Mae S. (Martin) Schneider Metzler, 88, of Akron, passed away Monday, June 1, 2015, at the Mennonite Home, Lancaster.
She was born in Ephrata to the late Aaron G. and Maggie (Sauder) Martin and was the wife of the late Karl Schneider who passed away in 1970 and the late Luke Metzler who passed away in 1995.
Mae was a lifetime member of the Ephrata Mennonite Church, now Alive Church. She was a 1944 graduate of Ephrata High School. Mae taught Sunday school for many years, had been a registered X-ray technician for 33 years at the Ephrata Community Hospital until her retirement in 1991. Mae enjoyed traveling, crocheting, quilting, entertaining friends and family, playing games with her grandchildren, and was always a very upbeat, positive person.
She is survived by three stepdaughters: Lois H. Enloe of Palm Coast, Fla.; Sarah H. Metzler of Lancaster; Naomi H., wife of Kevin Derr of Lebanon; a stepson: Samuel H., husband of Christine Metzler, of Seattle, Wash.; 10 stepgrandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; a brother: J. Elvin, husband of Laverne Martin, of Lancaster; three sisters: Arlene Hurst of Lititz; Margaret Martin of Lititz; Lois J., wife of Leon Zimmerman, of Lititz; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husbands and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister: E. Naomi Martin.
Services were held June 10 at Alive Church, Ephrata, with Rev. Dennis Ernest and Rev. Carl Kniss officiating. Interment took place in the Metzler Mennonite Cemetery.
Memorial contributions in Mae’s memory may be made to the Mennonite Home, Caring Fund, 1520 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Arrangements by Stradling Funeral Homes Inc., Akron/Ephrata. Online condolences can be given at stradlingfuneralhome.com.
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