 1883 - 1949
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| Born |
22 Jul 1883 |
Latham, Moniteau County, Missouri  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
15 Apr 1949 |
Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana |
| Buried |
Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana |
| Notes |
- Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 22 - May 31, 1949, page 534
Brunk.-Eva, daughter of Charles and Helena Harder, was born in Latham, Mo., July 22, 1883; died of a heart attack on Good Friday, April 15, 1949; aged 65 y. 8 m. 23 d. She was third in a family of 11 children. When she was twenty-one her mother died and so she took on the responsibilities of helping her father make a home for the family. She carried these responsibilities, together with a teaching assignment in the local school, until she went to college to prepare for mission work. After graduating from Goshen College, she sailed from India with Elsie Drange Kaufman and Mary Yoder Burkholder in the fall of 1908. On Feb. 27, 1913, she and A. C. Brunk were married in India. She served as a missionary in that field under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities for a period of forty years, returning to America with her husband on their last furlough in May, 1947. After their retirement they lived in Goshen, Ind., and at the headquarters of the Mission Board in Elkhart, where they served as host and hostess of the home and office. On moving to Elkhart they transferred their membership to the Prairie Street Mennonite Church. Surviving are her husband, 5 sisters and 5 brothers (Melva G., Edna, Sophia, Emily-Mrs. John Magee, and Jonas F., all of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Henry J., Didsbury, Alta.; Lydia-Mrs. C. B. Driver, Versailles, Mo.; Reuben, Leonard, Mo.; Edward B., Upland, Calif.; and John B., Culp, Alta.). She had no children of her own, but she mothered and cared for the children of others, both Indian and European. She was especially fond of babies. Although she served as a Bible woman, a pastor's wife, and an able administrator of different institutions, her main avenue of service to her Lord was as a practical doctor and nurse. There are very many who will rise up and testify to her intelligent and understanding ministry. Funeral services were held at the Prairie Street Church, Elkhart, on April 19. Ernest E. Miller read the obituary and made appropriate remarks; Pyarelal Malagar, an ordained Mennonite minister from India who is now a student at Goshen College, spoke words of appreciation and sympathy in behalf of the mission in India; and J. D. Graber preached the sermon. Others participating were John E. Gingrich, George J. Lapp, and John H. Mosemann. Burial was made in the Prairie Street Cemetery.
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| Person ID |
I3421 |
ShowalterFunk |
| Last Modified |
7 Feb 2009 |
| Family |
Aldine C. Brunk, b. 25 Oct 1886, Green Mount, Rockingham County, Virginia , d. 23 Dec 1969, Showalter Villa, Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas |
| Married |
27 Feb 1913 |
India |
| Family ID |
F2453 |
Group Sheet |
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