Notes:
Data source is Janet Crain Meservy e-mail jameservy@gmail.com
Correct spelling for this last name came from the bible of Rachel Molebash. Stamped in leather cover "Rachel Molebash".
***** Obit ******
Molbash - On the 13th of April, in Elkhart county, Ind, of a lingering disease, Bro John Adam Molbash, aged 82 years, 5 months and 13 days.
He was the father of 11 children, 29 grand children, and 15 great-grandchildren. He was buried on the 15th.
Funeral services by J F Funk and Jacob Beutler, from the text selected by himself, 1 Tim 4:6-8. He was deeply interested in his salvation.
Some little time ago he was reinstated into the church and during the last three or four days of his life he was constantly engaged in prayer and in repeating passages of the word of God, and verses of hymns, as they occurred to his mind, until his speech failed him. He also twice called his children to him, and admonished them, and prayed for them very earnestly.
Thus he passed away, as we trust to his eternal rest. And may we all remember his earnest devotion and his prayerful spirit, and be encouraged thereby to live near to God and enjoy the blessings of his precious promises. He leaves a deeply sorrowing companion and six children to mourn their loss. May our heavenly Father comfort the sister and children in their deep affliction.
Hearld of Truth
Vol XIX, No 9
1 May 1882