Johns, Edith M. Hoover (1923-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Mar 16 p. 8

Birth date: 1923 May 1

text of obituary:

EDITH M. JOHNS

Edith M. Johns, 85, of Goshen, Ind., died Feb. 5, 2009, at her home. She was born May 1, 1923, to John Maynard and Mandella (Bachtel) Hoover in Goshen.

She lived in the Goshen area except for six years in Ontario. She was self-employed as a professional quilter and was a pastor’s wife. She was a member of Benton Mennonite Church, active in many church-quilting circles in the area, and a member of the Goshen Aphasia Support Group.

She married Galen Johns on May 16, 1943, at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church.

Survivors include her husband, Galen; four children, Steven Johns and his wife, Debra, of Goshen, Lois Kaufmann and her husband, Jim, of New Paris, Loren Johns and his wife, Rachel, of Goshen, and Lindale Johns and his wife, Melanie, of Benton; a daughter-in-law, Jeanette Johns of Sheridan, Mich.; five siblings, Lowell Hoover and his wife, Velorous, Miriam Bontreger and her husband, Vernon, Arlene Hershberger, and Lucile Chupp and her husband, Menno, all of Goshen; a sister-in-law, Edna Hoover of Goshen; a half sister, Ruth Hoover of New Paris; and a half brother, John Maynard Hoover of Glen Flora, Wis.; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Joe Alan; a daughter, Rachel Nanlee; and two brothers, Norman Richard and Donald Hoover.