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Weaver, Victor R. (1931-2007)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Jul 9 p. 11
Birth date: 1931 Mar 27
text of obituary:
NEW HOLLAND, PA — Victor R. Weaver, 76, of New Holland, associate pastor of Cambridge Mennonite Church in Gordonville, died June 18 when his motor scooter was struck by a car near Blue Ball.
Weaver, who commuted on the scooter to his work at Good Food in Honey Brook, died when the car pulled into his path as he returned home.
Weaver was ordained a deacon for the Cambridge congregation in 1966. In 1980, he was ordained a minister and served the congregation as a bivocational pastor for 27 years.
He served at vari0us times as a pastoral adviser to Lancaster Mennonite School, Faith Mennonite High School in Gap, Terre Hill Mennonite High School and Gehmans Mennonite School in Denver.
Recalled by friends as a quiet person who enjoyed helping others, Weaver often volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service.
Weaver was born March 27, 1931, at New Holland, the son of Daniel and Marian Weaver.
He was a 1949 graduate of Lancaster Mennonite School and completed alternative service in New York City. On Oct. 14, 1953, he married Ruth Elizabeth Boll. The Weavers spent 22 years as dairy farmers near Honey Brook.
Survivors include his wife; his mother of Ephrata; three daughters, Julia Sensenig of Denver, Janice Long of New Holland and Cheryl Baugher of Lebanon; two sons, Linford of Denver and LaMar of Red Lake, Ont.; a brother, A. Richard of Ephrata; three sisters, Gloria Rissler of Harrisonburg, Va., Gladys Zeiset of Narvon and Sharon Kilheffer of Waco, Texas; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were held June 23 at Martindale MennoniTe Church in Ephrata.