Susan Conrad Schlatter 1882 - 1970

SCHLATTER, CONRAD, WITMER, OSWALD, WIDMER

Posted By: A.M.W. (email)
Date: 1/30/2006 at 16:28:41

Wayland News - January 22, 1970

Susan (Conrad) Schlatter, daughter of Daniel K. and Magdalena (Wittmer) Conrad, was born near Milford, Nebraska May 3, 1882. She passed from this life Saturday January 24, 1970 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, age 87 years, 8 months, 21 days.

Early in life she accepted Christ as her Saviour and was baptized and united with the East Fairview Mennonite Church near Milford, Nebraska. After moving to Iowa, she transferred her membership to the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church where she was a faithful and active member.

On November 19, 1905 she was united in marriage to David Schlatter at Wayland, Iowa. To this union were born three children, two sons and one daughter. Surviving are: her husband David, one daughter, Inez and husband Paul Oswald of Aurora, Nebraska, one son, Raymond and wife Vera, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, one daughter-in-law Doris (widow of Emerson) Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, one sister, Mrs. Lydia Widmer, Long Beach California, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One son, Emerson, and one great-grandchild preceded her in death.

She and her husband started married life on a farm southeast of Wayland, Iowa and lived there until 1939 when they retired from the farm and moved to their late home in East Wayland, Iowa. In May, 1968, they took residence in the Pleasant View Home, Kalona, Iowa.

She lived a long and useful life and will be greatly missed by her family and many friends.

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