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Lauver, Nolan D.
June 15, 1996 - October 1, 1998

Nolan D. Lauver, 2, died of suffocation Thursday morning after a farm gate swung open, knocked him down and pinned him to the ground on his parents' farm in Southampton Township.

The toddler was pronounced dead at 11:56 a.m. at Chambersburg Hospital.

"He was lively, normal little boy," said Mark Rosenberry, minister of Antrim Mennonite Church, Greencastle, which the family attended. "We know he's with Jesus. We believe that."

Nolan was playing in the garden where his mother, Edith, was working. His father, Jason was working in a nearby field. Nolan wandered over to the barnyard, where he unlatched an 18-foot-high steel pipe gate, Conner said.

"The bottom rail of the gate came to rest on his chest," said Jeff Conner, Franklin County deputy coroner. "The gate moved up on his trachea when he tried to get out from under it."

His parents ran to the barnyard when they saw that the cows had gotten out.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the accident.

Nolan was the eighth of nine children. Two other siblings were at home when the accident happened.

Dr. Ellen Dugan of the Waynesboro Hospital pathology department performed the autopsy.
Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) . 02 Oct 1998, Fri • Page 1

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Nolan D. Lauver, 2, of 8777 Molly Pitcher Highway, Shippensburg, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998, in the emergency room of Chambersburg Hospital of injuries received at his family's farm.

Born June 15,1996, in Southampton Township, Franklin County, he was a son of Jason M. and Edith I. Weaver Lauver.

He attended Antrim Mennonite Church, Greencastle.

Surviving, in addition to his parents, are four brothers, Marcus J., Arlin J., Linford N. and Matthew L, and four sisters, Mary Ellen, Joyce L., Esther L, and Janelle R., all at home; paternal grandparents, Henry H. and Emma A. Lauver of Ephrata; maternal grandparents, Chester C. and Esther E. Weaver of Carlisle; maternal great-grandfather, Samuel R. Weaver, Carlisle; and aunts and uncles.

Service will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Antrim Mennonite Church. Isaac K. Sensenig, H. Lynn Martin, Mark E. Roeenberry and Robert L Shank will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the church from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
The family requests the omission of flowers.
Arrangements are by Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc., Shippensburg.

Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) . 02 Oct 1998, Fri • Page 4

Submitted by: Submitted by: Leon Hertzler, Newport, NH

Lederman, Edythe Amstutz

Edythe Amstutz Lederman, 91, Leo, Ind., died Friday morning, Oct. 16, 1998, at The Cedars Retirement Home, Leo.

            Born Feb. 18, 1908, in Fulton County, she was a daughter of Gideon and Eliza (Beck) Amstutz.  She married Alpheus Lederman, and he preceded her in death in 1978.  A homemaker, she was a charter member of North Leo Mennonite Church.

            Survivors include one son, Richard Lederman, Leo; two daughters, Mrs. Myrl (Donabell) Nofziger, Archbold; and Maredith Vendrely, Leo; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Walter (Virgie) Stuckey, West Unity.

            Services were Monday, 10 a.m., at the North Leo Mennonite Church.  Burial followed in the Leo Memorial Cemetery. 

            Born Feb. 13, 1904, near Grabill, Ind., she was the daughter of Peter and Anna (Richer) Liechty.  She married Amos Lederman on feb. 28, 1924, and he preceded her in death on dec. 10, 1954.  She lived in Allen County, Ind. for many years before moving to Archbold in 1983.  She did voluntary service at Froh Bros. at Sturgis, Mich., and was a cook at various places.  She was a member of the West Clinton Mennonite Church, Pettisville, and had been a charter member of the Leo, Ind., Mennonite Church.                     

                Surviving are one son, Cornell Lederman, Spencerville, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Herman (Kathryn) Kauffman, and Mrs. Wayne (Loveda) Liechty, both of Archbold; 11 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

            Services were Sunday, 2:30 p.m. (Indiana time) at the North Leo Mennonite Church, Leo, Ind. with officiating pastors.  Burial followed in the Leo Cemetery.                    

Surviving are a brother, Calvin Lehman of Dalton; two half-brothers, Ellis and Lloyd Lehman, both of Dalton and a half-sister, Anna Marie Lehman of Dalton.

Service was Oct. 10, 1998 at Kidron Mennonite Church with the Revs. Terry Shue and Herman Myers officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery.

Source: GenealogyBuff OHIO -
Wayne County - Miscellaneous 1998
Submitted by: Leon Hertzler