This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4Bk.2ACIB/108 Message Board Post: Millie Hostetler April 30, 1909 - April 28, 2006 Millie Hostetler, 96, Kokomo, died 11:45 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2006, at her home. She was born April 30, 1909, in Garnett, Kan., to Simon and Sarah (Mullet) Anderson. On May 21, 1933, in Amboy, she married David J. Hostetler. After 67 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on Feb. 15, 2001. She grew up in Newton County, where she attended the Mount Ayer School. She was a homemaker, faithful loving wife and mother. She worked hard to help on the farm and also worked at a canning factory. She loved the outdoors, enjoyed quilting and working with plants and flowers. Her devotion to God was evident in her daily walk. She was a faithful member of Rich Valley Mennonite Church. She was always concerned about the welfare of others and was very lovingly supportive and involved in the lives of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as a host of friends and relatives with whom she kept regular telephone contact. She wrote a weekly article for the Budget for 50 years. Surviving are two sons, Lloyd and Kaye Hostetler, Kokomo, and Amos and Janice Hostetler, Goshen; six daughters, Mary Ann Hostetler, Kokomo, Betty and Menno Beachy, Kokomo, Sylvia and Perry Stutzman, Hutchinson, Kan., Virginia and John Wenger, Goshen, Sarah and Tom Halberda, Lake, Mich., Kathy Hostetler, Kokomo; one sister, Annie Yoder, Holmes County, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Emma Anderson, Nappanee; 25 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers; two sisters and one grandchild. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Howard Miami Mennonite Church, Kokomo. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Christner Cemetery in Miami County. Pastors Lavern Swartz and Joel Stoll will officiate. Halser & Stout Funeral Home, Greentown, are handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Globel Tribes Outreach to benefit her great-grandson and his wife, Jon and Carissa Yoder. Envelopes will be available at the services.