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<center><h3>MATTIE E. SCHERTZ</h3></center> | |||
Mattie E. Schertz, 103, of Goshen, Ind., died Oct. 12, 2004, at Greencroft Health Care, where she had been a resident the past two years. She was born May 19, 1901, to John A. and Bertha Schertz Imhoff near Roanoke, Ill. | |||
On Jan. 15, 1929, she married Peter H. Schertz, and for 44 years they lived on the family farm near Lowpoint, Ill. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 1973. | |||
She was a lifelong member of Metamora Mennonite Church, where she was involved in the Sunday school program and the Women's Missionary and Service Commission. She will be remembered for her hospitality, her willingness to help in any situation, and her deep commitment to the Mennonite Church, her family and a wide circle of friends. | |||
After living all her active years in Woodford County, Ill., she moved to Greencroft Retirement Community in Goshen at age 95. | |||
Survivors include two daughters, Marjorie Liechty and her husband, Russel, of Goshen, and Ardith Wilson and her husband, Ralph, of Minneapolis, Minn.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. | |||
She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter H; five sisters, Elsie Imhoff, Ada Kennell, Freda Reiff, Clara Battler and Wilma Stealy; and one brother, Clarence Imhoff. | |||
Services were held at the Greencroft Meeting House and at Metamora Mennonite Church. Burial was in Stewart-Harmony Cemetary, Metamora, Ill. | |||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Nov 22 p. 8
Birth date: 1901 May 19
text of obituary:
MATTIE E. SCHERTZ
Mattie E. Schertz, 103, of Goshen, Ind., died Oct. 12, 2004, at Greencroft Health Care, where she had been a resident the past two years. She was born May 19, 1901, to John A. and Bertha Schertz Imhoff near Roanoke, Ill.
On Jan. 15, 1929, she married Peter H. Schertz, and for 44 years they lived on the family farm near Lowpoint, Ill. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 1973.
She was a lifelong member of Metamora Mennonite Church, where she was involved in the Sunday school program and the Women's Missionary and Service Commission. She will be remembered for her hospitality, her willingness to help in any situation, and her deep commitment to the Mennonite Church, her family and a wide circle of friends.
After living all her active years in Woodford County, Ill., she moved to Greencroft Retirement Community in Goshen at age 95.
Survivors include two daughters, Marjorie Liechty and her husband, Russel, of Goshen, and Ardith Wilson and her husband, Ralph, of Minneapolis, Minn.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter H; five sisters, Elsie Imhoff, Ada Kennell, Freda Reiff, Clara Battler and Wilma Stealy; and one brother, Clarence Imhoff.
Services were held at the Greencroft Meeting House and at Metamora Mennonite Church. Burial was in Stewart-Harmony Cemetary, Metamora, Ill.