Smucker, Esther V. Meck (1904-1986)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 8 Jan 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1904

text of obituary:

ESTHER V. SMUCKER

Esther V. Smucker, 82, died at Goshen (Ind.) General Hospital on Dec. 5,1986, where she had been a patient since Nov.18. She was born Jan.19, 1904, near Freeport, Ill., the daughter of Aaron J. and Emma Shoemaker Meck.

On Sept. 4,1935, she married Silas J. Smucker of Goshen.

She attended Hesston and Goshen colleges and was a former school teacher and homemaker. She lived with her husband in Morristown, N.J., for many years. She served with Mennonite Central Committee in Haiti and with her husband in Laos under the U.S. Department of State. She retired in Goshen in 1976, moving from Rensselaer, Ind.

She was a member of the College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Oaklawn Auxiliary, Mennonite Board of Missions Auxiliary, Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Auxiliary and the Elkhart County Genealogical Society. She enjoyed music and was active with a cappella choral music throughout her life.

She is survived by her husband, Silas; two sons, George A. of Goshen and Glenn R. of Haiti and Milwaukee, Wis.; two grandchildren; and one brother, Titus T. Meck of Freeport, Ill. She was preceded in death by one brother, Clarence C. Meek.

A memorial service was held at College Mennonite Church on Dec. 8, 1986, with James Waltner and Nancy Kauffman officiating. Burial was in the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery.