Hostetler, Luella V. Lehman (1910-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Jan 27 p. 12

Birth date: 1910 Feb 18

text of obituary:

Luella V. (Lehman) Hostetler, 92, of Orrville, Ohio, died Jan. 5, 2003. She was born Feb. 18, 1910, to David O. and Christina (Sprunger) Lehman in Berne, Ind.

She was a 1928 graduate of Orrville High School. She married Emerson M. Hostetler on Oct. 14, 1928. He preceded her in death on Nov. 8, 1989.

She lived most of her life in the Dalton area. She was a homemaker with an influential ministry of prayer, listening with compassion and love that touched the lives of many in the community.

She shared many years with the fellowship at former HiWay Chapel of East Greenville. She was a member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church, where she taught Sunday school, participated in the homemakers group and supported missions.

Survivors include seven children, David and his wife, Rose, of Scottdale, Pa.; Anne Fath and her husband, Albert, of Dalton; John and his wife, Ann, of Evensville, Tenn.; Ron and his wife, Anna Mae, of Orrville; Jep and his wife, Joyce, of Columbus; Dan and his wife, Sue, of Dalton; and Jayne Coffy and her husband, Robert, of Wooster; a sister, Florence Zimmerman; 24 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Emerson; three brothers, Vernon, Gordon and Orlin Lehman; two sisters, Glenna Lehman and Agnes Buchwalter; and a grandson, Gary Hostetler.

Services were held at Pleasant View Mennonite Church of North Lawrence. Burial was in Martin's Mennonite Church Cemetery near Orrville.