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Ralph Jay Smeltzer

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Ralph Jay Smeltzer

Birth
Death
1937 (aged 3–4)
Burial
Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Ralph Jay Smeltzer, son of Clarence R Smeltzer & his 2nd wife Mary Yoder Smeltzer

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Smeltzer- Ralph J, son of Bro. Clarence and Sister Mary Smeltzer of Wakarusa, Ind, died of a heart attack following an illness of four days; aged 3 y, 9 m, 2 d. He had been a sufferer since birth, with heart disease and asthma.

He leaves his parents, 3 sisters, 2 brothers and his maternal grandfather (Peter Yoder).

Five brother's preceded him in death; four in infancy and 1 (Roy, about 2 1/2 years ago) was killed in a railway crossing accident at Van Wert, Ohio.

Funeral services were held at the house and at Olive Church, conducted by Brethren Clarence Shank and Silas Weldy. Burial in adjoining cemetery.

"Man's days are few and full of trouble." The Lord bless the bereaved.

Gospel Herald
Vol XXX, No 10
3 June 1937
Ralph Jay Smeltzer, son of Clarence R Smeltzer & his 2nd wife Mary Yoder Smeltzer

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Smeltzer- Ralph J, son of Bro. Clarence and Sister Mary Smeltzer of Wakarusa, Ind, died of a heart attack following an illness of four days; aged 3 y, 9 m, 2 d. He had been a sufferer since birth, with heart disease and asthma.

He leaves his parents, 3 sisters, 2 brothers and his maternal grandfather (Peter Yoder).

Five brother's preceded him in death; four in infancy and 1 (Roy, about 2 1/2 years ago) was killed in a railway crossing accident at Van Wert, Ohio.

Funeral services were held at the house and at Olive Church, conducted by Brethren Clarence Shank and Silas Weldy. Burial in adjoining cemetery.

"Man's days are few and full of trouble." The Lord bless the bereaved.

Gospel Herald
Vol XXX, No 10
3 June 1937


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