Arvilla D Schweitzer Obituary (1931

In Memory Of Arvilla D. Schweitzer A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2012, at East Fairview Mennonite Church, rural Milford, with Pastors Bill Saltzman and Kyle Roth officiating. Interment will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation Saturday, 1-8 pm Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford, family receiving relatives and friends 6-8 pm at funeral home. Visitation also one hour prior to service. Memorials have been established to the East Fairview Mennonite Church. Arvilla D. Schweitzer was born January 19, 1931 on a farm near Seward, Nebraska to Jake and Esther (Roth) Roth, the second oldest of six children and went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Crestview Care Center in Milford at the age of 81 years 1 month and 18 days. As a young girl she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and was baptized in her youth at East Fairview Mennonite Church. On April 30, 1950, she was united in marriage to Wilton Schweitzer at East Fairview Mennonite Church and they were blessed with three children, one daughter, Marilyn, and two sons, Larry and Rodney were born. They raised their family on the farm southwest of Milford. Family and church were very important to Arvilla and she used her God-given "gift of helps" to minister to both. She was a scrumptious cook, a self-taught seamstress, and a wise steward of the family finances. Having trusted the Lord at an early age, she faithfully served as a teacher for many years at East Fairview Mennonite Church. This same faith which is shared by her family allows us to look forward to a great reunion with our beloved parents one day in heaven. She is survived by her children and spouses, Marilyn and Nathan Saltzman, Albuquerque, NM, Larry and Vickie Schweitzer, Friend, Rod and Jana Schweitzer, Dorchester, six grandchildren and spouses, Tracy and Travis Yeackley, Stuart and Talicia Schweitzer, all of Milford, Michele Schweitzer, Manhattan, KS, Rance and Asha Schweitzer, Lincoln, Toby and Wendy Schweitzer, Central City, Dolen and Kati Schweitzer, Pleasant Dale, four great-grandchildren, Isaac and Izabelle Yeackley, Elsa and Brody Schweitzer, all of Milford, sisters and brothers-in-law Fredetta Roth, Donna and Harold Roth, Aloha and Wayne Roth, Lori and Earl McCullough, brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Eleanor Roth, all of Milford, brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Cleve and Luella Schweitzer, Milford, Lois Schweitzer, Friend, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jake and Esther Roth, her husband, Wilton in 2009, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Willis Roth, Betty Schweitzer, Leonard and June Schweitzer, Merlin Schweitzer, Allen and Alvera Stutzman, nephew, Jimmy Joe Schweitzer, parents-in-law, Lee and Elma Schweitzer.