She was born in Ninepoints, one of 14 children of Roy R. and M. Naomi Gochenaur Lefever, and grew up in Strasburg Township. After graduating from Philadelphia School of the Bible, she moved to Fall River, Mass. to work in a Christian school. She was married 36 years to the late Russell I. Washburn of Somerset, Mass. After obtaining an education degree, she taught in Somerset public schools for 15 years until retirement.
She and her husband moved to Florida and volunteered at a Christian center in Pinellas Park until Russell's death in 1993. In 1998 she moved to Calvary Fellowship Homes, where she enjoyed helping people. She attended Calvary Church.
She leaves a stepdaughter, Carol Burbank, of Lewiston, Maine; and sisters Marion Brubaker and Catherine Yohn, of Calvary Homes, Virginia Hartman and Charlotte Keperling, of Bausman, Betty Jane Musser, of Strasburg, and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will take place from the Fellowship Hall of the Calvary Fellowship Homes, 502 Elizabeth Drive, Lancaster, PA on Sunday, December 7th, at 3 p.m. with a time to greet the family from 2 p.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Benevolent Fund of the Calvary Fellowship Homes, 502 Elizabeth Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601. Arrangements by the Shivery Funeral Home, Christiana & Paradise.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
December 5, 2008
She was born in Ninepoints, one of 14 children of Roy R. and M. Naomi Gochenaur Lefever, and grew up in Strasburg Township. After graduating from Philadelphia School of the Bible, she moved to Fall River, Mass. to work in a Christian school. She was married 36 years to the late Russell I. Washburn of Somerset, Mass. After obtaining an education degree, she taught in Somerset public schools for 15 years until retirement.
She and her husband moved to Florida and volunteered at a Christian center in Pinellas Park until Russell's death in 1993. In 1998 she moved to Calvary Fellowship Homes, where she enjoyed helping people. She attended Calvary Church.
She leaves a stepdaughter, Carol Burbank, of Lewiston, Maine; and sisters Marion Brubaker and Catherine Yohn, of Calvary Homes, Virginia Hartman and Charlotte Keperling, of Bausman, Betty Jane Musser, of Strasburg, and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will take place from the Fellowship Hall of the Calvary Fellowship Homes, 502 Elizabeth Drive, Lancaster, PA on Sunday, December 7th, at 3 p.m. with a time to greet the family from 2 p.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Benevolent Fund of the Calvary Fellowship Homes, 502 Elizabeth Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601. Arrangements by the Shivery Funeral Home, Christiana & Paradise.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
December 5, 2008
Family Members
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Richard Gochenaur Lefever
1910–1994
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Mildred Elizabeth Lefever Hess
1912–1990
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Marion Barbara Lefever Smith Brubaker
1913–2010
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Margaret Naomi Lefever Findley
1915–2000
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Gladys Marie Lefever Joline
1916–2007
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Hazel Lillian Lefever
1917–1918
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Mary Catharine "Kitty" Lefever Yohn
1920–2014
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Roy Park Lefever
1923–1983
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Sarah Arlene Lefever Weidman
1925–1990
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Virginia Mae "Ginnie" Lefever Schwebel Hartman
1927–2022
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Robert Gochenaur "Pork" Lefever
1931–1995
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Betty Jane "B. J." Lefever Musser
1932–2022
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