Stoesz, Gladys Dick (1932-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 May 17 p. 9

Birth date: Mar 19

text of obituary:

GLADYS DICK STOESZ

Gladys Dick Stoesz, 78, of Akron, Pa., died April 20, 2010. She was born March 19, 1932, to Henry G. and Maria Dick in Mountain Lake, Minn.

She married Edgar Stoesz on June 3, 1952.

She loved serving others and leaves a legacy of people she touched. She was a founding member of Akron Mennonite Church and served her church, Mennonite Central Committee, The Re-Uzit Shops, Meals on Wheels, Coats for Kids, and the many Haitian children who received her hand-sewn comforters. Books were always important to her; she volunteered in numerous libraries and was a member of Friends of the Ephrata Public Library for more that 20 years. She moved to Akron in 1956 and lived there continuously except for a study year in Ithaca, N.Y., and a two-year MCC service assignment in Germany. She had a gift of empowering others to go out in service and has friends near and far. Even so, her main devotion was to her family.

Survivors include her husband, Edgar; four children, Susan Stoesz Bauman of Lancaster, Dean Stoesz and his wife, Marcia, of Akron, Randy Stoesz and his wife, Ellen, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Kris of Washington, D.C.; three sisters, Adeline Klassen and Matilda Friesen, both of Mountain Lake, Minn., and Adella Sawyer of Central City, Neb.; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Dick.

Memorial services were held at Akron Mennonite Church.