Denlinger, Mary S. (1867-1958)
Mary S. Denlinger was a Mennonite Church (MC) missionary in Chicago and Philadelphia for a total of 30 years. She was born 3 December 1867 to John B. and Elizabeth Shaub Denlinger in Black Horse, Pennsylvania, and was converted at Mendon, Missouri, USA), under the preaching of John S. Coffman. From 1894 to 1899 she was a missionary at the Gospel Mission (MC) in Chicago. There she served with Lina Zook (Ressler) and Melinda Ebersole doing visitation, helping with cottage prayer meetings, teaching Sunday school, and working in the medical dispensary. From 1899 to 1924 she served as city missionary for the new Norris Square Mission in Philadelphia. She died in Soudersburg, Pennsylvania on 22 January 1958.
Bibliography
Landis, Ira D. in Missionary Messenger (April 1958): 4.
Rich, Elaine Sommers. Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness, 1683-1983. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983.
Obituary. Gospel Herald 51 (18 February 1958): 166; reproduced in MennObits. 1999. Mennonite Church USA Historical. Committee. Retrieved 27 November 2005 <http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/58/feb1958.html>
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 226. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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