Hershberger, Clyde (1912-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 May 28 p. 9

Birth date: 1912 Nov 1

text of obituary:

CLYDE HERSHBERGER

Clyde Hershberger, 94, of Kalona, Iowa, died April 26, 2007. He was born Nov. 1, 1912, to Ammon and Lydia (Gascho) Hershberger in Dorchester, Neb. He grew up in Nebraska and later moved to Iowa. He married Ollie Brenneman on Sept. 18, 1938, in West Union Mennonite Church of rural Parnell.

He was a farmer most of his life and was also employed at the University of Iowa and the Veteran’s Administration Center in Iowa City for 30 years. He enjoyed his family, carpenter work, reading, raising turkeys, shuffle boarding and listening to music. He was a member of Kalona Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Ollie; six children, Cecil Hershberger of Muscatine, Elaine Cole and Bea Knepp, both of Kalona, Herb Hershberger and his wife, Deny, of Wooster, Ohio, Linda Cole and her husband, Sonny, of Cartridge, Ill., and Larry Hershberger and his wife, Marilyn, of Wayland; a brother, Willard Hershberger of Corry, Pa.; a sister, Ruth Troyer of Union City, Pa.; 21 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Arlene Reynolds and Esther Roth; three sons-in-law, Robert Haley, Robert Cole and Ed Knepp; and five grandchildren.

Services were held at Kalona Mennonite Church. Burial was in Sharon Hill Cemetery of Kalona.