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2025
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Nissley, Anna Katherine Kreider
October 19, 1934 - January 9, 2025
Anna Katherine Nissley, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the age of 90. She was a kind and quiet lady and remained very sweet until her last breath.
Ann spent her childhood in Pennsylvania and was a longtime resident of Martinsburg, West Virginia after marrying. She spent her last few years in both Virginia and Indiana to be close to the family she loved. She was born on October 19, 1934, in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania to Lillian (Myers) Kreider and Abram S. Kreider. Ann grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and later loved living on their small farm in Martinsburg, having many different animals, her favorite being her goats.
Ann decided to earn her nursing degree before going to Haiti for two years, where she served at a hospital there. When she returned to the States she met her husband, Clarence Miller Nissley. On July 23, 1960, Clarence and Ann were married in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and they were blessed to have celebrated 63 years of marriage before Clarence passed away on September 12, 2023.
She enjoyed the fellowship of her church family at Mt. Pleasant Brethren in Christ Church in Pennsylvania, and then at Rosemont Grace Brethren Church in West Virginia, where she taught Sunday School for many years. Ann spent 90 years enjoying Gods blessings and loved to serve her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in everything she did. Ann will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister. She is now rejoicing in her eternal home in Heaven!
Anna was laid to rest with her beloved husband, Clarence, at Goods Mennonite Church Cemetery in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Her life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Bridge Church, 117 S Illinois Ave, Martinsburg, West Virginia. There will also be a memorial service at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 21, 2025, at Goods Mennonite Church, 4374 Bossler Road, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, Indiana.
Nissley, Mary Jane
1942 - January 5, 2025
Mary Jane Nissley, 82, of Mountville, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, January 5, 2025. She was born in Lancaster, the second daughter of Roy R. and Ruth G. Newcomer Nissley.
She was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ and a lifelong member of Habecker Mennonite Church. Mary Jane served as a Sunday school teacher, attended Manor Sewing Circle and was involved in helping in the relocation of refugee families from Vietnam and Thailand.
Mary Jane was employed at the Herr's Fruit Farm and Sears before serving as a volunteer for two years at Northern Tier Children's Home, Potter County. She then worked at Fulton Bank for 39 years. She volunteered at the Columbia Re-Uzit shop as a cashier and treasurer.
In her retirement she knotted many comforters for MCC and UNTO and enjoyed cross-stitching quilt squares for MCC and other ministries. Janie enjoyed reading, traveling to the mountains with family, trips to Praise Fest in Tennessee and treasured spending time with friends and family.
We will miss her most generous spirit, her love, her warm smile and willing heart and hands.
She is survived by her sister: Barbara Nissley. Her brother: Wilbur (Mary Sue Derr) Nissley. Nephews: Andrew (Leah Miller) Nissley and Mathew Nissley. Grand-niece and nephew: Ainsley and Everett. She was preceded in death by her sister: Sara Ann Howard and brother-in-law: Don Howard.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Habecker Mennonite Church, 451 Habecker Church Road, Lancaster on SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2025, at 10:30 A.M. with visitation from 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Interment in the adjoining church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to: a favorite charity of one's choice. Arrangements by the Workman Funeral Homes, Inc., Mountville/Columbia.