Garman,
Paul S.;
Gautsche, LeAnna
M. Sauder;
Geesey, Judy
M.;
Glick, Jonas S.;
Gongwer, Verna J. Blosser;
Graber,
Anna
Karen Swartz;
GARMAN,
Paul S.
Born: 3-9-1916, Upper Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
Died: 6-23-2001, 175 W. Church St., Denver, Pa.
Husband of: Emma N. Weaver Garman, 62 years in Nov.
Son of: Isaac H. and Annie G. Sauder Garman
Surviving Sons: Leon, at home, Luke (Mary Ann Weaver) Garman, Lamar
(Eileen Seibel) Garman, both of Denver, Pa. Lawrence (Anna Mary
Martin) Garman of Quarryville, Pa., Landis (Lois Ann Gingrich) Garman
of Manheim, Pa.
Surviving Daughters: Erma (Mahlon S.) Martin of Lititz, Pa., Anna (Leon
S.) Musser of Manheim, Martha Jane (Phares S.) Hurst of Leola, Pa.,
Esther Mae (Robert S.) Burkholder of Millerstown, Pa., Irene (Joel)
Showalter of New Holland, Pa.
Grandchildren: 55. reat-grandchildren: 49
Sisters: Anna S. Musser of Myerstown, Pa., and Emma S. Oberholtzer of
Annville, Pa.
Brothers: Christian S. Garman of Ephrata, Pa., Joseph S. (Edna H.
Seibel) Garman, and Moses S. (Edna M. Zimmerman) Garman, both of
Lititz, Pa., Isaac S. (Eva Nolt) Garman of New Holland, Pa.
Paul was a member of Springville Mennonite Church, Ephrata, Pa.
He was a retired farmer.
Funeral Notice: Roseboro Funeral Home, 6th & Walnut Street, Denver
Pa. on Friday, June 30, 2001, at 9 a.m. with Bishop Lester B. Martin
Officiating. Further services at Springville Mennonite Church.
Interment in adjoining Springville Mennonite Cem., Friends and
Relatives may call at Farmcrest Chapel at Fairmount Home, 219 Cats Back
Rd., Ephrata, Pa. on Thursday from 2-4 p.m. and from 6-8 p.m..
Please omit flowers.
Original obituary may be
obtained from the
Intelligencer Journal, Published, Monday,
June 25, 2001, Lancaster, Pa.
Submitted by: Peggy Reichard
Gautsche, LeAnna
M. Sauder
LeAnna
M. Sauder Gautsche, 73, Archbold, died Friday, June, 15, 2001, Fulton
Manor,
Wauseon, where she had resided 12 days.
Born
Jan. 25, 1928, near Pettisville, she was a daughter of Harry and Viola
(Yedica)
Sauder. She married Dale Gautsche on Aug. 28, 1948. A lifelong resident
of the
Pettisville and Archbold area, she was a Pettisville School bus driver,
and in
1976 she and her husband opened the Die Alt Scheier Restaurant in
Sauder
Villlage. Later they began a bed and breakfast in their home at
Pettisville. In
1996 they retired and moved to a Fairlawn duplex. She was involved in
Mennonite
Economic Development Association, Fairlawn Haven activities, Mennonite
Women,
and the
Fulton
County Health Center
volunteers. She
was a charter member of the
Tedrow Mennonite
Church.
She
is survived by her husband, Dale; three sons; Kevin (Angela) Gautsche,
Camden,
Mich.; Luther (Mary Ann) Gautche, rutal Archbold, and LaDell Gautsche,
Denver,
Colo.; one daughter, Mrs. Miichael (Alonna) Spmnger, Lancaster, Pa.;
nine
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Troyer,
Elida, and
Mrs. Allen (Donna) Gnagey, Archbold.
Memorial
services were Monnday, 4 p.m. at the church. Randy Nafziger was the
officiating
pastor. Burial in the
Pettisville
Cemetery.
Obituary:
Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 20 Jun 2001
Submitted by: Mona Mann
GEESEY, Judy M.
Born: 12-27-1954, Lancaster, Pa.
Died: 6-20-2001, New Providence, Pa.
Wife of: Fred R. Geesey. Daughter of: Daniel Clymer and Eva I.
Bingeman Clymer Nolt. Stepdaughter of Richard B. Nolt.
Mother of: Douglas M., Kurtis M., Kyle J., Jean E. (Henry R.) Eberly of
Marion, Oh., Lois A. (Robert) Good of Denver, Pa.
Brother: Dale R. (Phyllis) Clymer of York, Pa.
Judy was a member of Mellinger Mennonite Church, Lancaster, Pa.
She was a homemaker and loved crocheting, cooking, baking, and
traveling to mountains and the beach.
Services: Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. East,
Lancaster, Pa. on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.. Burial in adjoining cem.
Original obituary and photo may
be obtained from
Intelligencer Journal, Published Friday,
June 22, 2001, Lancaster, Pa
Submitted by: Peggy Reichard
GLICK,
Jonas S.
Born: 4-17-1962, Upper Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
Died: 6-1-2001, Lancaster Gen. Hosp., Lancaster, Pa.
Son of: David W. and Sarah Stoltzfus Glick
Jonas died in a farm accident. He was running a manure spreader
and accidentally fell off and was either run over or dragged. He
suffered head injuries from which he did not recover.
He was a member of the Old Order Amish Church.
Survivors include 7 sisters: Katie (Elmer) Fisher and Linda (Samuel)
King, both of Bird-In-Hand, Pa., Barbara (John) Stoltzfoos of Holtwood,
Anna (Amos) Fisher and Miriam (John W.) Glick Jr, both of Mill Hall,
Sadie (John) Beiler of Strasburg, and Mary (Simeon) Stoltzfus of
Millersburg. Three brothers, Jacob (Barbara King) Glick of
Lancaster, Benuel (Katie King) Glick of Paradise, and David (Ruth
Beiler) Glick of Port Royal, Pa.
Services were held in the home followed by burial in Beiler Amish
Cemetery, Ronks, Pa.
Original obituary can be
obtained from
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, published
Saturday, June 2, 2001, Lancaster, Pa.
Gongwer, Verna J. Blosser
June 15,1933 -March 18, 2001
GOSHEN -
Verna J. Gongwer, 67,
of 66369 C.R. 9, died at 9:20 a.m. Sunday (March 18, 2001) at her
residence. She had been ill since 1997. She , was born June 15, 1933,
in Harrison Township to Oscar and Mabel (Martin) Blosser. She
married Dale Gongwer June 17, 1951.
He survives with two daughters, Mrs. Enos (Connie) Davidhizar of
Wakarusa and Mrs. Jeffrey (Beth) Fervida of Milford; three sons, Dennis
of Columbus, Ohio, Steven R. of Goshen and Michael of Anderson; 13
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Melvin (Irma)
Crilow of Goshen; and three brothers, Kenneth Blosser of Elkhart and
Lavon Blosser and Gerald Blosser, both of Goshen.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 6
to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret-Lienhart Funeral
Home in Wakarusa. A private burial will take place Thursday morning in
Yellow Creek Cemetery. A public memorial service will follow at 10:30
a.m. Thursday at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church. Pastor Wes Bontreger
and Pastor Katie Cunningham, both of Yellow Creek Mennonite
Church, will officiate.
Memorials may be given to Elkhart Community Hospice or Ribbon of Hope
at Elkhart General Hospital.
Mrs. Gongwer was a 1951 graduate of Wakarusa High School. She was a
homemaker and a member of Yellow Creek Mennonite Church
The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, IN
March 2001
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin
Graber, Anna
Karen Swartz
Anna
Karen (Swartz) Graber, 83, Stryker, died Tuesday, April 25, 2001, at
the
Dilworth Center,
Montpelier.
Born
in
Peabody, Kan., on June 12, 1917, he [sic] was
the son
of J. Clyde and Anna (Flisher) Swartz. On June 7, 1942, she married
Charles J.
Graber, and he survives. She was a member of
Pine
Grove Mennonite
Church, where she had helped
with
sewing on a monthly basis with the WMSC, and in her earlier years she
taught
summer
Bible
School.
She
graduated from the Mennnonite School of Nursing,
LaJunta, Colo.,
in 1940. She worked as a registered nurse at the former
Detwiler Memorial Hospital,
Wauseon, from
1940~1942 and then at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, in Archbold, from
1964-1978.
Surviving
besides her husband, Charles, is one son, John (Juanita) Graber,
Stryker; one
daughter, Mrs. Jim (Ann K.) Hershberger,
Harrrisonburg,
Va.; four grandchildren; and one
brother,
Ernest Swartz,
Sarasota,
Fla.
A
memorial service was 11 a.m., Saturday, at the
Pine Grove
Mennnonite Church.
Bob Yates was the offfciating pastor.
Burial preceded in the
Lockport Cemetery.
Obituary:
Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 2 May 2001
Submitted
by: Mona Mann