Wenger, Lenora Mildred (1907-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 May 12 p. 8

Birth date: 1907

text of obituary:

LENORA M. WENGER

Lenora Mildred Wenger, 96, of Chesapeake, Va., died April 7, 2003, in the home of her daughter in Pueblo, Colo. She was born to Daniel and Hanna Foreman Harkins in New Providence, Pa.

After her graduation in 1928 from Bridgewater College, she spent a number of years as a school teacher, writer and church news reporter for The Virginian-Pilot.

She was a devoted Christian and a member of Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church of Chesapeake, where she was a pastor's wife of 50 years. She taught Sunday school for more than 50 years and led numerous Bible study classes. She spoke at women's groups and in later years served in the Chesapeake Jail Ministries. As a woman of varied interests, she read through the Bible 57 times, as well as hundreds of other books, was a friend to many people and worked hard as a gardener and a partner in the family orchard and vineyard business.

Survivors include two sons, A. Daniel and his wife, Jane, of Fairfax, and James H. and his wife, Carol, of Chesapeake; two daughters, M. Rachel Roth and her husband, Richard, of Pueblo, Colo., and Joy M. Monroe and her husband, Earl, of Stuart's Draft; a daughter-in-law, Lucille M. Wenger of Jackson, Miss.; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Amos Daniel Wenger Jr.; and a son, John R. Wenger.

The funeral was held at Mount Pleasant Mennonite Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.