5/25/2025
Alta M. Sauder, 96, of 130 Glenbrook Rd., Leola formerly of East Earl and Shippensburg, entered into rest at home on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Born in Caernarvon Twp., she was the daughter of the late John M. and Lydia M. Martin Zeiset. She was the wife of the late Martin M. Sauder who died in 2008. A homemaker, Mrs. Sauder was a member of the Groffdale (Frame) Mennonite Church.
She is survived by: three sons, Ivan married to Marion, Greenwich, OH, Amos married to Susan, Shippensburg, Martin married to Linda, Boyd, WI; two daughters, Eva married to Melvin Nolt, Leola, Norma married to Elvin Fox, Thorp, WI; 45 grandchildren; 136 great-grandchildren; brothers, Jonas married to Anna Zeiset, Ivan married to Naomi Zeiset; sisters, Laura married to the late Leroy Zimmerman, Eva married to the late Isaac Martin, Esther married to the late Allen Weaver, Lena married to Abram Ringler; a sister-in-law, Leah Zeiset.
She was preceded in death by: a grandson, Nelson Sauder; brothers, Martin, Phares, John Jacob, Aaron, Eli, and Paul Zeiset; sisters, Anna Weaver, Edna Zeiset, Mary Horning, Emma Horst, Martha Martin, Lydia Nolt, Mabel Martin, Vera Leid.
Funeral Services: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at the Shippensburg Old Order Mennonite Church, 20 Duncan Rd., Shippensburg. Viewing: at the late home (130 Glenbrook Rd.) Tuesday, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Interment: the adjoining church cemetery. Kindly omit flowers.