Aeschliman, Anna L. Stuckey (1918-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Aug 9 p. 9

Birth date: 1918 Dec 18

text of obituary:

ANNA L. AESCHLIMAN

Anna L. Aeschliman, 91, died July 17, 2010, at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold, Ohio. She was born Dec. 18, 1918, to Aaron and Sarah (Eicher) Stuckey near Archbold.

She married Hyrthal Aeschliman on Feb. 18, 1941, and he preceded her in death Feb. 26, 2007.

A resident of the Stryker, Ohio, area for many years, she was a homemaker and helped on the farm. She was happiest when surrounded by her family. Church was always important for her. As a young teenager, she became a member of Lockport Mennonite Church in Stryker. She and Hyrthal Aeschliman rented a farm south of Wauseon, Ohio, after marriage, and she became a member of West Clinton Mennonite Church. In 1953 she and Hyrthal Aeschliman purchased the Cloverleaf Farm south of Stryker, and she became a member of Pine Grove Mennonite Church. There she taught children, served in the women’s ministry and helped in many other areas. She moved to Fairlawn Haven in 2008 and enjoyed attending chapel services there.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers, Walter, Chester, Joseph, Earl and Donald; and a granddaughter, Terri Davis.

She is survived two brothers, Ivan Stuckey of Burr Oak, Mich., and Arthur Stuckey and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Archbold; one sister, Clara Frey of Wauseon; five children, Janice Kreider and her husband, J. Evan, of Vancouver, B.C., Judy Davis and her husband, Charles, of Fort Wayne, Ind., Betty Beck and her husband, Doug, of Stryker, David Aeschliman and his wife, Connie, of Stryker, and Sue Groff and her husband, Marlin, of Kinzers, Pa.; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Lockport Mennonite Church in Stryker. Burial was in Lockport Cemetery.