Katie Ethel Weaver

Katie Ethel Grove Weaver, 91, of 30 Shalom Road, died Friday (July 6, 2001) at her residence.|She was born Dec. 3, 1909, in North Dakota, a daughter of the late Isaac E. and Emma E. Wenger Grove.|She was a member of the Springdale Mennonite Church, a quilter active in the Sewing Circle and a past volunteer at Western State Hospital.|In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Franklin E. Weaver; brothers, Timothy, Irvan and Orie Grove; and sisters Nannie Schumann and Mary Wright.|The survivors include four sons, Rev. Marion Weaver and his wife, Jean, of Waynesboro, Oliver Weaver and his wife, Freda, of Stuarts Draft, Dwight Weaver and his wife, Judy, of New Jersey and Daniel Weaver and his wife, Frances, of Verona; three daughters, Alice Boppe and her husband, Charles, of Waynesboro, Maggie Brenneman and her husband, Jim, of Stuarts Draft, and Orpha Beyeler and her husband, Darrell, of Fishersville; brothers, Enos Grove of Lyndhurst and David Grove of Spottswood; sisters, Bertha Trousdell and Lois Blosser, both of Newport News, and Eunice Grove of Lyndhurst; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.|A service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Springdale Mennonite Church by the Revs. Mark and Kathy Wenger, and the Rev. Richard Showalter. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.|Active pallbearers will be Maynard, Sidney, Dwight Allen, Chad and Harley Weaver, Gordon Boppe, Kevin Brenneman and Eric Beyeler.|Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren.|The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Funeral Service.|Memorial contributions may be made to The Gideons International, P. O. Box 140800, Nashville, Tenn 37214-0800; or to the Hospice of the Shenandoah, P. O. Box 215, Fishersville, Va. 22939.||Waynesboro News Virginian