Short, Joseph D.
Joseph D. Short, 77, Wauseon, died Thursday, March 22, 2001;
at
Fulton
County Health Center,
Wauseon, where he
was admitted Saturday.
Born Nov.
20, 1923, at
Leo, Ind, he was a son of Elmer and
Jeanette
(Yoder) Short. On Dec. 27, 1953, he married Alice Marie Short, who
preceded him
in death on Feb. 13, 1991.
After
living for 42 years in the Monc1ova,
Ohio
area, he moved to Wauseon in 1997. He worked for Toledo Stamping
Manufacturing
Co. for 38 years, and was a member of
Bancroft
Mennonite Church,
now the
Toledo
Mennonite Church.
Survivors
include three sons, Duane (Roselyn) Short, Wauseon; David (Lenna)
Short, Couer
d’Alene, Idaho; and Marvin (Peggy) Short, Albany, Ore.; 10
grandchildren; two
sisters, Margaret Klopfenstein and Evelyn Elsworth, both of West Unity;
and a
brother; Alfred Short,
Lake Havasu City,
Ariz.
Memorial
services were Saturday, 11:30 a.m., at
North Clinton
Mennonite Church,
Wauseon. Brad Faler, Michael Zehr, and Gary Blosser were offciating
pastors.
Burial in
Ottawa Hills
Memorial Park,
Toledo, preceded
the service.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 28 Mar 2001
Submitted
by: Mona Mann
Short,
Mary E.
Mary E. Short, 81, Archbold, died Sunday morning, April 22,
2001, in her home following a brief illness.
Born Oct.
15, 1913, near Delta, she was a daughter of John and Ella (Huyck)
Green. She
married Glen W. Short on June 30, 1932, and he preceded her in death on
Aug.
12, 1977. She lived most of her lifetime in the Archbold area, and was
a
homemaker. She was. a member of the
Lockport Mennonite
Church,
rural Stryker.
Surviving
are three sons, Walter (Ruth) Short, Normandy, Mo.; Dale L. (Arlene)
Short,
Archbold; and Glen (Delores) Short Jr., Lithia Springs, Ga.; two
daughters,
Mrs. Donn (Joyce) Jones, Fremont; and Mrs. Lowell (Cheryl) Eicher,
Lyons; 14
grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, plus
step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Charles (Inabelle) Green, Ocala,
Fla.;
and one sister, Martha Sullivan. Stryker.
Services
will be tomorrow, Thursday, 10:30a.m. at the
Lockkport Mennonite
Church, rural
Stryker.
Allen Rutter, Mark and Wendy Miller are the officiating pastors. Burial
will
follow in the
Lockport
Cemetery. Friends
may
call at Short Funeral Home, Archbold, from 2-9 p.m., Wednesday
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 25 Apr 2001
Submitted
by: Mona Mann
Siegrist, Esther Marie Kreider, 77, of Myerstown, PA died May 18, 2001 at home. Born in East Petersburg, PA to Elmer and Mary (Herr) Kreider.
Esther was married to James B. Siegrist for 55 years. A homemaker, Esther asisted her husband's ministry in various Eastern Mennonite Conference churches. Esther was a member of Bernville Mennonite Church.
Surviving is her husband James and six sons, James K., married to Carolyn Hursh Siegrist of Martinsburg, PA; John K., married to Betty Weaver Siegrist of Sunbury, PA; Mark K., married to Karen Detweiler Siegrist of Fredericksburg, PA; Paul K., married to Kathleen Weaver Siegrist of Wernersville, PA; David K., of Quezaltenago, Guatemala, and Jason K., married to Joyce Garber Siegrist of Womelsdorf, PA; four daughters, Marie K., married to James C. Ehst of Clayton, Del., Rachel K., married to Vernon W. Weaver of McAlisterville, PA; Alice J., married to Melvin H. Mack of Pitman, PA; and Charlotte A. of Quezaltenago, Guatemala; 62 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are seven brothers, Mervin H. Kreider of Denver, PA; Lloyd H. Kreider of Kirkwood, PA; Elmer H. Kreider of East Berlin, PA; Franklin H. Kreider, both of Lancaster, PA and Norman K. Kreider and John H. Kreider both of Harrisonburg, Va; and two sisters, Elva M. Breneman of Manheim, PA; and Edith A., married to Elvin Denlinger of Holtwood, PA.
Esther was preceded in death by a brother, Harold H. Kreider.
Funeral service was May 23, 2001 Bernville Mennonite Church, with burial at Bernville Mennonite Cemetery, Berks Co., Bernville, PA.
Source: Miscellaneous Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Obituaries
Submitted by: Leon Hertzler
Stauffer,
Pauline M. Beck
Pauline
M. Stauffer, 71,
died Oct. 25, 2001, at her home in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Born, July 29, 1930, in Fulton County,
she was a daughter of John and Alma Beck.
She married Milton Stauffer in 1950, who survives.
They resided at Morrow County, Ohio, until they moved to Kansas in 1977.
For 14 years she worked as the Alma, Kan.
librarian. In 1984 she started an
antique and new quilt business. Her
memberships included the Mennonite
Church and the Zeandale Community Church. She served as chairman of the Zeandale Women
of the Church guild.
Also surviving are four children: Beverly Augsburger,
Bhuj, India; Thomas Stauffer, Harrisonburg, Va.; Kay Mills, Norton,
Kan.; Paula
Glass, Baltimore, Md.; three brothers, Robert Beck, Wauseon; James
Beck,
Archbold; and William Beck, Pioneer; two sisters, Lois Rufenacht,
Archbold; and
Carolyn Bateman, Salisbury, N.C.; a step-mother, Sylvia Beck, Archbold;
and
seven grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Oct. 28 at the Zeandale Community
Church. On Sunday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. a memorial
service is planned for Gilead
Mennonite Church,
Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
She bequeathed her body to the University of Kansas
Medical Center for research.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio) Buckeye, Nov. 8, 2001
Submitted by: Mona Mann
Stoltzfus, Stephen S.
Born: 10-1-1917, Salisbury Twp. Died:
6-17-2001, Gap, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Husband of: Mary Glick Stoltzfus for 60 years. Son of: Stephen M.
and Lydia Stoltzfus Stoltzfus
Survivors: Sons, Leroy (Salomie Lapp) Stoltzfus and David (Miriam
Zook) Stoltzfus, both of Gap, Pa. Daughters: Lydia Ann (Elam M.)
Stoltzfus of Kinzers, Pa. and Ruth (Samuel B.) Stoltzfus of Gap, Pa.
Grandchildren: 26. Great-grandchildren: 32.
Brother: John (Sylvia) Stoltzfus of Gap, Pa.
Sister: Lavina (Amos K.) Petersheim of Narvon, Pa.
Preceded in death by 2 brothers, Elam & Christian Stoltzfus
Stephen was a farmer and member of Old Order Amish Church.
Funeral Notice: From the late home 300 White Horse Road, Gap, Pa. at
10 a.m. Standard Time, Tuesday, June 19, 2001, followed by burial in
Buena Vista Amish Cem., Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
Original obituary can be obtained
from:
Intelligencer Journal, published Tuesday,
June 19, 2001, Lancaster, Pa.