Gerig, Mary Ann Smucker (1866-1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 4 Apr 1957 p. 1

Birth date: 1866

text of obituary:

WIFE OF OHIO BISHOP DIES AT AGE 91, AFTER 68TH ANNIVERSARY

Orrville, Ohio. — Funeral services were conducted at the Oak Grove Mennonite Church near Smithville on March 30 for Mrs. Mary Ann Gerig, 91, wife of Bishop J. S. Gerig and a life-long resident of this area. Death came March 27 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Hostetler, in Massillon.

Bishop and Mrs. Gerig observed their 68th wedding anniversary on Feb. 5. They were long active in the Oak Grove church, where Bishop Gerig was pastor for many years.

Surviving in addition to her husband and daughter are two sons, Melvin of Smithville and Benjamin of Washington, D. C., seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 11 Apr 1957 p. 8