GOSHEN, Ind. -- Levi C. Hartzler, 93, teacher, died Saturday (April 20, 2002) at Greencroft Gables in Goshen, Ind.
He was born March 20, 1909, to Archie D. and Rhoda (Yoder) Hartzler in Bellefontaine, Ohio. They preceded him in death. He married Irene Mayercick Sept. 23, 1939, at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. She preceded him in death Dec. 12, 1997.
He was a member of College Mennonite Church. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Goshen College in 1935 and his master of arts degree from Northwestern University in 1940. From 1935 to 1937 he served as pastor at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. From 1937 to 1939 he was a relief worker in Spain under the Mennonite Relief & American Friends Service Committee. He served on the Goshen College faculty from 1939 to 1949, serving as dean of men. He was ordained as a deacon at College Mennonite Church June 27, 1943, serving in that position for 32 years. He served as secretary for relief and service and secretary for information services for Mennonite Board of Missions from 1949 to 1959 and taught high school for Elkhart Community School from 1959 to 1974, when he retired.
Survivors include: a daughter, Carol Grieser of Goshen; a son, Ronald Lee Hartzler of Newton; two sisters, Bertha King of West Liberty, Ohio, and Orpha Reed of St. Paris, Ohio; four grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers.
Memorial service was Tuesday at College Mennonite Church with the Revs. Firman Gingerich and Klaudia Smucker officiating.
Burial was in Violett Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorials have been established with the Greencroft Foundation and College Mennonite Church Caring Commission Service Fund, both in care of Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.
(see also Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943)
He was born March 20, 1909, to Archie D. and Rhoda (Yoder) Hartzler in Bellefontaine, Ohio. They preceded him in death. He married Irene Mayercick Sept. 23, 1939, at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. She preceded him in death Dec. 12, 1997.
He was a member of College Mennonite Church. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Goshen College in 1935 and his master of arts degree from Northwestern University in 1940. From 1935 to 1937 he served as pastor at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. From 1937 to 1939 he was a relief worker in Spain under the Mennonite Relief & American Friends Service Committee. He served on the Goshen College faculty from 1939 to 1949, serving as dean of men. He was ordained as a deacon at College Mennonite Church June 27, 1943, serving in that position for 32 years. He served as secretary for relief and service and secretary for information services for Mennonite Board of Missions from 1949 to 1959 and taught high school for Elkhart Community School from 1959 to 1974, when he retired.
Survivors include: a daughter, Carol Grieser of Goshen; a son, Ronald Lee Hartzler of Newton; two sisters, Bertha King of West Liberty, Ohio, and Orpha Reed of St. Paris, Ohio; four grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers.
Memorial service was Tuesday at College Mennonite Church with the Revs. Firman Gingerich and Klaudia Smucker officiating.
Burial was in Violett Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorials have been established with the Greencroft Foundation and College Mennonite Church Caring Commission Service Fund, both in care of Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.
(see also Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943)
GOSHEN, Ind. -- Levi C. Hartzler, 93, teacher, died Saturday (April 20, 2002) at Greencroft Gables in Goshen, Ind.
He was born March 20, 1909, to Archie D. and Rhoda (Yoder) Hartzler in Bellefontaine, Ohio. They preceded him in death. He married Irene Mayercick Sept. 23, 1939, at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. She preceded him in death Dec. 12, 1997.
He was a member of College Mennonite Church. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Goshen College in 1935 and his master of arts degree from Northwestern University in 1940. From 1935 to 1937 he served as pastor at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. From 1937 to 1939 he was a relief worker in Spain under the Mennonite Relief & American Friends Service Committee. He served on the Goshen College faculty from 1939 to 1949, serving as dean of men. He was ordained as a deacon at College Mennonite Church June 27, 1943, serving in that position for 32 years. He served as secretary for relief and service and secretary for information services for Mennonite Board of Missions from 1949 to 1959 and taught high school for Elkhart Community School from 1959 to 1974, when he retired.
Survivors include: a daughter, Carol Grieser of Goshen; a son, Ronald Lee Hartzler of Newton; two sisters, Bertha King of West Liberty, Ohio, and Orpha Reed of St. Paris, Ohio; four grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers.
Memorial service was Tuesday at College Mennonite Church with the Revs. Firman Gingerich and Klaudia Smucker officiating.
Burial was in Violett Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorials have been established with the Greencroft Foundation and College Mennonite Church Caring Commission Service Fund, both in care of Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.
(see also Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943)
He was born March 20, 1909, to Archie D. and Rhoda (Yoder) Hartzler in Bellefontaine, Ohio. They preceded him in death. He married Irene Mayercick Sept. 23, 1939, at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. She preceded him in death Dec. 12, 1997.
He was a member of College Mennonite Church. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Goshen College in 1935 and his master of arts degree from Northwestern University in 1940. From 1935 to 1937 he served as pastor at Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago. From 1937 to 1939 he was a relief worker in Spain under the Mennonite Relief & American Friends Service Committee. He served on the Goshen College faculty from 1939 to 1949, serving as dean of men. He was ordained as a deacon at College Mennonite Church June 27, 1943, serving in that position for 32 years. He served as secretary for relief and service and secretary for information services for Mennonite Board of Missions from 1949 to 1959 and taught high school for Elkhart Community School from 1959 to 1974, when he retired.
Survivors include: a daughter, Carol Grieser of Goshen; a son, Ronald Lee Hartzler of Newton; two sisters, Bertha King of West Liberty, Ohio, and Orpha Reed of St. Paris, Ohio; four grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers.
Memorial service was Tuesday at College Mennonite Church with the Revs. Firman Gingerich and Klaudia Smucker officiating.
Burial was in Violett Cemetery in Goshen.
Memorials have been established with the Greencroft Foundation and College Mennonite Church Caring Commission Service Fund, both in care of Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, 1911 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.
(see also Who's Who among the Mennonites, 1943)
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