If this site was useful to you, we'd be happy for a small donation. Be sure to enter "MLA donation" in the Comments box.
Herman, Mary Ethel Hartzler Detweiler (1909-2005)
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2005 Jun 13 p. 8 |
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2005 Jun 13 p. 8 |
||
| − | Birth date: 1909 |
+ | Birth date: 1909 Feb 18 |
| + | |||
| + | text of obituary: |
||
| + | |||
| + | <center><h3>MARY DETWEILER HERMAN</h3></center> |
||
| + | |||
| + | Mary Ethel Herman, 96, of Goshen, Ind., died April 24, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Feb. 18, 1909, to Ella and Levi Hartzler in Canton, Ohio. |
||
| + | |||
| + | She married Forrest Detweiler, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1937. She later married Paul Herman. |
||
| + | |||
| + | She was employed in sales most of her working years. She retired from Prudential Insurance Co. in 1974. An excellent, natural-born musician, she used her piano and organ skills to entertain others and to worship the Lord she loved. Her organ went with her to the nursing home, where she often delighted her fellow residents with her beautiful renditions of familiar old hymns. |
||
| + | |||
| + | Survivors include two children, Jerrilou Johnson of Mexico City and Gaylord Herman of Anchorage, Alaska. |
||
| + | |||
| + | She was preceded in death by siblings Annabelle Miller, Martha Hartzler and Paul Hartzler. |
||
| + | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] |
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] |
||
Latest revision as of 16:39, 8 February 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jun 13 p. 8
Birth date: 1909 Feb 18
text of obituary:
MARY DETWEILER HERMAN
Mary Ethel Herman, 96, of Goshen, Ind., died April 24, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Feb. 18, 1909, to Ella and Levi Hartzler in Canton, Ohio.
She married Forrest Detweiler, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1937. She later married Paul Herman.
She was employed in sales most of her working years. She retired from Prudential Insurance Co. in 1974. An excellent, natural-born musician, she used her piano and organ skills to entertain others and to worship the Lord she loved. Her organ went with her to the nursing home, where she often delighted her fellow residents with her beautiful renditions of familiar old hymns.
Survivors include two children, Jerrilou Johnson of Mexico City and Gaylord Herman of Anchorage, Alaska.
She was preceded in death by siblings Annabelle Miller, Martha Hartzler and Paul Hartzler.
