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Christian Benjamin Egli

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Christian Benjamin Egli

Birth
Hopedale, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 Apr 1959 (aged 84)
Manson, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA
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Manson, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Egli, Christian Benjamin, son of Joseph and Barbara (Sutter) Egli; born near Hopedale, Ill., Nov. 22, 1874; died at his home in Manson, Iowa, April---1959; aged 84 y. 5 m. In December, 1894, he was married to Emma Grimm, Hopedale, Ill. In 1911 they moved to the Manson, Iowa, vicinity. They became the parents of 13 children. His wife died in June, 1934; three sons and one daughter also preceded him in death. On Nov. 28, 1936, he was married to Lettie Wenger, who survives. Also surviving him are 6 sons and 3 daughters (Joe H., Conneautville, Pa.; Jesse O., and Louie L., Gilmore City, Iowa; Emery E., Barnum, Iowa; Mrs. Maude Swartzendruber, Bloomingdale, Ill.; Samuel N., Atlantic; Elsie-Mrs. Chancy Litwiller, Washington, Iowa; Ida, La Junta, Colo.; and Stanley M. Denver, Colo.), 31 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, 5 sisters (Mrs. Lydia Miller, Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. D. H. Miller, Conneautville, Pa; Mrs. Emma Fleenor, Lowell, Ind.; Mollie, Kalona, Iowa; and Mrs. Lavina Grieser, Conneaut Lake, Pa.), and 2 brothers (Dan, Hopedale, Ill.; and Joel, Manson). He was a member of the Manson Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held April 25, in charge of Nick Stoltzfus and Edward Birkey; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 21 - May 26, 1959--- page 502, 503

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Egli-127
Egli, Christian Benjamin, son of Joseph and Barbara (Sutter) Egli; born near Hopedale, Ill., Nov. 22, 1874; died at his home in Manson, Iowa, April---1959; aged 84 y. 5 m. In December, 1894, he was married to Emma Grimm, Hopedale, Ill. In 1911 they moved to the Manson, Iowa, vicinity. They became the parents of 13 children. His wife died in June, 1934; three sons and one daughter also preceded him in death. On Nov. 28, 1936, he was married to Lettie Wenger, who survives. Also surviving him are 6 sons and 3 daughters (Joe H., Conneautville, Pa.; Jesse O., and Louie L., Gilmore City, Iowa; Emery E., Barnum, Iowa; Mrs. Maude Swartzendruber, Bloomingdale, Ill.; Samuel N., Atlantic; Elsie-Mrs. Chancy Litwiller, Washington, Iowa; Ida, La Junta, Colo.; and Stanley M. Denver, Colo.), 31 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, 5 sisters (Mrs. Lydia Miller, Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. D. H. Miller, Conneautville, Pa; Mrs. Emma Fleenor, Lowell, Ind.; Mollie, Kalona, Iowa; and Mrs. Lavina Grieser, Conneaut Lake, Pa.), and 2 brothers (Dan, Hopedale, Ill.; and Joel, Manson). He was a member of the Manson Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held April 25, in charge of Nick Stoltzfus and Edward Birkey; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 21 - May 26, 1959--- page 502, 503

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Egli-127

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