Lazarus
Project
An expanded obituary project of
MennObits. Includes additional information of obituaries
appearing in
The Mennonite and other newspapers. Source of
individual obituaries given with each record. Project managed by
Thelma Martin.
1973
C to F
CHUPP,
Dan J.; CHUPP, Jacob M.;
COBLENTZ,
Harley;
CHUPP. -
Dan J., son of John J. and Martha (Stutzman) Chupp, was born in
Newton Co. Ind, Nov. 13, 1902. Departed this life Aug. 24, 1973, at a
Goshen, Ind., hospital, after attending a funeral in Michigan the day
before. He was aged 70 years, 9 months and 11 days. On Dec. 16, 1926,
he was married to Anna S. Beachy. They lived in matrimony over 46
years. He leaves to, mourn his departure his wife; two sons, Jacob and
Reuben of Arthur, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Toby J. (Lydia Ann)
Herschberger of Sullivan, Ill., Mrs. Adlai L. (Edna) Helmuth and Mrs.
Andrew (Ruby) Hostetler of Arthur, Ill. Also, 20 grandchildren; 1
sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Schrock, Gordonville, Pa.; 5 brothers, Eli of
Wyoming, Del., Jacob and Menno, both of Arthur, Ill., Levi, Sullivan,
Ill., and Andy, Greenwood, Del. He was preceded by his parents, 1
daughter, 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Services were held in the home Aug.
27, 1973, by Min. Amos Miller of Arthur, Min. Eli Chupp, Middlebury,
Ind., and Bish. Amos D. Otto of Arthur. Burial in Otto Cemetery near
Arthur, Ill.
From: Amish-Mennonite Church,
Herold der Wahrheit, October 1973, p. 225.
Issue donated by: Chris Yoder, Saugatuck, Michigan
Transcribed by: Thelma Hoover Martin
CHUPP. -
Jacob M., son of John J. and Martha (Stutzman) Chupp, was born
in Newton Co. Ind., Aug. 3, 1904; died Sept. 7, 1973, in a Memphis Mo.,
hospital, at the age of 69 years, 1 month, 4 days. He had been visiting
in his daughter's home, the Eli J. Yoders of Milton, Iowa, over a week.
His brother Dan, of the above obituary*, had also died away from home
just two weeks before. He was married to Mattie A. Herschberger, Dec.
23, 1926, who sur-vives; also 5 sons and 3 daughters: Joas and Eli M.
both of Shipshewana, Ind.; Lewis of Tuscola, Ill.; Edward J. and Omer
both of Arthur, Ill.; Mrs, Fred (Edna) Schrock and Mrs. Edward (Clara)
Schrock, also of Arthur; and Mrs. Eli J. (Wilma) Yoder, Milton, Iowa;
also four brothers and one sister (see above obit-uary)*. 39
grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded by his
parents, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, and 2 grand-children. Services were
held in the Menno Chupp home Sept. 10, 1973, by Bish. Criss Otto and
Bish. Amos D. Otto. Bur-ial in Otto Cemetery near Arthur, Ill.
*[Posting note: See Dan J. Chupp (1902-1973). Sister & brothers:
Mrs. Mary Ann Schrock, Gordonville, Pa.; Eli of Wyoming, Del.,
Menno, both of Arthur, Ill., Levi, Sullivan, Ill., and Andy, Greenwood,
Del.]
From: Amish-Mennonite Church,
Herold der Wahrheit, October 1973, p. 225.
Issue donated by: Chris Yoder, Saugatuck, Michigan
Transcribed by: Thelma Hoover Martin
COBLENTZ.
- Harley, son of Dan J. and Fannie (,Schrock) Coblentz, was born
Feb. 8, 1909, at McMinnville, Ore„ and passed ,away ;at his home, near
Kalona, Iowa, after a short illness, on July 15, 1973 Aged 64 years, 5
months and 7 days. In his youth he accepted Christ as his Sav-iour and
was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. On June 8, 1938, he was
united in marriage to Barbara Gingerich ,In North Dakota. After living
there for five years they moved to the Kalona com-munity in the fall of
1943, where he spent the rest of his life. To this union were born
seven children, all of whom survive with his widow. Daniel and Joe,
both of Kalona; Ruby, Fannie Mae, Marie Arlene, Elijah and Dwight
Glenn, all at home. Also surviving are one brother and five sisters.
Dave, Oxford, Iowa; Barbara (Mrs. Monroe Bender), Kalona; Anna (Mrs.
Menno Slabaugh), Iowa City, Iowa; Mattie (Mrs. Elmer Hohnberger),
Phoenix, Ariz.; Tillie (Mrs. Andy Slabaugh), and Clara (Mrs. Mahlon A.
Miller), bath of Kalona. Also many nieces and nephews, and many other
friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister,
Lizzie. Services were held on July 18, 1973, in the Tobias J. Miller
home and burial in the Peter Miller Cemetery near Kalona.
From: Amish-Mennonite Church,
Herold der Wahrheit, August 1973, p. 177.
Issue donated by: Chris Yoder, Saugatuck, Michigan
Transcribed by: Thelma Hoover Martin
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