Nina Viola Weaver

Nina Viola Weaver, 102, of Goshen, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Greencroft Healthcare. Nina was born December 20, 1908, in St. Joseph County to the late Joseph and Mary Weldy.  She married Paul F. Weaver on August 10, 1929, in Wakarusa.  He died February 7, 1996. After living in Goshen and then Fort Wayne, Nina and Paul moved to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 1952 where she worked for a few years as a cook at the Mueller School.  Following Paul’s retirement in 1968, they entered Mennonite Voluntary Service and spent two years at Frontier Boys Village, Colorado, and two years at Spruce Lake Retreat, Pennsyslvania.  Nina then served alongside her husband as he pastored the First Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for nine years. In 1979 Nina and Paul returned to Upper Michigan and then moved to Greencroft in 1989 where Nina enjoyed volunteering with the Manor II quilters and assisting in the dining room for several years.  She was a member of Yellow Creek Mennonite Church, Goshen. Surviving are  three daughters, Evelyn (Kenneth) Miller of Hesston, Kansas, Fay Etta (Donald) Horst of Lansing, Michigan and Shirley (Ernst) Penner of Newton, Kansas; three sons, Edward R. (Irene) Weaver of Menominee, Michigan, Wayne (Mary Glenn) Weaver of Granger, and Lawrence (Michaele Bonenberger) Weaver of  Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a son-in-law, Larry (Lonnie) Wyse of Naubinway, Michigan; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a step-sister, Estella Hartman of Goshen and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Jane Wyse in 1983; a great-grandson, Gregory Shepherd; six brothers, Charles, Irvin, William, Kenneth, Harvey and Raymond Weldy;  six sisters, Nora Richer, Goldie Wenger, Mabel Weaver, Anna Leichty, Berneice Martin and Lola Walters; and eight step-brothers and sisters. Friends may call 4-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. A 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 5, 2011, memorial service will be conducted at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church with Pastors Wes Bontreger and Katie Cunningham officiating. Burial will be in Yellow Creek Cemetery, Goshen. Memorial contributions may be made to Goshen Care at Home Hospice.