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Susannah Berkey Pletcher

2 Dec 1868 – 10 Jan 1962

Birth2 Dec 1868
Death10 Jan 1962
CemeteryOchiltree Cemetery
Perryton , Ochiltree County , Texas , USA
Added byMJP on 07 Aug 2018
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OBITUARY Suzanna PLETCHER, daughter of Jacob and Lelah (Bergey) BERKEY, was born in southern Ohio, December 2, 1868; died January 10, 1962, at Pampa, Texas, of a cerebral hemorrhage which occurred October 1, 1961; aged 93 years, 1 month, 8 days. On November 22, 1885, she was married to Thomas PLETCHER, who died in 1928. Surviving are 7 children (Lydia - Mrs. Louis ROGERS, Sparta, Missouri; George and Harvey, Perryton; Noah and Paul, Pampa; and Esther - Mrs. Worley ADAIR, Lawton, Oklahoma), 41 grandchildren, 119 great-grandchildren, 52 great-great-grandchildren, 3 brothers (Albert Kilmer, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico; and Noah and John, Hubbard, Oregon), and 3 sisters (Anna - Mrs. Elmer STAUFFER, Cora - Mrs. Albert SMITH, and Saloma - Mrs. Ed SCHOENHEINZ, all of Hubbard, Oregon). Two of her grandchildren (Ella May - Mrs. Allen WAGNER, La Veta, Colorado; and Bill PLETCHER, Perryton) were reared in her home. Preceding her in death also were 2 sons , 2 daughters, one stepson, 4 brothers, and 2 sisters. Grandma PLETCHER was one of the pioneers of this county, and in her home one of the first Sunday schools in the county was started. Out of this Sunday school emerged the present Perryton Mennonite Church. She and her husband traveled by covered wagon to Ochiltree County in 1908. She was a member of the Perryton Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church, in charge of E. E. Showalter, Wallace Jantz, and Marcus Adair; interment in Ochiltree Cemetery. (Published in The Gospel Herald - Volume LV, Number 6 - February 6, 1962 - page 134, 135, 136)

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