Litwiller, Elsie Susan Egli (1911-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Mar 31 p. 9

Birth date: 1911 Mar 30

text of obituary:

ELSIE S. LITWILLER

Elsie Susan Litwiller, 96, of Kalona, Iowa, died Feb. 6, 2008, after a brief illness. She was born March 30, 1911, to C. B. and Emma (Grimm) Egli at Manson.

She married Chancy Litwiller on Aug. 11, 1937, at Manson.

She was a homemaker and farm wife, living near Washington. She was a member of East Union Mennonite Church near Kalona and actively supported the church and many mission projects up to the time of her death. She was a Sunday school teacher for many years, an avid reader and read through the Bible many times. In December 2007, she sent a handwritten letter to each of her grandchildren, nieces and nephews, urging them to remain faithful.

Survivors include her two sons, Francis Litwiller and his wife, Phyllis, of Kalona, and Keith Litwiller of Washington; a sister, Ida Egli of Kalona; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Chancy Litwiller, in 2003; by a 9-year-old son, Cecil Litwiller, in 1957; by a daughter-in-law, Barbara Litwiller; and by 11 siblings, Amon Egli, Joe Egli, Lewis Egli, Emery Egli, Maude Swartzendruber, John Egli, Sam Egli, Lawrence Egli, Jess Egli, Rosette Egli and Stan Egli.

Funeral services were held at East Union Mennonite Church, Kalona. Burial was in the church cemetery.