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- Obit: Bloomington Pantagraph
HOPEDALE - Verna M. Nafziger, 98, Hopedale, died at 6:38 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 22, 2007) at Hopedale Nursing Home.
She was born Feb. 3, 1909, in Hopedale, daughter of Amos and Mattie Mast Sutter. She married Arthur W. Nafziger on Dec. 24, 1929, in Hopedale. He died Dec. 20, 1999.
Surviving are two sons, Paul A. (Gloria) Nafziger, Tehachapi, Calif., and Joel L. (Nancy) Nafziger, Hopedale; two daughters, Patricia A. Murphy, Osage Beach, Mo., and Faye M. Coultas, Camdenton, Mo.; 15 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Betty Jean Cender; one brother, Ervin Sutter; and two sisters, Amanda Springer and Sadie Nafziger.
Verna was a homemaker. She was a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church and its Women's Missionary Service Commission and was an avid quilter.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hopedale Mennonite Church. Pastor Kurt Walker will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Davis Mortuary, Hopedale Chapel. Burial will be in Mennonite Cemetery, rural Hopedale.
Memorials may be made to Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogy Society.
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Nafziger.- Verna M. Sutter, 98, Hopedale, Ill., died Sept. 22. Spouse: Arthur W. Nafziger (deceased). Parents: Amos and Mattie Mart Sutter. Children: Paul A., Joel L., Patricia A. Murphy, Faye M. Coultas, Betty Jean Cender; 15 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral: Sept. 27 at Hopedale Mennonite Church.
The Mennonite, November 6, 2007, pages 25-27, Vol. 10, No. 21.
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