GOSPEL HERALD - Volume XXI, Number 38 - December 20, 1928

Provins.-Pleasy May (Deffenbaugh) Provins, wife of Lowry L. Provins and daughter of the late Pre. Christian and Catherine Deffenbaugh, was born near Masontown, Fayette Co, Pa., April 4, 1872; died at the home of her daughter, Sister Ruth Whetstone, Nov. 26, 1928; age 56 y. 7 m. 22 d. She was confined to her bed most of the time for the last ten months, and took pneumonia four days before her departure. She often said that she was ready and looking with joy to the time when she could go to her eternal home. She accepted Christ on New Year's Day, 1891 at Masontown, Pa., and united with the Mennonite Church. She was a devout Christian, a patient and devoted wife, a kind and prudent mother, a good counselor, and a kind and generous friend to all. She is missed in the home, church and community. Father, children, and relatives, will you meet her in glory? On Oct. 13, 1892, she was united in marriage to Lowry I. Provins. To this union were born 6 children. One daughter and one grandchild preceded her in death. Surviving her are her husband, 2 sons, and 3 daughters (Rella Marie Ake, Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Carrie Mae Hinton, Lowry Curtis, Ruth Irene Whetstone, all of Martinsburg, Pa.; and Christian Loyd Provins, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers, and 4 sisters (Mrs. Zoe Johnson, Farmville, Va.; Mrs. Rebecca Provins, Spartansburg, Pa.; Homer C. Deffenbaugh, Scottdale, Pa.; Mrs. Rella Shoaf, Mrs. Zetta Debolt, and Chauncey Deffenbaugh, all of Masontown, Pa. Sister Provins made full arrangements for her funeral. The text, John 14: 1-6, was he own choosing. Funeral services were held on Thanksgiving Day, conducted at the house by Bros. C. A. Graybill and D. I. Stonerook, and at the Martinsburg Mennonite Church by Bros. S. G. Shetler and J. N. Durr. Interment in Spring Hope Cemetery.
Mother dear, we greatly miss you,
But our loss is your gain,
And some day we hope to meet you,
Where there is no more sorrow or pain