Obituary of Anna Bitner 1880 Elkhart County, IN Herald of Truth Goshen College, Goshen, Elkhart County, IN ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: BeverlyJo@aol.com ************************************************************************ 18:89 - 11/25/1880 - Anna BITNER - 25 Nov 1880 in Richland Co, OH, of paralysis, Sister Anna, wife of David BITNER, aged 73y 8 months. She was born in PA in 1807 and married in 1830. In 1836 she and her husband and three children moved from Center Co PA to Crawford Co PA and the next year to Richland Co OH where she had her home till her death. They both united with the Mennonite church the same year they were married. She had 10 children - 5 of which preceded her to the spirit world. During the latter years of her life she felt great concern for the spiritual welfare of her children yet living. She shed many tears for them, prayed continually for them, and conversed much with them of the necessity of giving their hearts to God. Many times she was found in her closet praying for her children that they might be saved before she died...Through her 14 years of suffering she bore her sickness patiently. She often repeated the words, "The Lord's will be done, not ours..."