Lena Orendorff 1861 - 1948

STEINMAN, ORENDORFF, BURKEY, CONRAD, GINGERICH, INGOLD, ZEHR

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Date: 6/6/2004 at 21:10:56

Gospel Herald - February 24, 1948

Orendorff. - Lena, daughter of Daniel and Katherine (Burkey) Steinman, was born near Tremont, Ill., Feb. 27, 1861; passed away at the home of her son (D. W. Orendorff), Wayland, Iowa, Jan. 29, 1948; aged 86 y. 11 m. 2 d. As a girl she moved with her folks to Flanagan, Ill., where she grew to womanhood and united with the Amish Mennonite Church. On Sept. 19, 1878, she was married to Christian Orendorff. In 1902 they moved from Flanagan to Wayland, Iowa, and on April 30, 1943, her husband passed away. Surviving are 3 daughters (Amelia - Mrs. P. H. Conrad, East Peoria, Ill.; Lydia - Mrs. P. J. Roth, Wayland, Iowa; and Alice - Mrs. E. F. Gingerich, Iowa City, Iowa), 2 sons (Daniel W., Wayland, Iowa; and John R., Spencer, Iowa), one sister, Mrs. Fannie Ingold, Fisher, Ill.), one brother (Daniel, Danvers, Ill.), one stepsister (Mrs. Bertha Zehr, Flanagan, Ill), 17 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, one foster grandchild, 2 great-great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. On son (Samuel) preceded her in death in 1891. Funeral services were held Jan. 31 at the Sugar Creek Church, near Wayland, Iowa, in charge of Willard Leichty and Simon Gingerich. Interment was made in the cemetery near by.

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