Wert, Alma G. Lauver (1901-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1901

text of obituary:

ALMA G. WERT

Alma G. Wert, 86, Cocolamus, Pa., died July 16 at Lewistown (Pa.) Hospital.

Born May 22, 1901, in Cocolamus, she was a daughter of the late Jacob M. and Emma (Graybill) Lauver. Her husband, Michael W. Wert, died Aug. 12, 1985.

Surviving are two sons, Harold W. Wert of Manheim, Pa., and J. Lloyd Wert of Coatsville, Pa.; six daughters, Orpha (Mrs. J. Lloyd) Gingrich of Cocolamus, Alene (Mrs. Mark) Yoder of Greenwood, Del., Gladys (Mrs. Jesse) Yoder of Dover, Del., Freda (Mrs. Vernon) Zehr of Wilmington, Del., Alma Jean (Mrs. Harvey) Yoder of Broadway, Va., and Ruth Ann (Mrs. Allan) Shirk of Lancaster, Pa; two sisters, Mary E. Lauver and Gladys Lauver, both of Cocolamus; 37 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Lauvers Mennonite Church, Cocolamus, where funeral services were held July 19 with Carl Graybill, Donald Lauver and Allan Kauffmann officiating. Interment was in Lauvers Church Cemetery.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon