MRS. LYDIA A. DETWILER
WAKARUSA: Mrs. Lydia A. Detwiler, 74, died at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Kent, 3 1/2 miles south of Wakarusa, where she had lived since November. She had been in failing health 5 years. Mrs. Detwiler was born July 15, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mishler, one-half mile south of Foraker. Her marriage to Enos Detwiler took place in August, 1905. He died in 1933.
In addition to the daughter, survivors include a son, Noble Detwiler, of near Foraker; 3 step-children, Walter Detwiler of Goshen, Harve Detwiler and Mrs. Bertha Tavernier of Elkhart, a brother, Levi Mishler, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Saylor, both of Goshen.
The body will be taken from the Rohrer funeral home at New Paris Wednesday noon to the Noble Detwiler home, where a short prayer service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by a service at 2:30 at the South West MBC church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Simon Moore of Mishawaka and Delmer Horn, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Evangelical Chapel cemetery, near the Yellow Creek Mennonite church.
Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, Indiana, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2
WAKARUSA: Mrs. Lydia A. Detwiler, 74, died at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Kent, 3 1/2 miles south of Wakarusa, where she had lived since November. She had been in failing health 5 years. Mrs. Detwiler was born July 15, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mishler, one-half mile south of Foraker. Her marriage to Enos Detwiler took place in August, 1905. He died in 1933.
In addition to the daughter, survivors include a son, Noble Detwiler, of near Foraker; 3 step-children, Walter Detwiler of Goshen, Harve Detwiler and Mrs. Bertha Tavernier of Elkhart, a brother, Levi Mishler, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Saylor, both of Goshen.
The body will be taken from the Rohrer funeral home at New Paris Wednesday noon to the Noble Detwiler home, where a short prayer service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by a service at 2:30 at the South West MBC church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Simon Moore of Mishawaka and Delmer Horn, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Evangelical Chapel cemetery, near the Yellow Creek Mennonite church.
Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, Indiana, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2
MRS. LYDIA A. DETWILER
WAKARUSA: Mrs. Lydia A. Detwiler, 74, died at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Kent, 3 1/2 miles south of Wakarusa, where she had lived since November. She had been in failing health 5 years. Mrs. Detwiler was born July 15, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mishler, one-half mile south of Foraker. Her marriage to Enos Detwiler took place in August, 1905. He died in 1933.
In addition to the daughter, survivors include a son, Noble Detwiler, of near Foraker; 3 step-children, Walter Detwiler of Goshen, Harve Detwiler and Mrs. Bertha Tavernier of Elkhart, a brother, Levi Mishler, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Saylor, both of Goshen.
The body will be taken from the Rohrer funeral home at New Paris Wednesday noon to the Noble Detwiler home, where a short prayer service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by a service at 2:30 at the South West MBC church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Simon Moore of Mishawaka and Delmer Horn, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Evangelical Chapel cemetery, near the Yellow Creek Mennonite church.
Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, Indiana, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2
WAKARUSA: Mrs. Lydia A. Detwiler, 74, died at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Kent, 3 1/2 miles south of Wakarusa, where she had lived since November. She had been in failing health 5 years. Mrs. Detwiler was born July 15, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mishler, one-half mile south of Foraker. Her marriage to Enos Detwiler took place in August, 1905. He died in 1933.
In addition to the daughter, survivors include a son, Noble Detwiler, of near Foraker; 3 step-children, Walter Detwiler of Goshen, Harve Detwiler and Mrs. Bertha Tavernier of Elkhart, a brother, Levi Mishler, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Saylor, both of Goshen.
The body will be taken from the Rohrer funeral home at New Paris Wednesday noon to the Noble Detwiler home, where a short prayer service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by a service at 2:30 at the South West MBC church, of which she was a member. The Revs. Simon Moore of Mishawaka and Delmer Horn, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Evangelical Chapel cemetery, near the Yellow Creek Mennonite church.
Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, Indiana, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2
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