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- (Research): Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 8 - February 24, 1959 Fretz, Samuel Howard, son of Manasseh and Mary Ann (Cober) Fretz; born May 13, 1895, at Markham, Ont.; died Jan. 30, 1959, at Stouffville, Ont., of muscular dystrophy; aged 63 y. 8 m. 17 d. Married on March 17, 1920, to May Grove, who survives. He was a farmer, and in recent years, a carpenter. Also surviving are 6 children (Norman, Orval, and Levi, of Claremont, Ont.; Alma- Mrs. Lewis Reesor, Markham; Lois- Mrs. Maurice Hoover, Stouffville: and Mary Ann- Mrs. Beland Schlabach, Waterloo) and 4 brothers and 4 sisters (Oren, Stouffville; Edward, Markham; Lewis, Selkirk: Fred, St. Jacobs; Martha- Mrs. Chris Smith and Eila- Mrs. Orval Weber, Kitchener; Mary- Mrs. Elvin Snyder, Goshen, Ind.; and Mabel- Mrs. Vernice Hoover, Springvale). Three brothers preceded him in death. He was a member of the Wideman Church, where funeral services were held Feb. 1, in charge of Elmer H. Burkholder, Emerson McDowell, and Aaron D. Grove; interment in adjoining cemetery.
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