Miller, Josephine (1923-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Apr 22 p. 3

Birth date: 1923

text of obituary:

Services Held For 18 Who Died In Two Counties

Funeral services were conducted in Elkhart and Lagrange Counties in Indiana last week for 17 Mennonites who died as a result of the Palm Sunday tornadoes. Services for an 18th victim were held last Sunday.

A mass service for eight members of the Shore Mennonite Church was held Thursday at the Shipshewana-Scott High School as reported elsewhere in this week's Review. Orvin H. Hooley, the pastor, was in charge, assisted by Rev. Arnold Roth of South Bend, a former pastor of the church, and Dr. Dean Brubaker of the Plato Mennonite Church, Lagrange. A 12-member choir sang a hymn in memory of each of the eight dead.

The same afternoon the Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church near Middlebury was filled to capacity for the double funeral service for Mrs. Myron Krehbiel, 28, and her infant son, Timothy. The husband and father is pastor of the church. Rev. Vernon F. Miller, Brethren ministr of Goshen, officiated, assisted by Rev.Wilbur Yoder of the First Mennonite Church, Middlebury.

Mrs. Krehbiel was the former Jean Noffsinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Noffsinger, Dayton, Ohio.

The services for Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Yoder of Topeka were held Wednesday forenoon at the Forks Mennonite Church, with Donald Yoderand Sylvester Haarer in charge. The following day a memorial service was held at the Honeyville School for Mr. Yoder who was pricipal of the school and had served in th Topeka-Honeyville schools for 35 years.

The services for Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bontrager also were held at the Forks Church, although details are not known.

Services for Mrs. Lester J. (Josephine) Miller, 42, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Griner Mennonite Church. She was visiting at the home of her parnts, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Graber, near Middlebury when it was hit by a tornado. Her parents and a daughter Emily were seriously hurt. The Miller home nearby was also demolished.

The funeral of Mrs. Clara Mae Weaver of near Osceola was held Thursday afternoon at the Olive Mennonite Church. Services for four-year-old Carolyn Jane Ford, who with her parents attended the Sunnyside Church, were conducted Thursday at an Elkhart funeral home by Rev. Leonard Garber, pastor of the church.

Mrs. Mable Mishler of Shipshewana died April 15 in a Fort Wayne hospital of injuries sustained in the storm. Services were to be held Sunday at the Forks Mennonite Church. Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 22 Apr 1965 p. 3, 6, 9