Hershberger, Neva Lou Jantz (1927-2012)

Mennonite World Review obituary: 2012 Oct 15 p. 21

Birth date: 1927 Jan 9

text of obituary:

Neva Lou Hershberger

Neva Lou Hershberger, 85, of Wellman, Iowa, died Aug. 28, 2012, at Parkview Manor. She was born Jan. 9, 1927, to Ezra and Ruth (Hawkey) Jantz in Moundridge, Kan.

She graduated from Hesston (Kan.) Academy in 1944. On Sept. 15, 1946, she married Bernard M. Hershberger in Newton, Kan.

They made their home in Wellman, where she worked as a bookkeeper at Herman's Feed and Grain. She was a member of Wellman Mennonite Church. She served as the historian for the Iowa Nebraska Conference from 1977 to 1986. She was a member of the Archives of Iowa, Mennonite Museum Archives, Mennonite Historical Society and the Wellman Heritage Society.

Survivors include three children, Bernhard J. Hershberger and his wife, Janet, of Marengo, Gloria Hershberger of Aurora, Colo., and Rita Trimpe and her husband, Bob, of Williamsburg; a sister, Nona Snyder of Hesston, Kan.; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard; four brothers, Earl Jantz, Melvin Jantz, Wayne Jantz and Paul Jantz; and two sisters, Nina Jantz and Ruth Orpin.

Funeral services were held at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial was in Wellman Mennonite Cemetery.