MARTIN,
Joan M.;
MILLER,
Aaron P.; Miller,
Florence Helmuth
Bleile;
MARTIN,
Joan M.
Born: 8-2-1953, Goodville, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Died: 6-11-2001, Stevens, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Wife of: Nelson M. Martin for 26 years. Daughter of: Eugene H.
and Grace M. Shirk Sauder of Denver, Pa.
Mother of: Janella J. Martin, at home, and Jennifer L. (Tyler) Weaver
of Denver, Pa.; a son, Andrew S. of Denver.
Sister: Donna (James H.) Mast of Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
Brothers: Robert L. Sauder of East Earl, Pa., and Jay (Lucinda Neff)
Sauder, and Glen (Brenda Auker) Sauder, all of New Holland, Pa.
Joan was a member of Lichty Mennonite Church, Terre Hill, Pa.
She enjoyed sewing and camping with friends and family.
Services: Martindale Mennonite Church, 171 Hurst Road, Ephrata, Pa. on
Thurs. at 2:00 p.m. with Bishop Nelson L. Bowman, the Rev. Phillip
Groff, and the Rev. Earl M. Sensenig officiating. Interment to
follow in Lichty Mennonite Cem., Terre Hill, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Original obituary and photo may
be obtained
from the Intelligencer Journal, published Wed.,
June 13, 2001, Lancaster, Pa.
Submitted by: Peggy Reichard
MILLER,
Aaron P.
Born: 3-28-1917, Upper Leacock Twp.,
Lancaster Co., Pa. Died: 6-4-2001, Bird-In-Hand, Pa.
Husband of: Mary Blank Miller, who survives.
Son of: The late Christ B. and Sarah Petersheim Miller.
Survived by: Sons, Christ (Rebecca Beiler) Miller, and David (Sylvia
Beiler) Miller, both of Bird-In-Hand, Pa.
Daughters: Amanda (Daniel) Esh, Jr.,
Elizabeth (Amos Z.) Glick, both of Bird-In-Hand, and Nancy (Benjamin)
Lapp of Intercourse, Pa.
Sisters: Rebecca Lapp of Gap, Pa. and
Nancy (Ben) Kauffman Of Bird-In-Hand, Pa.
He was preceded in death by two sons, John and Aaron B. Miller. Aaron
was a farm equipment dealer for Miller Repair of Bird-In-Hand, Pa.
He was a member of the Old Order Amish Church.
Services: From the Mervin Esh home,
Gibbons Road, Bird-In-Hand, on Wed. at 9:00 a.m. standard time.
Interment Myers Amish Cem., Leola, Pa.
Original obituary may be obtained from:
Intelligencer Journal, Published Wed.,
June 6, 2001, Lancaster, Pa.
Submitted by: Peggy Reichard
Miller, Florence Helmuth Bleile
Oct. 18,1930-Nov. 28, 2001
GOSHEN -
Florence Miller-Bleile,
71, of 1425 Pembroke Circle died at 4:10
p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 28,2001) at St. Vincent's
Hospital in Indianapolis. She had been ill since July.
Mrs. Bleile was born to Levi H. and Anna (Gerber) Helmuth in
Elkhart County on Oct. 18, 1930,and married Ervin Miller on June 1,
1951. He died on Aug. 5, 1999.
She married Gerald Bleile on July 21, 2001, in Nappanee and he survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ken (Anna) Beachy of Nappanee;
two sons, Lavone (Mary) Miller and Ervin E. (Regina) Miller, both of
New Paris; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Don (Rita K.) Berger and Mrs. Edward
(Marianne) Neufeldt of Wakarusa; nine grandchildren; eight
stepgrandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs.
Edward (Laura) Yoder of Patridge, Kan., Mrs. Clarence (Mary) Shrock of
Sedalia, Mo., and Mrs. Mahlon (Irene) Miller of Nappanee.
Two brothers, Joe and Christ Helmuth, preceded her in death.
Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8
p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee
Chapel. An hour of visitation will precede the funeral service at 3
p.m. Sunday at Nappanee Missionary Church. The graveside service will
be at 9 a.m. Monday at Violett Cemetery. The Rev. Marvin Engbrecht and
the Rev. Norm Reimer will officiate.
Mrs. Bleile was a homemaker and retired nursing assistant, a member of
Nappanee Missionary Church and a volunteer at Oaklawn.
Likely from The Elkhart Truth,
Elkhart, IN
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin