Leola F. White

KALONA ? Leola Ferne (Hershberger) White, 92, of Kalona, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.

A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the East Union Mennonite Church with the Rev. Joel Beachy officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday at the church. The Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Mrs. White was born April 7, 1924, in Kalona, the daughter of Chris A. and Barbara (Troyer) Yoder. She married John Hershberger on June 16, 1946. He preceded her in death, in 1991. She married Clayton White on June 1, 1998.

She graduated from Kalona High School and Hesston College. She was the office manager and secretary at the Kalona Sales Barn from 1970 to 1975, after which she worked at the Kalona Savings Bank as a teller for 13 years. She also did seamstress work, and enjoyed piecing quilts and sewing. She was a lifelong member of East Union Mennonite Church, where she was active as a Sunday school teacher, Bible school superintendent, and served as president of the WMSC. She also served as the president of the Iowa Nebraska Conference WMSC from 1972 to 1974.

Surviving are her husband Clayton of Kalona; four children and their spouses, Dale Hershberger and wife Joan of Midway, Arkansas, Shirley Yoder and husband Gaylord of Kalona, Ed Hershberger and wife Bobbie of Kalona, and Clayton Hershberger and wife Tina of Kalona; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one sister, Minerva Yoder and husband Emil of Phoenix, Arizona; and one brother, Kenneth Yoder and wife Barbara of Wheaton, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John; and four brothers, Lester, Floyd, Delmar, and Cecil Yoder.