Nafziger,
Earl A.
Earl A. Nafziger, 85,
Pettisville, died Friday, Jan. 26,
2001, in Fulton Manor Nursing Home, Wauseon.
Born April
8, 1915, near Archbold, he was a son of Charley and Malinda (Rufenacht)
Nafziger. In 1938, he married Blanche Wyse, who survives. He was a
farmer and
former employee of Archbold Ladder Co. He was a member of
Central Mennonite Church,
Archbold. In his
retirement years, he was a deliveryman for soup kitchens and food banks
in the
Toledo
area.
Also
surviving are three daughters, Janice, Archbold; Mrs. Harold (Rachel)
Lindsay,
Maugansville, Md.; and Rhoda Schrag, Goshen, Ind.; nine sons, Charles
(Esther),
LaJunta, Colo.; Ralph, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Ellis (Pat), Robert
(Deborah), and
John (Beth), Wauseon; Joseph (Joyce), Kissimmee, Fla.; Emerson
(Cynthia),
Champaign, Ill.; Verlin (Donna), Whitmore Lake, Mich.; and Roger
(Laurie),
Goshen; brother, Vern (Evelyn), Archbold; sister, Pauline Rossman,
Wauseon; and
19 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services
were at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Jeffrey Smith, Cliff Brubaker,
Rhoda
Schrag, and Wanda Stopher were the officiating pastors. Burial preceded
the
service in
Pettisville
Cemetery.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 31 Jan 2001
Submitted by: Mona Mann
Nafziger,
Irene B.
Irene B. Nafziger, 89,
Archbold, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001,
at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home,
Archbold, where she had resided since Aug. 23, 2000.
Born April
13, 1912, near Archbold, she was a daughter of Simon and Lizzie
(Nofziger)
Grieser. She married Clarence Nafziger on Dec. 25, 1959, and he
preceded her in
death on Sept. 1, 1971. A lifelong resident of the Archbold area, she
was a
dental assistant since the early 1950s, and worked in the office of Hal
Hackett
for many years. She was a Cherry Coat volunteer at the
Fulton
County Health
Center, Wauseon, for many
years, and a
member of the
Central
Mennonite Church.
Surviving
is one step-son, Robert W. Nafziger, Archbold; 10 step-grandchildren,
and
several step-great-grandchildren.
Memorial
services were Thursday, 11 a.m. at the church. Cliff Brubaker and
Charles
Gautsche were the officiating pastors. Burial preceded the service at
Lockport Cemetery.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 15 Aug 2001
Submitted by: Mona Mann
Nofziger, Roy.
E.
Roy.
E. Nofziger, 87; Archbold, died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at
Fulton Manor
Nursing Home, Wauseon, where he had resided since April 4.
Born July
22, 1913, near Wauseon, he was a son of Jacob and Caroline (Burkholder)
Nofziger, and married Lucille Frey on July 22, 1934. A resident of the
Pettisville area many years, he moved to the Fairlawn Complex in
Archbold in
1993.
He was a
farmer, and Pettisville Grain Co. co-owner and operator from 1947 until
his
retirement in 1985. He served on the Tiffin Valley Bank board of
directors for
several years and was a charter member of the
North Clinton
Mennonite Church,
Wauseon.
Survivors
include his wife, Lucille; two sons, Rodney (Sandra) Nofziger,
Pettisville; and
Terry (Jan) Nofziger, Paoli, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs, Lowell "Sie"
(Jueldine) Rupp, Pettisville; and Mrs. Mark (Jeanne) Birky, Hopedale,
Ill.; 13
grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.
Memorial
services were Saturday, 2 p.m. at the Fairlawn Chapel, Archbold. Brad
Faler,
Gary Blosser, and Charles Gautsche were the officiating pastors. Burial
in
Pettisville
Cemetery.
Obituary: Archbold (Ohio)
Buckeye, 18 Apr 2001
Submitted
by: Mona Mann