Judith Lee Bixler, 71, of Lawrenceville, Va., formerly of Westminster, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.
Born Sept. 14, 1940, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Ida Mae Oberlag Lee. She was the wife of Donald W. Bixler.
She grew up in Westminster and was a 1958 graduate of Westminster High School. She attended Villa Julie College and was a medical secretary for various physicians in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. She also was a home caregiver for her mother and was currently the secretary at Lawrenceville Baptist Church, where she was a member.
She was involved with Christian Marriage Encounter and Exchanged Life Ministry in Dallas, Texas, Concerned Women of America, Alpha Pregnancy Center and Hampstead Youth for Christ in Maryland. She was co-founder with her husband of Sakhisizwe Christian Ministries of South Africa. She went on a one-year mission trip to South Africa in 1991 with Youth for Christ USA. In 1995, she and her husband were called to South Africa to start a ministry called Combined Christian Ministries to the Poor and in 1999 opened the Ubomi OButsha (New Life) Ministry Center in Kwazakhele Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sons Stephen P. and Jeffrey Widener; a daughter, Amy Widener; a stepdaughter, Tracy Crabtree; a stepson, Brian Bixler; grandchildren Amber, Alexis, Stephen, Josiah, Jacob, Chase, Chad and Caleb Widener, and Cole Powers; step-grandchildren Brian Jr. and Tommy Bixler, and Hannah and Kendall Beasley; sisters Joan Shiffer and Sondra Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Lee; and a grandson, Macon Widener.
Born Sept. 14, 1940, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Ida Mae Oberlag Lee. She was the wife of Donald W. Bixler.
She grew up in Westminster and was a 1958 graduate of Westminster High School. She attended Villa Julie College and was a medical secretary for various physicians in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. She also was a home caregiver for her mother and was currently the secretary at Lawrenceville Baptist Church, where she was a member.
She was involved with Christian Marriage Encounter and Exchanged Life Ministry in Dallas, Texas, Concerned Women of America, Alpha Pregnancy Center and Hampstead Youth for Christ in Maryland. She was co-founder with her husband of Sakhisizwe Christian Ministries of South Africa. She went on a one-year mission trip to South Africa in 1991 with Youth for Christ USA. In 1995, she and her husband were called to South Africa to start a ministry called Combined Christian Ministries to the Poor and in 1999 opened the Ubomi OButsha (New Life) Ministry Center in Kwazakhele Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sons Stephen P. and Jeffrey Widener; a daughter, Amy Widener; a stepdaughter, Tracy Crabtree; a stepson, Brian Bixler; grandchildren Amber, Alexis, Stephen, Josiah, Jacob, Chase, Chad and Caleb Widener, and Cole Powers; step-grandchildren Brian Jr. and Tommy Bixler, and Hannah and Kendall Beasley; sisters Joan Shiffer and Sondra Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Lee; and a grandson, Macon Widener.
Judith Lee Bixler, 71, of Lawrenceville, Va., formerly of Westminster, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.
Born Sept. 14, 1940, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Ida Mae Oberlag Lee. She was the wife of Donald W. Bixler.
She grew up in Westminster and was a 1958 graduate of Westminster High School. She attended Villa Julie College and was a medical secretary for various physicians in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. She also was a home caregiver for her mother and was currently the secretary at Lawrenceville Baptist Church, where she was a member.
She was involved with Christian Marriage Encounter and Exchanged Life Ministry in Dallas, Texas, Concerned Women of America, Alpha Pregnancy Center and Hampstead Youth for Christ in Maryland. She was co-founder with her husband of Sakhisizwe Christian Ministries of South Africa. She went on a one-year mission trip to South Africa in 1991 with Youth for Christ USA. In 1995, she and her husband were called to South Africa to start a ministry called Combined Christian Ministries to the Poor and in 1999 opened the Ubomi OButsha (New Life) Ministry Center in Kwazakhele Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sons Stephen P. and Jeffrey Widener; a daughter, Amy Widener; a stepdaughter, Tracy Crabtree; a stepson, Brian Bixler; grandchildren Amber, Alexis, Stephen, Josiah, Jacob, Chase, Chad and Caleb Widener, and Cole Powers; step-grandchildren Brian Jr. and Tommy Bixler, and Hannah and Kendall Beasley; sisters Joan Shiffer and Sondra Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Lee; and a grandson, Macon Widener.
Born Sept. 14, 1940, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Ida Mae Oberlag Lee. She was the wife of Donald W. Bixler.
She grew up in Westminster and was a 1958 graduate of Westminster High School. She attended Villa Julie College and was a medical secretary for various physicians in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. She also was a home caregiver for her mother and was currently the secretary at Lawrenceville Baptist Church, where she was a member.
She was involved with Christian Marriage Encounter and Exchanged Life Ministry in Dallas, Texas, Concerned Women of America, Alpha Pregnancy Center and Hampstead Youth for Christ in Maryland. She was co-founder with her husband of Sakhisizwe Christian Ministries of South Africa. She went on a one-year mission trip to South Africa in 1991 with Youth for Christ USA. In 1995, she and her husband were called to South Africa to start a ministry called Combined Christian Ministries to the Poor and in 1999 opened the Ubomi OButsha (New Life) Ministry Center in Kwazakhele Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sons Stephen P. and Jeffrey Widener; a daughter, Amy Widener; a stepdaughter, Tracy Crabtree; a stepson, Brian Bixler; grandchildren Amber, Alexis, Stephen, Josiah, Jacob, Chase, Chad and Caleb Widener, and Cole Powers; step-grandchildren Brian Jr. and Tommy Bixler, and Hannah and Kendall Beasley; sisters Joan Shiffer and Sondra Russell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Lee; and a grandson, Macon Widener.
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