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Neufeld, Wanda Reber (1928-2010)
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She and Adolf led a full life and were always busy. She was a hard worker, a woman of many talents. For many years she helped Adolf at Inman Electric Co. They volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service and served on the committee. She enjoyed helping Mennonite Central Committee by canning meat, making ''verenike'', making craft items for the annual MCC sale and items for the annual Gift Day at Pleasant View Home, Inman. Many people were blessed with her handmade, embroidered and sewn-by-machine gifts and many wooden toys she and Aolf made together. In 2010 she sewed more than 100 school kit bags for MCC. |
She and Adolf led a full life and were always busy. She was a hard worker, a woman of many talents. For many years she helped Adolf at Inman Electric Co. They volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service and served on the committee. She enjoyed helping Mennonite Central Committee by canning meat, making ''verenike'', making craft items for the annual MCC sale and items for the annual Gift Day at Pleasant View Home, Inman. Many people were blessed with her handmade, embroidered and sewn-by-machine gifts and many wooden toys she and Aolf made together. In 2010 she sewed more than 100 school kit bags for MCC. |
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| − | She and Adolf volunteered at Camp Mennoscah almost every summer from 1950 to 2009, helping with maintenance and working in the kitchen. |
+ | She and Adolf volunteered at Camp Mennoscah almost every summer from 1950 to 2009, helping with maintenance and working in the kitchen. Together with friends they served meals for voluntary service young people at Mennoscah and in Missouri for several years. Many weeks were given to church building in Dallas, Texas, doing electrical work and helping with other projects, and volunteering with church construction in Colorado. Numerous trips were made to churches in Canada in the Lay Witness Mission Project. She was a Sunday school teacher at Bethel Mennonite Church. |
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| + | Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Adolf, of Inman; a daughter, Marilyn Marshall, of Salina; a sister, Catherine Molzen and her husband, Allen, of Wamego; a brother, Robert Reber and his wife, Iva, of Newton; two grandsons and a great-granddaughter. |
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| + | Funeral services were held at Bethel Mennonite Church, rural Inman. Burial was in North Inman Cemetery. |
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Revision as of 13:07, 12 August 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2011 Feb 14 p. 13
Birth date: 1928 Apr 19
Text of obituary:
WANDA NEUFELD
Wanda Neufeld, 82, of Inman, Kan., died Nov. 28, 2010. She was born April 19, 1928, to Lola (Shomber) and Gilbert Reber at Sedgwick.
After graduating from high school she worked at Bethel Hospital in Newton. On Sept. 28, 1949, she married Adolf Neufeld.
She and Adolf led a full life and were always busy. She was a hard worker, a woman of many talents. For many years she helped Adolf at Inman Electric Co. They volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service and served on the committee. She enjoyed helping Mennonite Central Committee by canning meat, making verenike, making craft items for the annual MCC sale and items for the annual Gift Day at Pleasant View Home, Inman. Many people were blessed with her handmade, embroidered and sewn-by-machine gifts and many wooden toys she and Aolf made together. In 2010 she sewed more than 100 school kit bags for MCC.
She and Adolf volunteered at Camp Mennoscah almost every summer from 1950 to 2009, helping with maintenance and working in the kitchen. Together with friends they served meals for voluntary service young people at Mennoscah and in Missouri for several years. Many weeks were given to church building in Dallas, Texas, doing electrical work and helping with other projects, and volunteering with church construction in Colorado. Numerous trips were made to churches in Canada in the Lay Witness Mission Project. She was a Sunday school teacher at Bethel Mennonite Church.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Adolf, of Inman; a daughter, Marilyn Marshall, of Salina; a sister, Catherine Molzen and her husband, Allen, of Wamego; a brother, Robert Reber and his wife, Iva, of Newton; two grandsons and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services were held at Bethel Mennonite Church, rural Inman. Burial was in North Inman Cemetery.
