Edna Ratzlaff
Edna Ratzlaff, 80, of Hillsboro died May 3, 2004, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center. Born July 10, 1923, at Corn, Okla., she was the daughter of D.D. and Martha (Friesen) Reimer.
On Jan. 26, 1943, at Corn, Okla., she married John C. Ratzlaff.
She was a missionary and pastor's wife and a member of Good News Christian Fellowship Church in Marion.
Survivors include husband John; sons, Don and wife Marilyn Ratzlaff of Hillsboro, Glenn and wife Pamela Ratzlaff of Hillsboro, John Ratzlaff of San Anselmo, Calif., and Jim and wife Cheryl Ratzlaff of Hutchinson; sisters, Melba Friesen and Martha Ann Kliewer, both of Corn, Okla., and Lois Heinrichs of Weatherford, Okla.; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro with Pastor Larry King officiating. Burial will be at the Gnadenau Cemetery, rural Hillsboro. Visitation hours will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.
A memorial has been established with the American Bible Society.
