Vernon F Blosser

Vernon F. Blosser

Vernon F. Blosser, 73, of rural Newton, retired farmer and interior decorator and painter, died Wednesday (Sept. 9, 1998) at Hutchinson Hospital.

He was born Dec. 8, 1924, in Newton to Rudolph G. and Katherine (King) Blosser. He married Alma Garber on Nov. 23, 1947, in Harper. She survives of the home.

He was a lifetime Newton and Hesston area resident. He was a member of the Whitestone Mennonite Church in Hesston.

Other survivors include: one son, Vernon D. Blosser of Wichita; two daughters, Karen White of Newton and Joletha Horn of Hutchinson; two brothers, Melvin Blosser of Rogers, Ark., and Virgil Blosser of Hesston; two sisters, Thelma Loucks of Hesston and Blanche Miller of Kalona, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ivan Blosser and Byron Blosser; two sisters, Wilma and Hazel.

Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Whitestone Mennonite Church with Pastors Mike Bogard and Louise Wideman officiating. A private burial service will be at the Eastlawn Cemetery near Hesston.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Miller Funeral Home in Hesston.

Memorials have been established with Mennonite Disaster Service and American Lung Association in care of the funeral home.