Obituaries

Condolences

• 10/01/2021

  Bill and Joanne Van Bezey

  John, Thank you for touching our lives and thank you for all the kindness you gave to Aiden, our grandson. You gave the gift of integrity to your son and our son in law Dave which molded him in the man he is today. For these gifts, you will be forever remembered.

• 10/01/2021

  Tom and Carol Zacche

  John was a beautiful man and great farther and grandfarther. He will be greatly missed but has made a impact on so many lives, I know he made a difference in mine.

• 10/01/2021

  Mary Shambaugh

  "A Parable of Immortality" (by Henry Van Dyke) I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says; "There she goes!" "Gone where?" "Gone from my sight, that's all." She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There she goes!" there are other eyes watching her coming...and other voices ready to take up the glad shout..."Here she comes!"

• 10/01/2021

  Mary Shambaugh

  We will miss you Brother John, but only for a time. For we walk the same miles as you have these many years and you have arrived there ahead of those of us left behind. Our comfort lies in knowing that we shall see you again and that you are in the midst of others we have loved and lost for a time. Please give them our love and that ever precious grin you wore on your expression always. There are but a few who can carry around so much happiness that it spills over onto all who come into contact with you. You encouraged children as well. A rare quality since many older folks won't take the time to bend a knee to a youngster with so many questions about life. I'm thankful you did and that you showed them one can be happy living the Christian life no matter what age or what ailment befalls. I cannot remember a time when you didn't have a ready smile for anyone and everyone and that is what I shall miss most of all. Until we meet again...I shall try to smile more myself. ~ In Christian Love, Mary Shambaugh