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Susanna Brenneman Smith

Female 1883 - 1962  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Susanna Brenneman Smith was born on 2 Oct 1883; died in 1962 in Elida OH.

    Susanna married Perry Smith in 1905. Perry (son of Amos Schmidt and Sarah Frances Good Schmidt) was born on 3 Mar 1884; died in 1962 in Elida OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Emma Catherine Smith  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Ruth Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1919 in Lima OH; died on 7 Jun 1997 in Harrisonburg, VA.
    3. 4. Norman Oliver Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1908; died on 10 Nov 1996.
    4. 5. Arthur Cletus Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1910; died on 9 Mar 1974.
    5. 6. Clara Alberta Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1912.
    6. 7. Nelson Dwight Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1915; died on 9 Jan 1916.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emma Catherine Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1)

  2. 3.  Ruth Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1) was born on 24 Nov 1919 in Lima OH; died on 7 Jun 1997 in Harrisonburg, VA.

    Notes:

    OBITUARY

    Daily Press
    June 10, 1997

    RUTH S. KRAUS

    HARRISONBURG ? Ruth S. Kraus, 77, of 1210 Harmony Drive, died Saturday, June 7, 1997, at her home in the afternoon.

    She was born Nov. 24, 1919, in Lima, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late Perry and Susanna Brenneman Smith. She was baptized at the age of 11 in the Salem Mennonite Congregation and remained an active member of the Mennonite Church. She studied Bible and music at Goshen College. She married Norman Kraus on May 16, 1945.

    A wife and mother, she worked as an office manager and bookkeeper at the Burkholder Dairy in Newport News, as a bookkeeper at the Durham, N.C., Public Health Department and as a secretary in the registrar?s office at Goshen College.

    She was an active member of her church congregation teaching Sunday school and summer Bible school. She was active in the WMSC by helping with the local migrant program and teaching nutrition courses to women in a poverty-stricken area in the city of Goshen. She also served with the Oaklawn Psychiatric Center Women?s Auxiliary and the Assembly Mennonite Congregation, of which she was cofounder and charter member. She, along with her husband, made a number of teaching and pastoral missions abroad. She and Norman served with MBM for seven years in Japan; she was the treasurer of the mission from 1982 to 1987.

    She moved to Harrisonburg in 1988 after her retirement and was an active member of the Park View Mennonite Church and helped with various local volunteer work.

    She is survived by her husband, Norman Kraus of Harrisonburg; five children, Yvonne Forman of Hasting on Hudson, N.Y., Jo Anne Okamoto of Yonkers, N.Y., John Kraus of Greensboro, N.C., Bonnie Connelly of Sparta, N.J., and Robert Kraus of Chapel Hill, N.C.; one sister, who is the last of five siblings, Clara Dangler of Continental, Ohio; and eight grandchildren.

    Mrs. Kraus will be cremated at the Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home Crematory in Harrisonburg. Interment will be private.

    Ruth married C. Norman Kraus in 1945. C. (son of Clyde H. Kraus and Phebe Kraus) was born on 20 Feb 1924 in Denbigh, VA; died on 6 Apr 2018 in Harrisonburg, VA; was buried in Denbigh, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Yvonne Kraus  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. JoAnne Kraus  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. John Norman Kraus  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Bonnie Kraus  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 12. Robert E. Kraus  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 4.  Norman Oliver Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1) was born on 30 Aug 1908; died on 10 Nov 1996.

  4. 5.  Arthur Cletus Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1) was born on 15 Sep 1910; died on 9 Mar 1974.

  5. 6.  Clara Alberta Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1) was born on 24 Nov 1912.

  6. 7.  Nelson Dwight Smith Descendancy chart to this point (1.Susanna1) was born on 29 May 1915; died on 9 Jan 1916.


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Yvonne KrausYvonne Kraus Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert Forman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Rosha Nicole Forman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Avram Michael Forman  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 9.  JoAnne Kraus Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

    JoAnne married Leonard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  John Norman Kraus Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

  4. 11.  Bonnie Kraus Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

  5. 12.  Robert E. Kraus Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

    Family/Spouse: Cynthia L. Kraus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Rosha Nicole FormanRosha Nicole Forman Descendancy chart to this point (8.Yvonne3, 3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

    Family/Spouse: Caleb Hurst-Hiller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Ezra Hurst-Hiller  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 16. Phoebe Hurst-Hiller  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 17. Silas Hurst-Hiller  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 14.  Avram Michael FormanAvram Michael Forman Descendancy chart to this point (8.Yvonne3, 3.Ruth2, 1.Susanna1)

    Avram married Hilary Ferris White [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Emme Ferris Forman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. Pia Forman  Descendancy chart to this point


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