Edna Sutter

1917 - 2015  (98 years)

• Name	Edna Sutter  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Sep 1917	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL   [3]
  	At parents home
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Oct 2015	Gibson City, Ford Co., IL   [3]
  	Gibson Hospital
  Burial	17 Oct 2015	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [3]
  	East Bend Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I12337	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Levi Samuel Sutter,   b. 26 Oct 1887, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL d. 11 Nov 1975, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Alma Nafziger,   b. 10 Sep 1891, Minier, Tazewell Co., IL d. 30 Dec 1976, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1912	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Roy Darius Springer,   b. 23 Dec 1914, Bellflower, McLean Co., IL d. 7 Oct 2011, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1939	Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL
  Children	1. Carol Joan Springer   2. Royal James Springer   3. Elwyn Keith Springer   4. Mark Bodenhamer
  Family ID	F3466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Load the map

  Birth - 8 Sep 1917 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Marriage - 30 Dec 1939 - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Death - 13 Oct 2015 - Gibson City, Ford Co., IL Burial - 17 Oct 2015 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/edna-springer/article_e10276a4-e45b-58b9-bb29-b66ad529d5d3.html FISHER — Edna Sutter Springer, 98, of Fisher, passed away Tuesday (Oct. 13, 2015) at Gibson Area Hospital, Gibson City. She was born Sept. 8, 1917, on a farm near Hopedale, the daughter of Lee and Alma Nafziger Sutter. She married Roy Springer of Saybrook on Dec. 30, 1939, at Hopedale. They made their home on the Springer family farm near Bellflower and farmed there. Roy preceded her in death Oct. 7, 2011, at the age of 96. Edna is survived by her daughter, Carol (James) Rhodes, Topeka, Kan.; two sons, Royal (Beverly) Springer, Fisher, and Keith (Kathleen) Springer, Saybrook; and foster son, Mark (Mary Jo) Bodenhamer, Newbury Park, Calif. She had eight grandchildren, two foster grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Dr. Willis Sutter, Eureka, and Dr. Earl Sutter, Goshen, Ind., and two sisters, Lela Sutter, Goshen, Ind., and Jean King, Aiken, S.C. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Vernal and Dennis Sutter; and four sisters, Ina Sutter, Oleeda Albrecht, Miriam Albrecht and Alice Wenger. Edna graduated from Hopedale High School in 1935. She was baptized at the age of 14 at Hopedale Mennonite Church. She attended a short-term Bible class at Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., which proved helpful to her during her years as a homemaker, Sunday school teacher and Bible school teacher. She was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church, where she was active in Mennonite Women, a service organization that sews clothing, comforters and quilts for the needy. Edna and Roy and their family served at Alexander Chapel (AME) at Gibson City for three years. After retirement from farming, Edna and Roy moved to Fisher. They worked as volunteers for 14 years at Ten Thousand Villages, a fair-trade store that provided a market for artisans in developing countries. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at East Bend Mennonite Church, rural Fisher, with the Rev. Michael Dean officiating. Visitation will be from 4:30  to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church and one hour before the service Saturday. Burial will be in East Bend Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sutter Scholarship Fund at Goshen College, Mennonite Mission Network or East Bend Mennonite Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Obituaries of Individuals, https://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/edna-springer/article_c62de366-ec17-5829-a7a1-49efd88f1225.html. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28725805/edna-springer. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.