Derstine, Fern H. Moyer (1940-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jul 28 p. 11

Birth date: 1940

text of obituary:

FERN H. DERSTINE

Fern H. Derstine, 63, of Philadelphia, died July 19, 2003, at Chestnut Hill Hospital after a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. She was born to Elwyn L. and Margaret Heebner Moyer in Telford.

She married James L. Derstine on June 13, 1959.

After years as a homemaker, she was employed in various professional offices, including several years in the administrative offices of Goshen (Ind.) College. She was self-employed for her remaining years by providing home services like interior decorating, cleaning, food preparation and house sitting. She also managed rental units for the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust and as a volunteer for her congregation, Germantown Mennonite Church, managed the church property as chair of the trustee committee. Along with her husband, she served as resident staff for several years at the Wyck House and Garden in Philadelphia.

She personally enjoyed gardening, cooking, singing and her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, James Derstine; her mother, Margaret Moyer; a daughter, Jodi Derstine Miller and her husband, Bryan, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, J. Darin Derstine of Monterey, Calif.; two brothers, Harleigh Moyer of Ephrata and Bruce Moyer of Moorsville, N.C.; three sisters, Elaine Clemmer of Souderton, Judy Kolb of Goshen, Ind., and Sylvia Derstine of Souderton; and four grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Rockhill Mennonite Church of Telford.