Marion Elizabeth Nafziger

1921 - 1946  (24 years)

• Name	Marion Elizabeth Nafziger
  Born	10 Aug 1921
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	public service, life
  Misfortune	died while travelling to Calcutta - appendectomy
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-56535
  Died	8 Jul 1946	Singapore, , , Singapore
  Buried	Bdadari Cemetery, Singapore, Singapore, , , Singapore
  Person ID	I56535	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Enos R. Nafziger,   b. 27 Oct 1892, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1979, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Erb,   b. 23 Aug 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1916	Poole, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F41781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Memorial service for the late Marion Nafziger, 24-year-old Mennonite nurse, who died enroute to Calcutta, will be held at the Erb St. Mennonite Church, Waterloo, Sunday at 2: 15 p.m. The service will be public. Representatives of the Mennonite Central Relief Committee, Akron, Pa. will attend. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernos Nafziger, 189 Erb St. W., Waterloo, Miss Nafziger died at a Singapore Hospital Monday following an appendectomy. ______________________ Nafziger.--Marion Elizabeth, daughter of Enos and Elizabeth Erb Nafziger, was born at Milverton, Ont., Aug. 10, 1921; died at Singapore, China, on her way to India as a relief worker, July 8, 1946; aged 24 y. 10 m. 28 d. Her death was caused by pneumonia, which set in following an emergency appendectomy. She was a member of the Erb Street Mennonite Church, Waterloo, Ont., and was a devoted Christian who served her Lord faithfully. Memorial services were held at Waterloo, in charge of the pastor, J. B. Martin, assisted by Nelson Litwiller, Argentina, S. A.; Cornelius Rempel, Kitchener, Ont.; and H. S. Bender. EzraEby.com _______________________ Marion Nafziger was born 10 August 1921 to Enos and Elizabeth Erb Nafziger. She was one of four children. Her parents were members at Erb Street Mennonite Church in Waterloo. She attended high school both locally and at Eastern Mennonite High School in Harrisonburg, Virginia. After high shool graduation, she did nurses training at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, graduating in June, 1945. She received a Mennonite Central Committee assignment to work at the Relief Unit in Calcutta, India. Marion and her coworker Mildred Shoemaker sailed on 27 April, 1946. On 24 June, the ship landed in Singapore and she developed a fever. Marion and Mildred were put ashore, and Marion was diagnosed with appendicitis. Mildred was not allowed to remain in Singapore because she had no visa, and the two were separated. Apparently, she did not have the operation. The circumstances of her death remain somewhat mysterious. She died on 8 July 1946 and was buried in Bdadari Cemetery outside of Singapore in a grave marked https://uwaterloo.ca/mennonite-archives-ontario/personal-collections/marion-elizabeth-nafziger-1921-1946

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elizabeth Nafziger - October 14, 1947.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 8 Jul 1946 - Singapore, , , Singapore Buried - - Bdadari Cemetery, Singapore, Singapore, , , Singapore  = Link to Google Earth