Joseph J Pletcher, son of William Pletcher & his wife Anna Echelberger Pletcher

1st married 1878 Mary Stutsman Pletcher, daughter of Samuel Stutsman & his wife Caroline Swinehart Stutsman

Daughter

2nd married 1882 Fannie E Yoder Pletcher, daughter of John Yoder & his wife Mary Plank Yoder

Son
Frank Alvin Pletcher b 1883

3rd married Nora

*********************

Pletcher - Joseph J Pletcher, eighth member of a family of eleven children, was born in Whitley Co, Ind, Jan 8, 1853; died May 29, 1934, aged 81 y, 4 m, 21 d.

While in his youth he with his parents moved to Elkhart Co, Ind. There he grew to manhood and during this time he accepted Christ as his Savior and united with the Mennonite Church to which he was always a loyal member. While in middle life he traveled much in the central and western part of the United States, which helped to give him a wide and varied experience.

He with his wife and son moved to Oscoda Co, Mich, in the summer of 1904 and bought an unimproved piece of land from which through hard work and pioneering they developed their present home. He always took much interest in the welfare and development of the community. When the township in which he lived was organized he named it Clinton.

Those who survive him are his wife (Nora) and 3 children (Mrs Charles Schrock of Elkhart, Ind, Frank of Fairview, Mich, and Roxie at home). He also leaves 2 brothers (Abraham of Goshen, and Samuel of Lowell, Ind), 1 sister (Mary Kauffman of New Carlisle, Ind), 5 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the home and at the Fairview Church. Text, Psa 23:6, latter clause. Bro Menno Esch officiated, assisted by Bro Frank Mitchell. Interment was at the Fairview Cemetery.

"Gone! But you have left us only
For a better world above;
There to wait our coming over,
Resting safely in God's love."

Gospel Herald
Vol XXVII, No 12
21 June 1934