Bishop Simon Menno Kanagy

1869 - 1941  (72 years)

• Name	Simon Menno Kanagy
  Prefix	Bishop
  Born	1869	Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68273922
  Name	S. M. Kanagy
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-58860
  Died	9 Sep 1941	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Buried	12 Sep 1941	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I58860	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	David Kanagy,   b. Abt 1824, Of, Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Hertzler,   b. Abt 1834, Of, Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F15223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Brown,   b. 13 Aug 1883, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Aug 1952, Vineland, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario  (Age 69 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1916	Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F15222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Rev Simon Menno Kanagy and wife Margaret Elizabeth Brown Find A Grave

  
  

• Notes

  Kanagy.-Simon Menno Kanagy was born April 17, 1869, at Port Royal, Pa., the son of David and Mary (Hartzler) Kanagy; died Sept. 9, 1941. He was reared in Juniata Co., Pa., until in his fourteenth year the family moved to Mifflin County where he later taught school. He afterwards attended school t the Elkhart Institute in Elkhart, Indiana. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1905. For a number of years he taught high schools in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. When he was a mere boy his mother gave him a Bible, admonishing him to read it. It became his daily habit through the years, reading it through once and sometimes twice in a year. He became a Christian as a young man, and was greatly interested in the mission work of the Mennonite Church of which he was a member, and responded to a call to come to Toronto, Ont., in 1914 to take charge of the Mission there. On June 29, 1916, he was united in marriage to M. Elizabeth Brown who survives him. In October of the same year he was ordained to the ministry of the Gospel at the Toronto Mission. On account of his educational qualifications he was called to serve on the faculty of Hesston College and Bible School, Hesston, Kans., in the year 1920, and continue in that sphere of labor until 1923. He was again called to serve in the mission interests of the Church in 1923, this time as superintendent of the Chicago Home Mission. It was during this term of service that he was ordained to the office of bishop in April, 1925. During his stay in Chicago Bro. Kanagy received from the Bethany Seminary the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, also in the year 1925. Bro. and Sister Kanagy were invited to come to Ontario in 1932 to serve the Wanner congregation near Hespeler, Ont., in which service and in the work of the Conference district, he has served faithfully and with great appreciation on the part of the Church and his fellow laborers until the Lord called him home. Of the immediate family of 6 brothers and 4 sisters, 1 sister (Mrs. Samuel W. Peachey of Belleville, Pa.) remains. A short service in charge of Bro. J. W. Witmer of Hespeler was held at his late residence, Blair, Ont., on Sept. 12, where the teachers and pupils of the Blair School formed a guard of honor as the body was being removed to the Wanner Church . Here it rested until the afternoon. Services at the church were in charge of Bros. S. F Coffman of Vineland and S. C. Yoder of Goshen, Ind. Text, Matt. 24: 44; John 14: 1; II Cor. 5: 1-9. Interment in Wanner Cemetery. GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXXIV, No . 35 - November 27, 1941 _______________ KANAG Rev. S. M., at Galt Hospital, Sept, 9th, in his 73rd year. Resting at his late residence, Blair, Ont., till Friday, 11 a.m., then at Wanner church near Hespeler. Services in church Friday, Sept, 12th, 2.30 p.m. Friends wishing to pay their respects to the departed, kindly do so before public service. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 10 Sep 1941 pg 17

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). Kanagy / Bishop Simon M Kanagy / 1869-1941 / M. Elizabeth Brown / his beloved wife / 1883-1952 / resting in his presence [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Simon Menno Kanagy Born: Port Royal Juniata CO Pery USA Age: 47 Father: David Kanagy Mother: Mary Hartzler Born: abt 1869 Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Brown Age: 32 born: Markham Ontario Father: D H Mother: Brown Reesor married 29 Jun 1916 married: York, Markham [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. KANAGY/ Bishop Simon M. KANAGY/ 1869-1941/ M. Elizabeth BROWN/ His beloved wife/ 1883-1952/ Resting in his presence/ [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate. Name:Simon Menno Kanagy Age:47 Birth Year:abt 1869 Birth Place:Port Royal Juniata Co Pery USA Marriage Date:29 Jun 1916 Marriage Place:York, Ontario, Canada Father:David Kanagy Mother:Mary Hartzler Spouse:Margaret Elizabeth Brown

  
  

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  Born - 1869 - Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA Married - 29 Jun 1916 - Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Sep 1941 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 12 Sep 1941 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth