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- [S1542] Loren Johns, Family Database of Loren Johns, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Galen Ira Johns.
Name Galen Ira Johns
Born 26 Feb 1920 Clinton Twp., Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Gender Male
Died 5 Aug 2012 Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Buried 24 Nov 2016 Benton Lutheran Cemetery, Benton, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Person ID I1383 Johns Database
Last Modified 4 Feb 2022
Father Ira Samuel Johns, b. 10 Jul 1879, Clinton Twp., Elkhart, Indiana, USA, d. 27 Jun 1956, Clinton Twp., Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)
Mother Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rickert, b. 26 Jan 1877, Unity Twp., Columbiana, Ohio, USA, d. 7 Aug 1960, Clinton Twp., Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
Married 17 Aug 1901 , Mahoning, Ohio, USA [2]
Notice of their marriage license application appeared in The Youngstown Daily Vindicator on 17 Aug 1901. A short notice of their wedding appeared under the heading "Columbiana" in the same newspaper on 23 Aug 1901, with the notice, "married Saturday."
Family ID F104 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Edith Mae Hoover, b. 1 May 1923, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA, d. 5 Feb 2009, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)
Married 16 May 1943 Clinton Twp., Elkhart, Indiana, USA [3]
Children
1. Joe Alan Johns, b. 26 Apr 1944, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA, d. 5 Sep 2003, Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, USA (Age 59 years)
2. Steven Ray Johns, b. 6 Apr 1945, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years)
3. Lois Elaine Johns, b. 9 Sep 1948, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years)
4. Rachel Nanlee Johns, b. 29 Dec 1952, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA, d. 23 Mar 1954, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 1 years)
5. Loren Lavern Johns, b. 8 Mar 1955, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 67 years)
6. Lindale Rex Davis "Lin" Johns, b. 7 May 1958, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 64 years) [Adopted]
Last Modified 7 May 2022
Family ID F857 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Areta Fern Graber, b. 21 Aug 1922, Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA, d. 20 May 2017, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 94 years)
Married 30 Jan 2010 Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Last Modified 7 May 2022
Family ID F45387 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Notes
AAMG JH1443328 YR23377328
Galen I. Johns, 92, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2012, in his home. He was born Feb. 26, 1920, to Ira S. and Elizabeth (Rickert) Johns in Clinton Township, Elkhart County.
He was a pastor, conference secretary, teacher, and school principal. He also worked part-time as a self-employed installer of heating, air conditioning and electricity. He was a member of College Mennonite Church.
He married Edith Mae Hoover on May 16, 1943, at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church. She died Feb. 5, 2009. He married Areta Graber Lehman on Jan. 30, 2010, in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are his children Steven (Debra) Johns of Goshen, Lois (Jim) Kaufmann of New Paris, Loren (Rachel) Johns of Goshen and Lindale (Melanie) Johns of Benton; daughter-in-law Jeanette Johns of Mecosta, Mich.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; son Joe Alan Johns in 2003; daughter Rachel Nanlee in 1954; six sisters, Vivian Schlabach, Vera Stutzman, Vesta Kauffman, Miriam Wyse, Mary Birkey and Pauline Horst; and one brother, Daniel Johns. He was the last living member of his immediate family.
He attended both Eastern Mennonite High School and Goshen College. He served in Civilian Public Service at Sidling Hill, Pa. He was ordained as a minister on Jan. 25, 1948. Later that year he went through the lot a second time and was selected to be the first pastor at Benton Mennonite Church. He served for one year as interim pastor at Ninth Street Mennonite Church in Saginaw, Mich. He was later ordained as a bishop and served as the first pastor at Bonneyville Mennonite Church, Bristol. He taught and was principal at Clinton Christian Day School for a number of years and was pastor at Erb Street Mennonite Church in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, for 6 and a half years. He served for many years as secretary and later Executive Secretary and Conference Minister of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference and for two years as moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Conference and the inter-Mennonite conference that later became Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. Gifted in vocal music, he organized and led numerous church choirs and taught many people around the church how to sing, how to read music, and how to sing solfeggio (the "do-re-mi's").
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in the Gathering Room at College Mennonite Church, Goshen. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the church. The Revs. Brenda Meyer and Rosemary Widmer will lead the service. Galen chose to donate his body to Indiana University Medical Center for research. Memorials may be made to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Goshen Home Care and Hospice, or College Mennonite Church.
[Having donated his body to science, his ashes were buried more than four years after his death.]
Sources
[S3] Hostetler Database.
[S8] Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959, Film #1845566; Folder #4540491; Image #00441.
[S8] Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959, Film #1845724; Folder #4540506; Image #00121.
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- [S1037] James C. Hostetler, Family Database of James C. Hostetler, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Galen Ira Johns.
Name Galen Ira Johns
Born 26 Feb 1920 Elkhart Co., IN
Gender Male
Died 05 Aug 2012 Elkhart Co., IN
Person ID I9313 Hostetler Database
Last Modified 7 Mar 2016
Father Ira Samuel Johns, b. 10 Jul 1879, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN, d. 27 Jun 1956, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 76 years)
Mother Elizabeth Richert, b. 26 Jan 1877, Unity Twp., Columbiana Co., OH, d. 7 Aug 1960, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 83 years)
Married 17 Aug 1901 Columbiana Co., OH
Family ID F4081 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Edith Mae Hoover, b. 1 May 1923, Elkhart Co., IN, d. 05 Feb 2009, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 85 years)
Married 16 May 1943 Elkhart Co., IN
Children
1. Joe Alan Johns, b. 26 Apr 1944, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN, d. 5 Sep 2003, Sheridan, Kent Co., MI (Age 59 years)
2. Steven Ray Johns, b. 6 Apr 1945, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 77 years)
3. Lois Elaine Johns, b. 9 Sep 1948, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 73 years)
4. Rachel Nanlee Johns, b. 29 Dec 1952, Elkhart Co., IN, d. 23 Mar 1954, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 1 years)
5. Loren Lavern Johns, b. 8 Mar 1955, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 67 years)
6. Lindale Rex Johns, b. 7 May 1958, IN (Age 64 years)
Last Modified 7 Mar 2016
Family ID F4097 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Areta Fern Graber, b. 21 Aug 1922 (Age 99 years)
Married 30 Jan 2010 Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN
Last Modified 7 Mar 2016
Family ID F126646 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Notes
Ordained minister Jan 25 1948. Rickert, page 122; John C. Wenger: Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan, p 292, for biographical sketch and his obituary in Elkhart (IN) Truth August 7 2012, as follows: Galen I. Johns, 92, of Goshen, died Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2012, in his home. He was born Feb. 26, 1920, to Ira S. and Elizabeth (Rickert) Johns in Clinton Township, Elkhart County. He was a pastor, conference secretary, teacher, and school principal. He also worked part-time as a self-employed installer of heating, air conditioning and electricity. He was a member of College Mennonite Church. He married Edith Mae Hoover on May 16, 1943, at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church. She died Feb. 5, 2009. He married Areta Graber Lehman on Jan. 30, 2010, in Goshen. She survives. Also surviving are his children Steven (Debra) Johns of Goshen, Lois (Jim) Kaufmann of New Paris, Loren (Rachel) Johns of Goshen and Lindale (Melanie) Johns of Benton; daughter-in-law Jeanette Johns of Mecosta, Mich.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; son Joe Alan Johns in 2003; daughter Rachel Nanlee in 1954; six sisters, Vivian Schlabach, Vera Stutzman, Vesta Kauffman, Miriam Wyse, Mary Birkey and Pauline Horst; and one brother, Daniel Johns. He was the last living member of his immediate family. He attended both Eastern Mennonite High School and Goshen College. He served in Civilian Public Service at Sidling Hill, Pa. He was ordained as a minister on Jan. 25, 1948. Later that year he went through the lot a second time and was selected to be the first pastor at Benton Mennonite Church. He served for one year as interim pastor at Ninth Street Mennonite Church in Saginaw, Mich. He was later ordained as a bishop and served as the first pastor at Bonneyville Mennonite Church, Bristol. He taught and was principal at Clinton Christian Day School for a number of years and was pastor at Erb Street Mennonite Church in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, for 6 and a half years. He served for many years as secretary and later Executive Secretary and Conference Minister of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference and for two years as moderator of the Ontario Mennonite Conference and the inter-Mennonite conference that later became Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. Gifted in vocal music, he organized and led numerous church choirs and taught many people around the church how to sing, how to read music, and how to sing solfeggio (the
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