Mabel V. Gingerich

KALONA ? Mabel Vanora Gingerich, 102, of Kalona, died Friday, June 10, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.

A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 13, at the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth officiating. Burial followed at the East Union Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation was from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A memorial fund has been established for the Sunnyside Church and Pleasantview Home.

Miss Gingerich was born March 29, 1924, in rural Johnson County, the daughter of Jephthah and Ida (Yoder) Gingerich.

She was baptized on Oct. 6, 1929, at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church. She attended rural school at Lincoln No. 6 and was a charter member of the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church. She worked at Mercy Hospital in housekeeping for a number of years and later at the La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. After returning to Iowa, she worked as a receptionist and assistant for Dr. Spector for 22 years. She enjoyed traveling, singing, sewing and quilting.

Surviving are one sister, Elsie Gingerich of Kalona; three nephews; a number of great-nieces and great-nephews; and five cousins.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Miller, and Arvilla Waidelich; one brother, Chester Gingerich; and two brothers-in-law, Omar Miller, and Marvin Waidelich.