2011-07-01 issue:
Gets choked up, too
by Evelyn Hertzler Miller, Anderson, S.C.
I spent a week with my mother. It was only a little over a week after we lost Daddy (see page 52). I was reading the article “Song Weepers” by Lisa Schmucker Showalter (May). I agree that when you hear a song you relate it to something in your life. At Daddy’s funeral, we sang his favorite song, the beautiful “Wonderful Grace of Jesus.” I got choked up and could not sing. However I listened to the congregation singing it, and it was beautiful.
Daddy was Russel Henry Hertzler, 90 years old, of Dillsburg, Pa. He was a life member of Slate Hill Mennonite Church, Camp Hill, Pa. I often enjoyed your magazine when visiting with my parents.
Associated Issue: Mother mourning - May 2011
Associated Article: Songweepers
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While I did not know your father well, I remember him from my time as a student at Messiah College. His presence in the congregation was a testimony to a strength of faith and the deep history of that congregation. Thank you for sharing this.