David Kanagy

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58862

David — Mary Hertzler. Mary was born Abt 1834, Of, Port Royal, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: S. M. Kanagy
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58860

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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

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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

Simon married Margaret Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Brown 29 Jun 1916, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of David Brown and Anna Reesor) was born 13 Aug 1883, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; died 27 Aug 1952, Vineland, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; was buried 30 Aug 1952, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]