Hershberger, Velma Arlene (1924-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Jul 12 p. 13

Birth date: 1924 Nov 28

text of obituary:

VELMA HERSHBERGER

Velma Arlene (Hershberger) Hershberger, 85, of Hesston, Kan., died June 27, 2010, at Schowalter Villa. She was born Nov. 28, 1924, to Ora J. and Bertha (Guengerich) Hershberger near Parnell, Iowa.

She married Herman L. Hershberger on Oct. 15, 1950, at West Union Mennonite Church near Parnell. They farmed in Iowa an in 1956 moved to Hesston.

She was a member of Hesston Mennonite Church and served as a Sunday school teacher. She was a homemaker and did laundry for Hesston College students in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She also worked in the kitchen at Schowalter Villa. She worked at The Hesston Record for 20 years, retiring in 1990. She was editor of the South Central Conference Messenger for 16 years. After she and Herman retired, they volunteered at Schowalter Villa where they were Volunteers of the Year in 1999 and 2004.

Survivors include her husband, Herman, of Hesston; daughter Mary Lou Hershberger of Grabill, Ind.; son Kermit Dee Hershberger and his wife, Beth, of Hesston; daughter Vietta Krehbiel and her husband, Deve, of Hesston; sisters Dorothy Miller of Tama, Iowa, and Doris Redding of Parnell, Iowa; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by a nephew, Timothy J. Redding.

Memorial services were held at Schowalter Villa Chapel in Hesston. A private burial was at Eastlawn Cemetery in Hesston.