Jackson County KS Archives Obituaries.....PLATZ, Mrs. Margaretha Elizabeth RUFFEL January 11, 1923
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The Holton Recorder
Jackson County
Thursday
January 11, 1923

Mrs. Margaretha Elizabeth PLATZ, nee RUFFEL wife of Rev. C.E. Platz, a former
pastor of the Evangelical church of Holton, departed this life at Leonardville,
Kan., Jan. 6, 1923, aged 62 years, 9 months and 17 days.
Rev. and Mrs. Platz have labored in the church here for a number of years and
they are being held in high esteem not by the members of their congregation
alone but by many others who have learned to know them. Rev. Platz is at present
the successful and beloved pastor of a large and prosperous congregation at
Leonardville. 
Mrs. Platz' health had been failing for some time and a severe attack of
pneumonia hastened her end.The departed was born in Germany. In early childhood
she came to America and resided in Glasgow, Mo., until 1892. In 1890 she was
united in holy wedlock to her now bereaved husband to whom she proved a real
helpmate during the more than 32 years they spent together in the ministerial
itinerancy of the Evangelical church. Her labors are ended by the influence of
her noble Christian life continues. She leaves husband and only son, Charles R.,
who is a teacher in the high school at Riley, Kan. Funeral services were held at
Leonardville, then the remains were brought to Holton where another service was
held after which the remains were laid to rest in the beautiful Holton cemetery. 

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