Hershberger, Glen Leroy (1921-1949)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 Apr 28 p. 1

Birth date: 1921

text of obituary:

Young Instructor At Hesston College Called Suddenly

GLEN HERSHBERGER, 28, STRICKEN WHILE CONDUCTING CLASS

Hesston, Kansas. — The Hesston community was saddened this week by the sudden passing of Glen Leroy Hershberger, 28, instructor at Hesston College and Bible school who was fatally stricken Monday afternoon while conducting a class.

Funeral services were set for Wednesday afternoon in Hess Memorial Hall, with Rev. Earl Buckwalter officiating. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Mennonite church near Hesston.

Mr. Hershberger, who was born at Tofield, Alberta, on Feb. 23, 1921, joined the Hesston faculty as science instructor in 1945. He is survived by his wife, the former Lois Diller; his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Owen O. Hershberger; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd Rodgers, and three brothers, Howard, James, and John, all of Hesston.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1949 May 19 p. 3