Reinford, Wilmer L. (1916-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Jul 2 p. 8

Birth date: 1916 Dec 11

text of obituary:

WILMER l. REINFORS

Wilmer L. Reinford, 90, of Creamery, Pa., died June 4, 2007. He was born Dec. 11, 1916, to Frank and Bertha (Landes) Reinford in Yerkes.

He married Margaret Kulp on Feb. 10, 1940.

He was a farmer and was employed at the Farm Bureau in Collegeville, which later became Agway. He was a lifelong member of Wellspring Church of Skippack, formerly Upper Skippack Mennonite Church.

He was interested in family genealogy and Mennonite history. He was involved in beginning of the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Library and Archives and became its treasurer. He presided over the Franconia Mennonite Historical Society, was his community’s historian and helped in the shaping of the Mennonite Heritage Center near Harleysville in his later years.

Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Margaret; four daughters, Mae K. Reinford of Creamery, Ruth K. Keppley and her husband, Harry, of Blandon, Linda K. Watson and her husband, Earl, of Norristown, and Ida R. Proco and her husband, Greg, of Lynchburg, Va.; a brother, Donald Reinford of Lebanon; three grandchildren and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by four brothers.

Funeral services were held at Wellspring Church of Skippack. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.