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Stoltzfus, A. Grace Hertzler (1918-1952)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 May 15 p.3

Birth date: 1918

Survivor of Fatal Accident Died Suddenly

DEATH LEAVES ONE DAUGHTER SURVIVING IN FAMILY OF FIVE

Lancaster, Pa. — Mrs. A. Grace Stoltzfus, 44, who was injured Jan. 6, 1952, in the fatal auto accident near Sadsburyville which claimed the lives of her husband and two children, died May 5 at the home of her sister, Mrs. Samuel Umble, near Atglen. Her death was attributed to a heart attack.

Funeral services were held May 8 at the Millwood church. She was a member of the Coatesville Mennonite church, where she was active in church and Sunday school work.

Only surviving member of the family is her daughter, Lena Mae, age 6, who will make her home with the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hertzler of Morgantown. The husband, Joseph B. Stoltzfus, Joseph B. Jr., 9 and Vida Jean, 17, were all fatally injured in the Jan. 6 crash with two speeding cars on the Lincoln highway.