Frances V. Burkholder

ORRVILLE Frances V. Lehman, 101, of Orrville, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at Regency Park Nursing Home.

Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 300 S. Walnut St., Orrville. Burial will be at Kidron Mennonite Church Cemetery.

Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bible Literacy International, 625 E. North Broadway, Columbus 43214-4133.

Arrangements are being handled by Gresser Funeral Home in Orrville.

Frances was born Sept. 28, 1904, in Bluffton, to John and Fannie Burkholder and married Melvin Lehman on Dec. 12, 1925. He died in 1987.

She was a trained Licensed Practical Nurse and worked at Apple Creek Developmental Center.

Frances was a member of the Orrville Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and was very dedicated to church work and was active in the Ladies Missionary Society. She was an avid reader and enjoyed traveling and gardening.

Surviving are a son, Richard (Marjorie) Lehman; a daughter, Anna Mae (Robert) Bixler of Orrville; 13 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.

A daughter, Agnes Berg and a son, John, died previously.