Cora Brubaker Buzzard

Buzzard, Cora B., daughter of the late Bishop J. S. and Elizabeth Shoemaker, was born at Freeport, Ill., Sept. 15, 1878; died at the Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital, Nov. 3, 1959; aged 81 y. 1 m. 19 d. She was married on Nov. 16, 1899 to Alpha L. Buzzard, who survives. They lived at Washington, Ill., from 1907 to 1929, where Bro. Buzzard was pastor of the Union Mennonite Church. In 1929 they moved to Goshen, Ind. She served as secretary of the General Sewing Circle Committee for eight years, from 1930 to 1937, and as president from 1938 to 1944. Also surviving are 3 sons (J. Milton, Peoria, Ill.; Joseph R., Scottdale, Pa.; Harold, Elkhart, Ind.), 4 daughters (Miriam-Mrs. Elmer Nofsinger, Washington, Ill.; Florence-Mrs. Leroy Yoder, Topeka, Ind.; Lois-Mrs. Lloyd Yoder, and Ruth-Mrs. Walter Hemingway, both of Elkhart), 2 sisters (Stella-Mrs. A. E. Kreider, Goshen, Ind.; and Charles Shoemaker, Scottdale, Pa.), 8 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Belmont Church, where funeral services were conducted on Nov. 6, in charge of Neil Beachy and Howard Zehr; interment in Prairie Street Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 46 - November 24, 1959-page 1022, 1023