Herman, Mary Ethel Hartzler Detweiler (1909-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jun 13 p. 8

Birth date: 1909 Feb 18

text of obituary:

MARY DETWEILER HERMAN

Mary Ethel Herman, 96, of Goshen, Ind., died April 24, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Feb. 18, 1909, to Ella and Levi Hartzler in Canton, Ohio.

She married Forrest Detweiler, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1937. She later married Paul Herman.

She was employed in sales most of her working years. She retired from Prudential Insurance Co. in 1974. An excellent, natural-born musician, she used her piano and organ skills to entertain others and to worship the Lord she loved. Her organ went with her to the nursing home, where she often delighted her fellow residents with her beautiful renditions of familiar old hymns.

Survivors include two children, Jerrilou Johnson of Mexico City and Gaylord Herman of Anchorage, Alaska.

She was preceded in death by siblings Annabelle Miller, Martha Hartzler and Paul Hartzler.