Wilma Stutzman Roth

Wilma Stutzman Roth, 99, died on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at her daughter?s home.

A Saturday funeral service will start at 10:30 a.m., at East Goshen Mennonite Church. Rev. Merle Hostetler and niece Carol Swartzendruber will officiate. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at Sugar Creek Cemetery, in Wayland. Beatty-Peterseim Funeral Home is assisting with local arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be given to East Goshen Mennonite Church for the Bread of Life Food Pantry.

Roth was born on Nov. 12, 1915, in Milford, Neb., to John I and Mary (Birky) Stutzman. On Nov. 25, 1936, she married Orie Roth, of Wayland.

She lived in Wayland all of her married life, where she and her husband farmed and raised their family.

She enjoyed being a farmer?s wife, raising their family, tending to her vegetable and flower gardens, reading, and creating many quilts for her family.

She was of the Christian faith.

Roth is survived by four children, Dennis (Mary) Roth, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Sheril (Kenneth) Mullett, of Goshen, Ind.; Rebecca (Ray) Imhoff, of Ft. Wayne Ind.; and Rosemary (Mahlon) Yoder, of Linn Creek, Mo.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; seven sisters; and a brother.