Dester, Hilda Reusser (1892-1967)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 3

Birth date: 1892

Text of obituary:

Former Missionary to India Dies at Berne

Berne, Ind. — Mrs. Hilda (Reusser) Dester, 75, wife of Dr. Herbert E. Dester of Berne, died Friday afternoon, Dec. 1 at the Adams County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Dester had assisted her husband when he was a medical missionary in India from 1927 till 1957. She also assisted him in the office when he started a medical practice in the city of Berne in the early 1960s.

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, Dec. 4 at the First Mennonite Church with Rev. Gordon Neuenschwander and Rev. Gerald Stucky officiating.

Mrs. Dester had been suffering from cancer for six months. A few months ago she underwent surgery, and was able to return home. In recent weeks she suffered a relapse and was admitted to the hospital two hours before she died.

Surviving are her husband, two sisters, and a brother.

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The Mennonite obituary: 1967 Dec 19 p. 774