Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1867 - born in July in Germany 1893 - West German Conference 1895 - deacon 1897 - elder 1898 - married Ernstine R. Fink (b. December 24, 1874, d. October 23, 1942) on December 1 1926 - leave of absence; transferred to Kansas Conference 1928 - retired 1931 - transferred from Kansas Conference to Southwest Kansas Conference 1932 - superannuated 1934 - transferred to Kansas Conference from Southwest Kansas Conference 1939 - became retired member of Central kansas Conference 1940 - Central Kansas Conference 1943 - wife's memoir, Central Kansas Journal (p.628) 1947 - died June 10 in Clay Center, KS; buried same; memoir, Central Kansas Journal (p.517) children: 7 see also: Souvenir of the West German Conference (p.327); Central Kansas Journal 1947 (p.517) Conference Board of Stewards