OBITUARY OF IDA LAPP COLEBANK Colebank, Ida A., daughter of Christian and Anna Brubaker Lapp, was born at Freeport, Ill., March 3, 1860, and died at the home of her daughter in El Cahon, Calif., May 15, 1947. She was married to Marshall Colebank, and to this union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. She united with the Church of the Brethren when a young girl. Her husband preceded her in death in 1937. Funeral services were held in the Glendora church by Bro. Norman Baugher and the undersigned, and burial was in the Oakdale cemetery near Glendora, Calif.—Galen K. Walker, Glendora, Calif. The Gospel Messenger, Vol. 96, No. 25, June 21, 1947, p. 29. Note: Cahon in original should be Cajon; “1937” as printed. Obituary courtesy of A. Wayne Webb, historian for the German Baptist Brethren church |
OBITUARY OF MARSHAL COLEBANK Colebank, Marshall, born at Wheeling, W. Va., Dec 2, 1853, died at Woodpecker, B. C., Canada, Aug. 27, 1934. In early manhood he united with the Church of the Brethren which faith he retained to the end. Dec. 2, 1879, he married Ida A. Lapp of Shelby County, Mo. To this union nine children were born. Surviving are two sisters, two brothers, his wife, two daughters and five sons. He was laid to rest by the side of a brother in the little cemetery at Woodpecker, and a memorial service was conducted at Brocket, N. Dak., by Eld. John Deal and the writer.—Ralph R. Petry, Rock Lake, N. Dak. The Gospel Messenger, Vol. 83, No. 38, September 22, 1934, p. 31. Obituary courtesy of A. Wayne Webb, historian for the German Baptist Brethren church |
Will and Esther Colebank Conn's wedding photo from 1901. |