Alderfer, Evelyn B. Landis (1925-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Mar 16 p. 8

Birth date: 1925

text of obituary:

EVELYN B. ALDERFER

Evelyn B. Aldefer, 84, of Harleysville, Pa., died March 6, 2009, at Peter Becker Community. She was born to Clinton D. and Ellen (Beidler) Landis in West Rockhill Township.

She was a volunteer as a bed maker at Peter Becker and at Grand View Hospital, where she worked in the former Grand View Snack Bar. She was a member of Salford Mennonite Church, where she enjoyed Sewing Circle and quilting. As a younger woman, she taught summer Bible school. As the wife of a board member of Spruce Lake Retreat, she enjoyed volunteer activities at Spruce Lake. Above all, she was a homemaker, who received special joy from her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Sanford A. Alderfer; four children, Diane L. Kropf and her husband, Eugene, Linda L. Martin and her husband, Vernon L., Sandy L. Alderfer and his wife, Gail E., and Dwight L. Alderfer and his wife, Bev, all of Vernfield; a brother, Merrill B. Landis and his wife, Betty, of Telford; a sister, Catherine B. Derstine of Vernfield; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville. There was a private burial in the church cemetery.