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- (Research):Gospel Herald - Volume XLIV , Number 3 - January 16, 1951 --- page 70, 71Ressor, --Joseph Barkey, son of Tillman and Mary (Barkey) Ressor, was born Aug.9, 1892, near Markham, Ont.; died at Vineland, Ont., Nov. 25, 1950. At the age of 21, he united with the Wideman Church. On Dec. 20, 1916, he was united in marriage with Lydia Ann Weber of Waterloo, Ont., who died Dec. 29, 1938. To this union were born 9 children (Mary, Lewis, Martha, Annie-Mrs. Harold McDowell, Eva-Mrs. Paul Burkholder, David, John, Esther, and Ruth). On Sept. 24, 1959, he was united in marriage with Magdalene (Fretz) Hoover, of Vineland, Ont., at which place they lived until his death. Bro. Ressor took a keen interest in the Bible study and was much used in the church. Surviving are his children, his widow, 1 brother (Albert), a sister (Ida-Mrs. Jos. B. Hoover), 3 grandchildren, and 2 stepchildren (Merle Hoover, Vineland, Ont., and Marjorie-Mrs. Enos Hunsberger, Baden, Ont.). and 1 step-grandchild. Funeral services were held on Nov. 27, at the home in Vineland, by S. F. Coffman, A. L. Fretz, and Daniel Slabaugh, and at the home in Markham on Nov. 28, by Elmer Burkholder and at the Wideman Church by F. S. Schmucker and A. D. Grove. Text: Job 1: 21. Interment in Wideman's Cemetery.
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