David Hostetler

Obit. Growing up on a small farm, as he came of age he moved to Pennsylvania where he married Anna Pearl (Longacre) Hostetler. She preceded him in death on February 18, 2000. He married Sarah Jeanette (Plank) Miller Hostetler in December 2001. After five years in Pennsylvania, they moved to West Liberty, where he lived the remainder of his life. David spent the majority of his working life improving the aesthetics of homes as a painter and paper hanger. He had only one minor fall off a ladder in 60 years, working into his early 80s. David kept a vegetable garden his entire life, from ten acres of sweet corn in Pennsylvania to a large plot turned over by hand up to two years ago. He enjoyed sharing his vegetables and his gladiolus. David enjoyed keeping up with close and extended family. He felt he had ‘come home’ when he moved to West Liberty in 2006, although he had never lived there before, but because his parents grew up in the West Liberty area. David was blessed to feel the support of so many in his new home as he navigated through life changes.