Ramseyer, Alvin (1921-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 May 5 p. 9

Birth date: 1921 Mar 9

text of obituary:

ALVIN RAMSEYER JR.

Alvin C. “Al” Ramseyer Jr., 87, of Smithville, Ohio, died April 16, 2008, at Smithville Western Care Center in Wooster. He was born March 9, 1921, to Alvin C. and Mary Ellen Schrock) Ramseyer in Smithville.

He married Ruth Neuenschwander on Nov. 4, 1945.

He was a 1939 graduate of Smithville High School and attended Bluffton University. He worked on the family potato and wheat farm his entire life and was a good steward of the land. He served on many boards, including People to People, First National Bank of Orrville, Bluffton University, Wayne Mutual Insurance and Ohio Potato Growers Association. He was an active member of Oak Grove Mennonite Church, where he volunteered in various capacities. He was a former member of Smithville Promoters Club and was a charter member of Smithville Ruritan Club.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Ruth; three children, Ellyne Sollenberger and her husband, Harold, of Kendallville, Ind., Janis Gingerich and her husband, Dan, of Burton, and Donald Ramseyer and his wife, Debra, of Smithville; a brother, Arden Ramseyer of Smithville; two sisters, Esther Miller of Mission, Texas, and Phyllis Miller of Goshen, Ind.; 11 grandchildren and step-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five sisters, Irene Musser, Edna Kaufman, Erma Johnson, Francis Gundy and Mary Kay Gerig.

Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Mennonite Church of Smithville. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.