Hartzler, Ruth Soldner (1922-2014)

Mennonite World Review obituary: 2014 Oct 27 p. 19

Birth date: 1922 May 11

Text of obituary:

Ruth Hartzler

Ruth Soldner Hartzler, 92, of Pandora, Ohio, died Sept. 19, 2014, at the Hilty Memorial Home. She was born May 11, 1922, to T. H. and Meta (Neuenschwander) Soldner in Berne, Ind.

She married Ellwyn Hartzler on March 2, 1946. He preceded her in death on Oct. 20, 2000.

She graduated from high school in Berne, Ind. She attended Bluffton College and Bethel Deaconess School of Nursing, Newton, Kan., where she received her RN degree.

She and her husband served under Mennonite Central Committee in Puerto Rico as an instructor and a supervisor of nurse aides. She also worked as a nurse in Chicago and at Bluffton Community Hospital. After retirement, she and her husband spent 14 years in voluntary service around the country as well as weaving many rugs and placemats with recycled fabrics. She also volunteered at the Et Cetera Shop in Bluffton.

She was a member of Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora, where she served in many capacities, including Christian education and Women in Mission.

Survivors include five children, Tim Hartzler and his wife, Marybeth, of Bluffton, Jan Buerge and her husband, Lonnie, of Kansas City, Mo., Judy Hartzler of Columbus, Sandi Hostetler and her husband, Jim, of Goshen, Ind., and Alan Hartzler and his wife, Staci, of Pettisville; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellwyn; a brother who died in infancy; and a sister, Vera Grimm.

Memorial services were held at Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Mennonite Reformed Evangelical Cenetery, Berne, Ind.