 1873 - 1929 (56 years)
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| Name |
Clara Daisy Eby |
| Born |
09 May 1873 |
Wayne County, Ohio  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
10 Dec 1929 |
Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio |
| Buried |
Zion Cemetery Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio |
| Person ID |
I10073510643 |
Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Apr 2013 |
| Father |
Tobias S Eby, b. 30 Oct 1841, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Apr 1929, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Susannah Leatherman, b. 9 Mar 1844, Medina County, Ohio , d. 18 Mar 1917, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
01 May 1870 |
Medino County, Ohio |
| Family ID |
F1090953837 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Menno Simon Steiner, b. 30 Apr 1866, Ohio , d. 23 Mar 1911, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio (Age 44 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Charity Steiner, b. 25 Mar 1895, Canton, Stark County, Ohio , d. 17 Feb 1987, Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio (Age 91 years) |
| | 2. Esther Steiner, b. Abt 1898, Ohio |
| | 3. Luke Eby Steiner, b. 11 Dec 1900, Ohio , d. 13 Apr 1980, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio (Age 79 years) |
| | 4. Paul Steiner, b. Abt 1903, Ohio |
| | 5. Grace Steiner, b. Abt 1906, Ohio |
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| Last Modified |
8 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F9137704489 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- 1880 Census Canaan, Wayne, Ohio as Clara D EBY
1900 Census Richland, Allen, Ohio as Clara E STEINER
1920 Census Richland, Allen, Ohio as Clara STEINER; married but no husband is with her.
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Clara Eby
Name: Clara Eby
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Wayne, Ohio
Birth Date: 9 May 1873
Father's Name: Tobias Eby
Mother's Name: Susan Leatherman
FHL Film Number: 475466- Steiner, Clara Daisy Eby (1873-1929)Clara Daisy Eby Steiner, b. 9 May 1873 to Tobias and Susanna Eby, was a founder and leader of the Mennonite [MC] Women's Missionary Society. The Society was the result of her conviction that women should and could play an active role in the church.
For years Clara used her considerable abilities behind the scenes as a partner with her husband, Menno Simon Steiner in urban mission work in Chicago, Illinois, and Canton, Ohio, and then in church-wide work when M. S. Steiner served on various Mennonite Church (MC) boards. Clara's loss of an active role in the church when M. S. died in 1911 weighed heavily. Not only did she manage the farm and housework and raise her children but she responded to the call she felt from God to establish an organization for women.
A few existent sewing circles served as the base, but Clara's vision went beyond sewing to the entire field of home and foreign mission endeavor. She wanted the society to diffuse missionary spirit among women and provide opportunity for their significant participation in church work through planning for and supporting women missionaries and mission projects related to women.
The society flourished for a time despite great resistance to any executive role for women in the church. Clara understood the conservative forces and factionalism that kept the society from obtaining any official authorization and tried to work diplomatically but persistently. Finally, in 1926, the Mission Board appointed its own women's committee strictly for sewing work. Although the society attempted to continue the more important aspects of the work, it ceased to exist in 1928. On 10 December 1929 its influential founder died in Chicago. She was buried at the Zion cemetery near Bluffton, Ohio.
BibliographyClara Eby Steiner Collection. Archives of Mennonite Church USA (Goshen, Indiana, USA)
Gingerich, Melvin. ?The Mennonite Woman's Missionary Society." Mennonite Quarterly Review 37 (1963): 113-25, 214-233 passim.
Klingelsmith, Sharon L. "Women in the Mennonite Church, 1900-1930." Mennonite Quarterly Review 54 (1980): 163-207 passim.
Rich, Elaine Sommers. Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness, 1683-1983. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983: 195-199.
?Steiner, Clara Eby.? Gospel Herald 23 (24 April 1930). Reproduced in MennObits. ?Gospel Herald Obituary - April 1930.? Accessed 21 June 2006.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Clara Eby Steiner
Name: Clara Eby Steiner
[Clara Eby Eby]
Birth Date: 9 May 1873
Birth Place: Creston, Ohio
Death Date: 10 Dec 1929
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 12 Dec 1929
Burial Place: Bluffton, Allen Co., Ohio
Cemetery Name: Zion s
Death Age: 56
Occupation: Church vistor
Marital Status: W
Gender: Female
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: Tobias Eby
Father Birth Place: Milwaukee, Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Susanna Leatherman
Mother Birth Place: Seville, Ohio
Spouse Name: Nenno S. Steiner
FHL Film Number: 1892451- STEINER. Clara Eby Steiner was born near Creston, Ohio, May 9, 1873, the daughter of Tobias and Susanna Eby. Her death occurred in Chicago Dec. 10, 1929; aged 56 y. 7 m. 1 d. Although she had been suffering for some years from high blood pressure and heart trouble, she was in recent months apparently enjoying better health and her death came unexpectedly. On April 8, 1894, she was united in marriage to Bro. M. S. Steiner who was at that time beginning the first Mennonite mission work in Chicago. In the fall of the same year, they moved to Canton, Ohio, where similar work was begun in that city. During her entire career she retained an active interest in the work of missions, having been active in organizing the Ohio Mennonite Women's Missionary Society, and served as the first secretary of the organization. The great part of her life after marriage was spent near Columbus Grove, Ohio, where she with her husband and children moved to establish a home. Her husband was one of the ministers of the Zion Mennonite Church. He also traveled extensively as an evangelist and organizer of the mission work of the Mennonite Church. On March 12, 1911, Bro. Steiner passed away, leaving to her the responsibility for the rearing of five children. To this task she devoted herself heroically and unselfishly. She sacrificed her own health and strength in order that the needs of her family might be supplied. She leaves five children: Charity Steiner Hostetler, Esther Steiner Meyer, Dr. Luke Steiner, Paul Steiner, and Grace Steiner Hostetler. Three brothers and three sisters also survive her. They are Dr. Henry Eby, Dr. Harvey L. Eby, Mrs. A. H. Leaman, Mrs. Co. O. Hershey, Dr. Samuel L. Eby, and Dr. Ida Eby. A few months ago Sister Steiner had gone to Chicago to make her home for the winter with her sister, Mrs. A. H. Leaman and family. She was taken ill suddenly while doing Christmas shopping. Her relatives were immediately called, who removed her to a hospital where she died within a few hours. She will be remembered as a devoted Christian wife and mother who bore heavy burdens with true Christian grace and courage. Funeral services were held at Bluffton, Ohio, Friday, Dec. 13, and interment was made in the Zion Cemetery where she was laid to rest by the side of her husband who preceded her in death eighteen years ago. The funeral services were in charge of Paul E. Whitmer and Sm. M. Musselman, the pastor of the local Mennonite Church.
- Biographical Note from https://mla.bethelks.edu
Clara Eby Steiner was born in Creston, Ohio, in 1873. She helped her parents on the farm and could not attend high school. Later, she did attend Ada Normal school and went to teach. In 1894, Clara married M. S. Steiner, a leader in the progressive movement in the Mennonite Church. They went to work at the Chicago Home Mission. Because of Clara's health and homesickness, she returned to Ohio where they established the family home.
Clara had five children within the next ten years. She raised the family and the money while Menno was on the road as an evangelist. In 1911, Menno died of Bright's disease, leaving Clara the task of raising the family and the money by herself.
Clara soon created the Mennonite Women's Missionary Society, in which she was actively involved as President until 1926. She died in Chicago in December 1929.
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