Wolfer, LaVerne (1928-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Dec 20 p. 9

Birth date: 1928 Mar 15

text of obituary:

LAVERNE WOLFER

LaVerne Wolfer, 82, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Nov. 25, 2010, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born March 15, 1928, to Jesse D. and Ada P. Schrock Hartzler in Harrisonville, Mo.

She was an assistant librarian at Central Junior High and later Liberty Junior High Schools in Hutchinson. A Hutchinson resident since 1964, she was a member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church and served as the church librarian and directed the church choir and junior choir. She was active with the Hutchinson Community Concert, the Hutchinson Choral Society, and sang in the Bethany College Oratorio Society in Lindsborg. She sang with the Oratorio Society in Carnegie Hall in New York City. She was a member of the Hesston College Alumni Association and the WMSC sewing club. She enjoyed traveling and had been to China, Europe and Australia. She was a 1946 graduate of Hesston Academy and attended Hesston College.

She married Lowell A. Wolfer on Feb. 8, 1948, in Wellman, Iowa. He preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 1994.

Survivors include a son, Gary Wolfer and his wife, Kay, of Buhler; two daughters, Cheryl Wolfer of Port Angeles, Wash., and Bonnie Ballard and her husband, Mick, of Hutchinson; three brothers, Victor Hartzler and his wife, Marlene, of Bella Vista, Ark., Dale Hartzler and his wife, Meg, of Louisville, Colo., and Robert Hartzler and his wife, Charlene, of Coralville, Iowa; a sister, Orpha Yoder and her husband, Richard, of Wayland, Iowa; six grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell, and two brothers.

A graveside service was held at Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hutchinson. Memorial services were held at South Hutchinson Mennonite Church.