Spicher, Samuel A. (1928-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Nov 25 p. 12

Birth date: 1928 Mar 6

text of obituary:

SAMUEL A. SPICHER

Samuel A. Spicher, 74, of Glendale, Ariz., died Nov. 5, 2002, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born March 6, 1928, to Aaron S. and Cleora (Ropp) Spicher near Kalona, Iowa.

On Dec. 30, 1955, he married Doris A. Yoder in Phoenix, Ariz. He attended Goshen (Ind.) College and was a 1950 graduate of the University of Iowa. He moved to Phoenix in 1952.

He worked more than 50 years in various accounting jobs, including being the first financial controller of Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, working for Walter Eicher of Chandler, and most recently for Westwind Aviation of Phoenix.

He was a charter member of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale. He served on many boards, including Mennonite Board of Education, Hesston College board of overseers, Mennonite Mutual Aid, Mennonite Church Stewardship Commission and was a founding board member of Glencroft retirement Community in Glendale.

Survivors include his wife, Doris; a son, Jeff and his wife, Billie, of Phoenix; two daughters, Julie Hedine and her husband, Gary, of Tampa, Fla., and Jeannine Janzen and her husband, Bruce, of Elbing, Kan.; two sisters, Geneva Yoder of Hampton, Va., and Donna Hostetler of Hesston, Kan.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Trinity Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Trinity Mennonite Church columbarium.