Forrester, Kathryn Jantzi (1912-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Feb 9 p. 12

Birth date: 1912 Aug 8

text of obituary:

KATHRYN FORRESTER

Kathryn Jantzi Forrester, 91, of Xenia, Ohio, died Dec. 22, 2003. She was born Aug. 8, 1912, to Solomon and Anna Lehman Jantzi at New Breman, N.Y., the middle child of 11 children.

She married Charles E. Forrester on Sept. 12, 1934, in Lewis County, N.Y. He died Nov. 6, 1990.

They farmed in Lewis County until 1946, when they bought a farm in Woodville, N.Y. They helped start a church in this community, serving as Sunday school teachers and youth leaders. At age 49, she went into the practical nursing program and worked at House of the Good Samaritan in Watertown, N.Y., as an LPN.

In retirement years, she and her husband moved to Ohio and worked at Adrial School in West Liberty. They also did a year of voluntary service in Eldorado, Ark.

Survivors include two sons, Dale and his wife, Ruth, of Zephryhills, Fla., and Beryl of Gambia, West Africa; two daughters, Anna Mae Weaver and her husband, Robert, of New Holland, Pa., and Martha Loveland of Xenia, with whom she resided until her death; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; and 10 brothers and sisters.

Services were held at Croghan Mennonite Church, where she was an active member for many years.