Mary C. Oberholzer, age 94 a resident of ManorCare Health Services of Wilmington Delaware and formerly of Browns Mill Rd. Greencastle, Pa. died Monday evening March 17, 2008 in the nursing center.
Born February 20, 1914 in New Franklin, Franklin County Pa., she was the daughter of the late Russell and Edna (Barnhart) Summers.
She was a homemaker and had worked at the former ASBA Manufacturing Co. of Greencastle. Mrs. Oberholzer was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle. Her husband, Samuel N. Oberholzer died in July 1978.
She is the last of her immmediate family.
Surviving family are:
One daughter, Arlene Martin, Wilmington, Delaware
Two Grandchildren, Gretchen Boyd, Wilmington, DE. and Michael Martin, Washington D.C.
Three great-grandchildren
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter Betty L. Oberholzer on January 26, 1992, brothers Jacob Summers, Allen Summers, Edward Summers, Archie Summers, Lester Summers and sisters Viola Hoover and Edith Fuller.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday March 25 at 11:00 A.M. from the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home 45 S. Carlisle St. Greencastle, Pa. with Rev. Martin H. Horn officiating. Burial will be in the Parklawns Memorial Gardens in Chambersburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour before the service on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given in her memory to the Alzheimers Associates Memorial Fund 2306 Kirkwood Hwy. Wilmington DE. 19805 or to heartland Hospice Memorial Fund, The Stockton Building Suite 100 261 Chapman Rd. Newark, DE. 19702. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanfh.com