Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Burkholder, Edith W. September 24, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com September 27, 2010, 10:10 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 25, 2010 Edith W. Burkholder METTER, GA Edith W. Burkholder, formerly of Myerstown, born September 24, 1922, died Thursday, September 23, 2010, at the age of 87 years, 11 months, 30 days. She was the daughter of the late Noah W. and Elizabeth (Wise) Zimmerman and the wife of the late Eli Burkholder. She was a member of the Little Mountain Mennonite Church. She is survived by one son, David Z. Burkholder and wife, Lucille of Benton, Ill.; three daughters, Rachel, wife of Earl Heatwole of Metter, Ga., Ruth, wife of Willis Mast of Myerstown, and Rhoda, wife of Wilbur Sweigart of Richland; 21 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Eva Brubaker of Myerstown, Elizabeth Horst of Leola, Bertha Weaver of Lititz, and Verna Martin of Denver, Pa. She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, an infant daughter, and two sisters, Edna Groff and Anna Weiler. Her death was caused by complications of hip surgery performed on September 3, 2010. A viewing will be held at Little Mountain Mennonite Church from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday and a funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 28, at Centerville Mennonite Church. Burial will be in the Martindale Mennonite (Frame) Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. The Groff-High Funeral Home, New Holland, is in charge of arrangements. Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 25, 2010 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb