Weaver, Gail Elizabeth Frey Kling (1923-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Jun 2 p. 9

Birth date: 1923

text of obituary:

GAIL KLING WEAVER

Gail Elizabeth (Frey) Kling Weaver, 85, of Lititz, Pa., died unexpectedly at Lancaster General Hospital on April 18, 2008. She was born in Chambersburg to Christian and Emma (Reitz) Frey.

She was married to Alvin M. Weaver.

A homemaker, she was a member of Millport Mennonite Church. Known for her generous hospitality, she was involved with church planting for 38 years in south Alabama. She was also involved with Jubilee Ministries and volunteered at Landis Homes. At 18 years of age she started a diary, which she continued all of her life.

Survivors include her husband, Alvin Weaver; two sons, J. Nelson Kling and his wife, Marie, of Lancaster, and Gerald F. Kling and his wife, D.J., of Smoketown; a brother, Harold Frey; a sister, Jean Weaver; a stepsister, Ruth Hershey; and four grandchildren. Also surviving are Alvin's children, Yvonne Weaver of Lebanon, Jesse Weaver and his wife, Darlene, of Lebanon, Deborah Weaver and her husband, Lester, of Ephrata, Beth Gingrich and her husband, Elias, of Bethel, and Judith Bohlen and her husband, Jeffrey, of Lancaster; Alvin's 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Pastor C. Richard Kling; a daughter, Eunice Marie; a brother, James Frey; and three sisters, Verna Bauman, Elta Weaver and Esther Hoover.

Funeral services were held at Millport Mennonite Church in Leola. Burial was in Hess Mennonite Cemetery.