Krabill, Gladys E. Johns (1915-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Sep 19 p. 11

Birth date: 1915

text of obituary:

GLADYS E. KRABILL

Gladys E. Krabill, 90, of Orrville, Ohio, died Aug. 22, 2005. She was a lifelong resident of the Louisville area until 1995, when she and her husband, Rollin, moved to Orrvilla Retirement Community in Orrville.

She received her teaching certificate from Goshen (Ind.) College. Her first teaching assignment was third grade at North Canton for two years. After raising her family she taught kindergarten at Washington School for four years and then Pleasant Grove for 11 years, where she was Teacher of the Year in 1970-71. After retiring from public education in 1976, she and her husband served at Lake Center Christian School for three years, he as principal and she as a kindergarten teacher.

She was a lifetime member of the Beech Mennonite Church, where her father, O.N. Johns, was minister for many years. She served in many educational roles, including teaching in Sunday school and summer Bible school.

Survivors include a son, Richard S. Krabill of Madison; a daughter, Joan Gross of Syracuse, N.Y.; three siblings, Velma Miller, Lois Yoder and David Johns; and a grandson and two great-granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rollin W. Krabill; and a sister, Esther.

Services were held at Beech Mennonite Church in Louisville. Burial was in the church cemetery.