Private Funerals For Amish Children. ... Mary Liz Miller, 8; and her sister Lena Miller, 7. The funeral for a fifth girl, Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12, is scheduled for Friday.

The Amish see funerals as a time of hope for what they believe is new life after death, observers say. Shivery explains that the girls' funerals, which are being held Thursday and Friday, ...

This is the heart of Ohio Amish country, but even Amishmen like Eli Mast, 49, said he rarely had seen so many brethren in one place. On Saturday, Mr. Mast and his family waited in a line for more ...

Last week we traveled to Holmes County, Ohio — that major Amish tourist section of Ohio. The reason for the trip left us teary and torn. Another young man, in the prime of life, was called home ...

Amish buggies at the funeral for 11-year-old Rachel Miller and her 7-year-old brother, Samuel, on March 23, 2023. In the last decade, state police figures show Amish buggies have been involved in ...

c. 2006 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ The bodies of the dead will be dressed by family members in white, almost the only time people of the ...

But there’s one thing that can delay, even disrupt, this time-honored tradition, according to Philip W. Furman, whose family funeral home has been serving the Amish at the hour of death since 1952.

Gloria makes a solo trip to Ohio for the funeral of Daniel's aunt. ... In the large kitchen at the Amish community center, ladies were busy preparing food for all 600 of us.

The Eichler family will attend the funeral of son-in-law Tim's Aunt Sylvia after her unexpected death. ... Readers can write to Eicher at Lovina’s Amish Kitchen, PO Box 234, Sturgis, ...

A funeral director said that Amish schoolhouse shooting victim 23-year-old Rosanna King died at her home this week. A funeral is planned at her home in the... Skip to content.