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Goodbye Nelda

February 10, 2008 urngarden.com

Nelda T. Dierwechter Ward, 86, of North Manheim Township, PA., died Thursday evening upon arrival at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

Born in Schuylkill Haven, PA she was a daughter of the late William H. and Florence M. Hummel Dierwechter.

She was a maintenance worker for Boscov’s Department Store, Pottsville.

Surviving are a son, Lendal D. Neil, Fair Grove, Mo.; a daughter, Delphine O. Dierwechter Bohn, West Brunswick Township; a brother, Vernon L. Dierwechter, North Manheim Township; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Leibensperger Funeral Homes Inc., Hamburg, is in charge of arrangements.

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  1. Freaky Friday at Life in the Garden says:
    February 10, 2008 at 8:40 AM

    […] Next: We pack up the urn for my grandmother. […]

  2. When Worlds Collide at Life in the Garden says:
    February 10, 2008 at 10:34 AM

    […] « Goodbye Nelda | Home […]

  3. Executive Function at Life in the Garden says:
    February 15, 2008 at 11:45 AM

    […] And finally, an email from my aunt regarding my grandmother’s ashes: I was intending to send a small container of ashes out there that can be kept or scattered….so that a little of Nelda would be with her Missouri family….I think that she would like that…..love d […]

  4. Goodbye Nelda Pt. 2 at Life in the Garden says:
    February 25, 2008 at 7:02 PM

    […] The flowers were beautiful and the service was very nice..Nelda had asked the minister to do the service when Pauline’s mother died , she had picked the Legion and the caterer so most of it was done….there were 75 or more there and they stayed for the lunch and for about 3 hours after.. I have discovered an upside to cremation …you can bring the person home with you and that seems to make it easier somehow…Matt (Nelda’s grandson) gave a short eulogy and there was not a dry eye in the house as they say…he turned out to be the perfect choice…Nelda would have been so proud of the turnout….she always worried that she had no friends…..love to all in MO…..d […]

  5. Weeping Cherry at Life in the Garden says:
    April 17, 2008 at 12:31 PM

    […] I have always felt that the worst part of any funeral is the time when you leave the cemetery and leave behind someone you loved and have spent a lifetime with. Thanks to your generosity, I brought Nelda home with me and that was such a comfort at a very bad time. […]

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