Hershberger, Marie J. Stutaman (1923-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Oct 11 p. 8

Birth date: 1923Jun 8

text of obituary:

MARIE J. HERSHBERGER

Marie J. Hershberger, 81, of Apple Creek, Ohio, died Sept. 24, 2004, at Brenn-Field Nursing Center in Orrville. She was born June 8, 1923, to Joe and Sarah (Hershberger) Stutzman in Holmes County.

She married Roman L. Hershberger on Jan. 4, 1942. He preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 2001.

In her early years she managed Chuck Wagon Restaurant and also worked for Lerch's Doughnuts. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior in her youth and was a member of Wooster Mennonite Church.

She was a great mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She missed her husband, Roman, after his death, and now they are hand-in-hand in heaven. She was loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Survivors include four children, Debbie Neuenschwander and her husband, Conrad, of Kidron, Maynard Hershberger and his wife, Dorothy, of Portage, Mich., Roman Dale Hershberger and his wife, Joyce, of St. Cloud, Fla., and Gary Hershberger and his wife, Denise, of Wooster; three brothers, Ervin Stutzman of Sarasota, Fla., Ivan Stutzman of Berlin, and Harold Stutzman of Richmond, Va.; three sisters, Katie Stutzman of Berlin, Esther Miller of Fern Park, Fla., and Lula Nussbaum of Wooster; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roman; two sons, Samuel and Larry Hershberger; and a brother, Tony Stutzman.