Jeschke, Elisabeth Ann Bixel Miller (1929-2018)

Date of Birth: 1929 November 27, Ohio
Date of Death: 2018 June 26, Indiana

Obituary from Find A Grave:

Elizabeth “Betty” Jeschke, 88, of Goshen, died peacefully June 27, 2018 at Goshen General Hospital, with family by her side. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma six years ago.

Betty was born to Gordon and Margaret Claassen Bixel November 27, 1929, in Bluffton, Ohio. She graduated from Bluffton College (University) in 1951 and that same year married Oscar Miller of Berlin, Ohio.

Betty taught elementary school in Holmes County for 34 years, 25 of them teaching third grade at the all Amish Chestnut Ridge School between Berlin and Walnut Creek. During these years she was a member of First Mennonite Church in Sugarcreek. She participated in the founding of Behalt, the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center near Berlin and the Berlin Public Library.

Betty was widowed by her first husband Oscar Miller’s death of cancer in 1989, and in 1994 married Marlin Jeschke of Goshen. In 1997, after a four-month study tour in Israel, Betty and Marlin moved to Goshen, where Betty joined College Mennonite Church and continued to be active in church and community affairs. She endowed the Religion and Science Conferences at Goshen College.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Oscar, and her oldest son, James Miller, Professor of Biology at Goshen College. She is survived by her husband Marlin, daughter-in-law Linda Miller, daughter Kathy (Willard) Fenton-Miller, son Thomas (Crystal) Miller, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, two brothers and their families. Also three step-children, Eric (Amy Baum) Jeschke, Margaret (Bart Miller) Jeschke, and David (Kim Rush) Jeschke, and six step-grandchildren.

Yoder-Culp Funeral Home

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Bluffton, Ohio
Daughter of Gordon A. Sr. and Margaret M. (Claassen) Bixel
Married Oscar Ray Miller 1951 August 21, Bluffton, Ohio
Married Marlin Jeschke 1994 August 27, Holmes County, Ohio
Elementary teacher -- Berlin, Ohio

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
See Margaret M. (Claassen) Bixel for family photo

Sources:
Grandma Online profile 663868
Find A Grave 190944063