, and 3 sisters having preceded him in death. Church membership: Waldo Mennonite Church. He taught in the public schools, and was actively engaged in Sunday-school work for more than 50 years, having taught his class just two days prior to his passing. Funeral services Sept. 11 in the Methodist Church in Cullom with J. D. Hartzler and Edwin J. Stalter in charge, burial in West Lawn Cemetery."
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My uncle, Lewis Appel, has 2 markers, but is buried in Illinois. The second marker is in Virginia, where his wife was buried 12 years after his death. Both markers are pictured here.
Lewis was my great grandmother's brother. The Appel family were Mennonites (United Brethren.)
My uncle was a farmer, a teacher, and a dairyman, raising milk cattle, and selling the milk to local residents. My father knew him well.
Uncle Lewis was married to Margaret "Maggie" Shank Appel (1891 - 1970,) who was buried in Virginia.
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Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 41 - October 14, 1958-page 985, 986
"Appel, Lewis D., son of the late George and Martha (Harshbarger); born March 25, 1880, Cullom, Ill.; died suddenly on Sept. 9, 1958; aged 87 y. 5 m. 15 d. [sic]
Married on April 18, 1942, to Maggie Shank, Harrisonburg, Va., who survives. He was the last of the family, his parents, and 3 sisters having preceded him in death. Church membership: Waldo Mennonite Church. He taught in the public schools, and was actively engaged in Sunday-school work for more than 50 years, having taught his class just two days prior to his passing. Funeral services Sept. 11 in the Methodist Church in Cullom with J. D. Hartzler and Edwin J. Stalter in charge, burial in West Lawn Cemetery."
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