Nafziger, Erma Katherine Litwiller (1911-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Jun 23 p. 21

Birth date: 1911 Jul 29

text of obituary:

ERMA NAFZIGER

Erma Katherine Nafziger, 96, a resident of Hopedale Commons in Hopedale, Ill., for the past four years, died June 8, 2008, at Hopedale Hospital. She was born July 29, 1911, to Amos and Barbara Naffziger Litwiller in rural Delavan.

She married Vilas L. Nafziger on Dec. 25, 1932, in rural Hopedale.

She was an active member of Hopedale Mennonite Church. She and her husband farmed in rural Minier for many years before moving to Hopedale in 1978. She enjoyed gardening, reading and most of all, her family, and was one who had the ability to relate to people of all ages.

Survivors include three daughters, Marlene Birky and her husband, Wendell, of Valparaiso, Ind., Barbara Frantz and her husband, Ken, of St. Joseph, and Shirley Brunk and her husband, Gerald, of Harrisonburg, Va.; two sons, John Nafziger and his wife, Connie, of Gahanna, Ohio, and Keith Nafziger and his wife, Jeannie, of Bloomington; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Vilas, on March 9, 1993; and by four sisters and two brothers.

A service of committal was held at Mennonite Cemetery in Hopedale, followed by a memorial service at Hopedale Mennonite Church.