Hershberger, Bernard M. (1924-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Feb 18 p. 9

Birth date: 1924 Sep 20

text of obituary:

BERNARD HERSHBERGER

Bernard M. Hershberger, 83, of Wellman, Iowa, died Jan. 12, 2008, after a brief illness.

He was born Sept. 20, 1924, to Paul and Nettie (Miller) Hershberger in Milford, Neb.

At the age of 11 he moved to the Wellman community with his family. He graduated from Center High School near Kalona in 1942.

He married Neva Lou Jantz on Sept. 15, 1946, in Newton, Kan.

He farmed, worked for Herman’s Feed & Grain and Buckwalter Motors before retiring. He was an active member of Wellman Mennonite Church, where he held several offices during his lifetime. He sang tenor in several gospel quartets, singing in one until he became ill. He was in Civilian Public Service from 1944 to 1946, serving in Terry, Mont., and Livermore, Calif. He was a lifetime member of Mennonite Historical Society and Archives of Iowa and Wellman Heritage Society.

Survivors include his wife, Neva Lou of Wellman; a son, Bernard J. Hershberger and his wife, Janet, of Marengo; two daughters, Gloria Hershberger of Aurora, Colo., and Rita Trimpe and her husband, Bob, of Williamsburg; two sisters, Shirley Swartzendruber of Grand Junction, Colo., and Glennis Hochstetler of Arvada, Colo.; five grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

Services were held at Wellman Mennonite Church. Burial was in Wellman Mennonite Cemetery.