Dester, Hilda Reusser (1892-1967)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 3

Birth date: 1892

Text of obituary:

Former Missionary to India Dies at Berne

Berne, Ind. — Mrs. Hilda (Reusser) Dester, 75, wife of Dr. Herbert E. Dester of Berne, died Friday afternoon, Dec. 1 at the Adams County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Dester had assisted her husband when he was a medical missionary in India from 1927 till 1957. She also assisted him in the office when he started a medical practice in the city of Berne in the early 1960s.

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, Dec. 4 at the First Mennonite Church with Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander and Rev. Gerald Stucky officiating.

Mrs. Dester had been suffering from cancer for six months. A few months ago she underwent surgery, and was able to return home. In recent weeks she suffered a relapse and was admitted to the hospital two hours before she died.

Surviving are her husband, two sisters, and a brother.

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The Mennonite obituary: 1967 Dec 19 p. 774

Text of obituary:

Hilda Reusser Dester (Mrs. Herbert), First Church, Berne, Ind., was born Mar. 31, 1892 in Harvey Co., Kan., and died Dec. 1. She and her husband had served as missionaries to India for thirty years.