Troyer, Ida Detwiler (1915-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Mar 28 p. 8

Birth date: 1915 Feb 19

text of obituary:

IDA TROYER

Ida Troyer, 90, of Goshen, Ind., and formerly of Pryor, Okla., died Feb. 24, 2005, at Greencroft Nursing Center in Goshen. She was born Feb. 19, 1915, to Rudy and Sara Yoder Detwiler near Pryor.

On Oct. 10, 1935, she married Neal Troyer. They lived most of their married life on a farm in the Pryor community, except for 1970-74 in Middlebury, Ind. He preceded her in death May 11, 1974. She lived in Pryor until 2002, when she moved to Greencroft.

She accepted Christ in her youth and was baptized into the Amish church. After marriage, she became a member of Zion Mennonite Church of Pryor, where she remained a member except for the four years in Indiana, when she was a member of Forks Mennonite Church. After moving to Indiana in 2002, she attended Clinton Brick Mennonite Church. She was a prayer warrior and was active in sewing circle.

She was a lifelong homemaker and an avid quilter. She put love into deeds. With a lifestyle firmly rooted in a steadfast and lifelong commitment to Christ, and a deep devotional and prayer life, she was a light and example to all.

Survivors include six daughters, Edna Yoder and her husband, Alva, of Crawford, Miss., Alma Eichelberger and her husband, Don, of Pryor, Lydia Lawrence and her husband, Verland, of Pryor, Susie Arnold of Adair, Okla., Ida Shetler and her husband, Dale, of Adair, and Wilma Garrett of Garland, Texas; seven sons, Freeman and his wife, Katie, of Pryor, Rudy and his wife, Sara, of Sarasota, Fla., Mose and his wife, Marjorie, of Middlebury, Neal and his wife, Karen, of Altamont, Kan., Andrew and his wife, Dawn, of Wolcottville, Larry and his wife, Sandy, of Pryor, and William and his wife, Lisa, of Victoria, Texas; 39 grandchildren; 79 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Neal; three sisters, Alma, Barbara and Selina; three brothers, Freeman, Joseph and William; a granddaughter; two step-grandsons and a great-granddaughter.