IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Martha

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Stoltzfus

Apr 20, 1932 — Mar 8, 2022

Obituary

Martha K. Lapp Stoltzfus went home to her Shepherd and Savior on March 8, 2022, six weeks before her 90th birthday. She was born April 20, 1932, to David and Mary Kauffman Lapp in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. May 8, 1954, she married the love of her life, the late Wesley Abraham Stoltzfus, and the two of them moved to Kentucky where they served together in the ministry of Bowlings Creek Mennonite Church until retirement in 1999. Surviving are her children Leta Fern (Gerald) Metzler, Verda Rose (Philip) Swartzentruber, Stephen Ray (Becky) Stoltzfus, David Allen (Lois) Stoltzfus, Daniel Adin (Diane) Stoltzfus, Iva Sue (Bill) Hooley, Twila Joy (Chuck) Jantzi, Carol Eileen (James) Riley, and Lisa Lavonne (Keith) Miller; twenty-three grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren; her sister Ferne (Daniel) Bowman, sisters-in-law Elsie Smoker, Verna Stoltzfus, Rhoda (Stoltzfus) Beiler, and Gloria Stoltzfus. In addition to her husband, Martha was preceded in death by her siblings John (Anna) Lapp, Benjamin (Florence) Lapp, Rachel (Paul) Mast, Phares, Elmer (Erma, Bernice) Lapp, Anna Mary (Paul) Yoder, Abner (Viola) Smoker, Esther (William) Chupp, Sylvan Smoker, and Sadie (Norman) Yoder. Martha was a wonderful role model to many including her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She lived an extraordinary life and did much more than she thought possible. She excelled in her roles as pastor's wife, mother, and grandmother. She also enjoyed flowers and trees, birds, reading, writing, and sitting on her front porch. In later years she led women's Bible studies, mentored many, authored two books about life in Kentucky, and wrote weekly Creekside Cabin articles for the Times-Voice. Visitation will be Thursday March 10th from 5:00-9:00 pm at the Breathitt Funeral Home, Jackson Kentucky, and funeral Friday March 11th at 11:00 am, also at the funeral home. Calvin Eash and Phil Swartzentruber will be officiating, with burial in the Amis Cemetery at Buckhorn.

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March
10

Thursday

5:00 - 9:00 pm

Service

March
11

Friday

Starts at 11:00 am

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