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Author: KarinKing45
Surnames: Lehman, Sprunger, Neuenschwander, Yoder, Nussbaum, Stetler
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Decatur Daily Democrat
Adams County, Indiana
Monday, Jan. 24, 1994
LESLIE B. LEHMAN
Leslie B. Lehman, 85, Berne, died at 6:40 p.m. Saturday in Swiss Village Retirement
Center after a long illness.
He was born on September 23, 1908 in Adams County to Burkhart and Lydia Sprunger Lehman
and married Naomi Neuenschwander on August 24, 1937. She survives.
He was president of First Bank of Berne, retiring in 1978 after a 50-year career. He
was a former member of the Berne Rotary Club, Berne Chamber of Commerce, and Berne Board
of Education, and was on the board of directors at Swiss Village.
He was a member of First Mennonite Church, Berne, and was a former member of its
Men's Chorus, Chancel Choir, and Mennonite Choral Society. He was also a trustee and
treasurer of the church.
Other survivors are three sons, Thomas Lehman, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Neil
Lehman, Indiana, Pennsylvania; and George Lehman, North Newton, Kansas; a daughter, Mary
L. Yoder, Goshen; and 11 grandchildren. Deceased are three sisters (Molly
Neuenschwander, Cora Nussbaum, and Viola Stetler), and seven brothers, (Leo, Herman,
Elmer, Albert, Reuben, Harley and Harry Lehman).
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First Mennonite Church, with burial in
MRE Cemetery, Berne. Visiting hours will be from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at
Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home, Berne, and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Preferred
memorials are to Swiss Village or Mennonite Missions.
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