Geigley, Roy Musselman (1917-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Aug 5 p. 11

Birth date: 1917

text of obituary:

ROY M. GEIGLEY

Roy Musselman Geigley, 84, a former resident of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Colorado, and currently of Los Lunas, N.M., died unexpectedly June 19, 2002. He was born June 24, 1917.

He was ordained as a minister in the Mummasburg Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania in 1936, being only 19 years old. He was later ordained as a bishop in 1960.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Gladys; eight children, Ray and his wife, Dorothy, of Chambersburg, Pa.; Donald and his wife, Esther Mae, of Millersburg, Pa.; Anna Lois Miller and her husband, J. Glenn, of Los Lunas, N.M.; Esther Mae Kauffman and her husband, Harley, of Cove, Ore.; Glen and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Centreville, Mich.; Arlin and his wife, Rebecca, of Montrose, Colo.; Alvin and his wife, Carolyn, of Kalona, Iowa; and Leon and his wife, Barbara, of Shipshewana, Ind.; a daughter-in-law, Arlene Geigley, of Phoenix, Ariz.; a sister, Ruth Ogburn of New Oxford, Pa.; 38 grandchildren and 55 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death was a son, Melvin, in 1986; a grandson, Nelson Geigley, in 1984; a granddaughter, Jeannette Miller, in 1966; and a sister, Irene Weaver, in 1983.

A memorial service was held at Belen Mennonite Church in New Mexico. The funeral service was held at First Assembly of God Church, Delta, Colo., with burial in the new Sunnyview Mennonite Cemetery in Olathe, Colo.