Smoker, Abner K. (1916-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Sep 18 p. 12

Birth date: 1916 Mar 20

text of obituary:

Abner K. Smoker, 90, of Camp Verde, Ariz., died Aug. 19, 2006, in Phoenix. He was born March 20, 1916, to David S. and Mary Kauffman Smoker of Bird-in-Hand, Pa.

He grew up in the Amish-Mennonite tradition and joined the Mennonite church as a young man. He married Viola M. Smoker on Nov. 21, 1936.

In 1950, they moved to Phoenix, where they attended Sunnyslope Mennonite Church. In the Phoenix area, he worked at farming, school maintenance and overseeing their rental properties. In 1989, he and Viola moved to Camp Verde for their retirement years.

Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Viola; two daughters, Myrna Cramer and her husband, Edward, of Phoenix, and LaVon Miller and her husband, Robert, of Narvon, Pa.; a son, Arlan Smoker and his wife, Donna, of Phoenix; a brother, Sylvan Smoker of Christiana, Pa.; and four sisters, Esther Chupp of Ronks, Pa., Sadie Yoder of Lewisburg, Pa., Martha Stoltzfus of Bowlings Creek, Ky., and Ferne Bowman of Harrisonburg, Va.; 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter.