Musser, Stella G. (1904-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Aug 21 p. 12

Birth date: 1904 Dec 2

text of obituary:

STELLA G. MUSSER

Stella G. Musser, 101, of Ephrata, Pa., died June 11, 2006, at Fairmount Homes. She was born Dec. 2, 1904, to Jacob M. and Hettie Ann Good Musser.

She was the oldest member of Bowmansville Mennonite Church and was active in its sewing circle. When she moved to Fairmount Homes in 1998, she continued to assemble comfort tops for the sewing circle. In the last 10 years she assembled more than 200 comfort tops each year. They were then completed by the sewing circle and given to Mennonite Central Committee for distribution.

Survivors include four daughters, Rachel Gingrich and her husband, Lloyd, of Mercersburg, Ruth Bowman and her husband, Clair, of Denver, Alice Sauder and her husband, D. Clinton, of Carlisle, and Edith Graybill and her husband, Conrad, of Navron; 11 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She was the last of her immediate family.

A memorial service was held at Fairmount Homes. Burial was in Bowmansville Mennonite Cemetery.