Eva Mae Esch, wife of Joe Esch and daughter of John and Elizabeth Plank, was born Dec. 15, 1876; died at the Epworth Hospital in South Bend, Ind., Feb. 6, 1944; aged 67 y. 8 m. 21 d.
On Jan 1, 1901, she was united in mar-riage to Joe Esch. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. John Swartzen-truber, Mrs. Ora Vincent, both of Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. Ralph Yoder, Fairview, Mich.; John Esch, Mrs. Elbert Yoder, both of West Liberty, O.; Mrs. Vaugn Trumbell, Churubusco, Ind.; Mildred and Arda, at home with their father, Topeka, Ind. A son, Paul, died at the age of 19 months. Besides the immediate family she leaves the following brother and sisters: Oscar Plank, Grace Emmert, both of Topeka. Ind.; Mrs. Eli Yoder, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Mrs. Anna Hinkson, Lagrange, Ind.; also 23 grand-children and other relatives and friends.
She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her early life and became a member of the Men-nonite Church in which faith and practice she continued until her death, having a deep in-terest in the temporal and spiritual welfare at her household. For a number of years she held her membership with the Emma Mennonite Church. She was regular in attendance when health would permit and gave of her time and talent teaching in Sunday school.
Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Mennon-ite Church in charge of O. S. Hostetler, assisted by M. J. Yoder and Amos Hostetler.
Gospel Herald, Scottdale, Pennsylvania - Vol 36, No 50 - March 9, 1944, pp 1070, 1071
On Jan 1, 1901, she was united in mar-riage to Joe Esch. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. John Swartzen-truber, Mrs. Ora Vincent, both of Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. Ralph Yoder, Fairview, Mich.; John Esch, Mrs. Elbert Yoder, both of West Liberty, O.; Mrs. Vaugn Trumbell, Churubusco, Ind.; Mildred and Arda, at home with their father, Topeka, Ind. A son, Paul, died at the age of 19 months. Besides the immediate family she leaves the following brother and sisters: Oscar Plank, Grace Emmert, both of Topeka. Ind.; Mrs. Eli Yoder, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Mrs. Anna Hinkson, Lagrange, Ind.; also 23 grand-children and other relatives and friends.
She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her early life and became a member of the Men-nonite Church in which faith and practice she continued until her death, having a deep in-terest in the temporal and spiritual welfare at her household. For a number of years she held her membership with the Emma Mennonite Church. She was regular in attendance when health would permit and gave of her time and talent teaching in Sunday school.
Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Mennon-ite Church in charge of O. S. Hostetler, assisted by M. J. Yoder and Amos Hostetler.
Gospel Herald, Scottdale, Pennsylvania - Vol 36, No 50 - March 9, 1944, pp 1070, 1071
Eva Mae Esch, wife of Joe Esch and daughter of John and Elizabeth Plank, was born Dec. 15, 1876; died at the Epworth Hospital in South Bend, Ind., Feb. 6, 1944; aged 67 y. 8 m. 21 d.
On Jan 1, 1901, she was united in mar-riage to Joe Esch. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. John Swartzen-truber, Mrs. Ora Vincent, both of Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. Ralph Yoder, Fairview, Mich.; John Esch, Mrs. Elbert Yoder, both of West Liberty, O.; Mrs. Vaugn Trumbell, Churubusco, Ind.; Mildred and Arda, at home with their father, Topeka, Ind. A son, Paul, died at the age of 19 months. Besides the immediate family she leaves the following brother and sisters: Oscar Plank, Grace Emmert, both of Topeka. Ind.; Mrs. Eli Yoder, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Mrs. Anna Hinkson, Lagrange, Ind.; also 23 grand-children and other relatives and friends.
She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her early life and became a member of the Men-nonite Church in which faith and practice she continued until her death, having a deep in-terest in the temporal and spiritual welfare at her household. For a number of years she held her membership with the Emma Mennonite Church. She was regular in attendance when health would permit and gave of her time and talent teaching in Sunday school.
Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Mennon-ite Church in charge of O. S. Hostetler, assisted by M. J. Yoder and Amos Hostetler.
Gospel Herald, Scottdale, Pennsylvania - Vol 36, No 50 - March 9, 1944, pp 1070, 1071
On Jan 1, 1901, she was united in mar-riage to Joe Esch. To this union were born the following children: Mrs. John Swartzen-truber, Mrs. Ora Vincent, both of Middlebury, Ind.; Mrs. Ralph Yoder, Fairview, Mich.; John Esch, Mrs. Elbert Yoder, both of West Liberty, O.; Mrs. Vaugn Trumbell, Churubusco, Ind.; Mildred and Arda, at home with their father, Topeka, Ind. A son, Paul, died at the age of 19 months. Besides the immediate family she leaves the following brother and sisters: Oscar Plank, Grace Emmert, both of Topeka. Ind.; Mrs. Eli Yoder, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Mrs. Anna Hinkson, Lagrange, Ind.; also 23 grand-children and other relatives and friends.
She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in her early life and became a member of the Men-nonite Church in which faith and practice she continued until her death, having a deep in-terest in the temporal and spiritual welfare at her household. For a number of years she held her membership with the Emma Mennonite Church. She was regular in attendance when health would permit and gave of her time and talent teaching in Sunday school.
Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Mennon-ite Church in charge of O. S. Hostetler, assisted by M. J. Yoder and Amos Hostetler.
Gospel Herald, Scottdale, Pennsylvania - Vol 36, No 50 - March 9, 1944, pp 1070, 1071
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