Trissel, Mary McNeil Weaver (1922-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Oct 13 p. 8

Birth date: 1922 Jun 29

text of obituary:

MARY MCNEIL TRISSEL

Mary McNeil Trissel, 81, of Harrisonburg, Va., died Sept. 7, 2003, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. She was born June 29, 1922, to Abner F. and Emma F. Shank Weaver in Augusta County.

She married J. Ward Trissel on June 12, 1947.

She was a member of Staunton Mennonite Church and attended Dayton Mennonite Church. She loved singing, sewing, cooking and playing the piano, and was the first woman to lead singing at the annual Harmonia Sacra at Weaver's Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg.

Survivors include her husband, J. Ward; a son, John W. Trissel and his wife, Bernell, of Waynesboro; a brother, Paul A. Weaver of Greenville; and a grandson.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond Weaver.

Funeral services were held at Springdale Mennonite Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.