Burkhart, Lydia Rebecca (1925-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Dec 8 p. 8

Birth date: 1925 Jan 3

text of obituary:

LYDIA BURKHART

Lydia Rebecca Burkhart, 78, of Alanson, Mich., died June 13, 2003, at Bortz Health Care of Petoskey. She was born Jan. 3, 1925, to Eli and Elizabeth (Brubacher) Burkhart in Brutus.

She attended Woodland School of Brutus, Eastern Mennonite College of Harrisonburg, Va., and Riverside School of Nursing in Newport News, Va.

She taught school for about three years in Calico Rock, Ark., Russian Mission, Alaska, and Harbor Springs, Mich. She then went into nursing, working for a short time at Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey and then for 21 years with Mennonite Board of Missions in Ghana in Africa as a registered nurse.

She was a lifetime member of Maple River Mennonite Church of Brutus. Survivors include two sisters, Ann Batchellor of Alanson and Mattie Sauder of Petoskey; and two sisters-in-law, Mary and Ruth Burkhart of Brutus.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Menno and Jonas Burkhart; and two brothers-in-law, Jacob Sauder and Edmond Batchellor.

Memorial services were held at Maple River Mennonite Church.