Jacob Samuel Wenger Geil

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GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXVI, No. 35 - November 30, 1933, p. 751, 752 Geil . ­ Jacob S., son of the late Abraham and Elizabeth Geil, was born May 11, 1859, near Waynesboro, Va.; died at the home of his daughter Lula in Harrisonburg, Va., July 18, 1933; aged 74 y. 2 m. 7 d. On Dec. 20, 1882, he was united in marriage to Minnie C. Wenger. To this union were born 13 children, all of whom survive: Isaac A., Manitoba, Ivarose (Mrs. Geo. Bovingdon), Missoula, Mont., Clinton and Orrien, Anaconda, Mont., Clark, Hinsdale, Mont., Gertie (Mrs. W. E. Rhodes) and Lydia (Mrs. J. W. Stern), Linville, Va., Sada (Mrs. E. C. Rhodes), Ethel (Mrs. H. B. McCauley), Lula, Newton, Stuart and Edna, Harrisonburg, Va. He also leaves 1 brother, David S., of Lyman, Miss., and 1 sister, Mrs. Sarah Fulk, of Harrisburg, Pa.; and his faithful companion with whom he lived in wedlock for more than fifty years. For many years he was a farmer and stock dealer, later he engaged in the mercantile business in the firm of Geil and Wenger, and as a fruitgrower. In the winter of 1918 he went to Montana where he had employment with Anaconda Copper Co., until disease had wrecked his physical body. He returned to Virginia in the spring quite helpless. Cancer was the cause of his death. He had been a member of the Mennonite Church since early manhood. Funeral services were held at the Lyndale Mennonite Church July 22 by J. L. Stauffer, assisted by A. W. Andes. Texts: Rom. 8:18 and Rev. 21:4. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Farewell, dear father, your labors are o'er,Your willing hands will toil no more.Peace by thy slumber, thy rest be sweet,Our circle is now broken, our home incomplete.