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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2008 Mar 31 p. 9 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2008 Mar 31 p. 9 | ||
Birth date: 1921 | Birth date: 1921 Jan 2 | ||
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<center><h3>E. EUGENER HERSHBERGER</h3></center> | |||
E. Eugene Hershberger, 86, of Glendale, Ariz., died Dec. 6, 2007, at Glencroft Care Center in Glendale. He was born Jan. 2, 1921, to William J. and Manerva Hershberger in Walnut Creek, Ohio. | |||
On Nov. 1, 1941, he married Vida Schloneger of Louisville, Ohio. | |||
He worked at a meat packing plant for 25 years and also was an electrician. He was in Civilian Public Service from 1942 to 1944 and later did Mennonite Disaster Service work in Guatemala and Texas. He lived in Ohio until 1980, when he and his wife, Vida, moved to Glendale. He worked at Glencroft Retirement Community as an electrician and a resident manager for 15 years until his retirement. After retiring he volunteered at Glencroft. | |||
He was a past member of Beech Mennonite Church in Louisville, Ohio, and a present member of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale. He enjoyed song leading and singing in choirs and quartets. | |||
Survivors include his wife, Vida; five children, Lowell and his wife, Elena, Bruce and his wife, Norma, and Maynard and his wife, Jean, all of Canton, Ohio, Donna Rempel and her husband, Nathan, of Glendale, and Vivian Jaberg of Norton, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. | |||
He was preceded in death by a brother, Doran, and a sister, Oma Smucker. | |||
Memorial services were held at Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale and at Beech Mennonite Church in Louisville, Ohio. | |||
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Revision as of 12:22, 25 July 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Mar 31 p. 9
Birth date: 1921 Jan 2
text of obituary:
E. EUGENER HERSHBERGER
E. Eugene Hershberger, 86, of Glendale, Ariz., died Dec. 6, 2007, at Glencroft Care Center in Glendale. He was born Jan. 2, 1921, to William J. and Manerva Hershberger in Walnut Creek, Ohio.
On Nov. 1, 1941, he married Vida Schloneger of Louisville, Ohio.
He worked at a meat packing plant for 25 years and also was an electrician. He was in Civilian Public Service from 1942 to 1944 and later did Mennonite Disaster Service work in Guatemala and Texas. He lived in Ohio until 1980, when he and his wife, Vida, moved to Glendale. He worked at Glencroft Retirement Community as an electrician and a resident manager for 15 years until his retirement. After retiring he volunteered at Glencroft.
He was a past member of Beech Mennonite Church in Louisville, Ohio, and a present member of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale. He enjoyed song leading and singing in choirs and quartets.
Survivors include his wife, Vida; five children, Lowell and his wife, Elena, Bruce and his wife, Norma, and Maynard and his wife, Jean, all of Canton, Ohio, Donna Rempel and her husband, Nathan, of Glendale, and Vivian Jaberg of Norton, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Doran, and a sister, Oma Smucker.
Memorial services were held at Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale and at Beech Mennonite Church in Louisville, Ohio.