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50th Reunion 25<br />
History from 1958 to present.<br />
Graduated from EMU in 1963 in El. Ed. and married John Wayne Mast in 1964.<br />
Taught 4th grade in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, for 3 years.<br />
Served in Nigeria in Teachers Abroad program from 1966-1969.<br />
Lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania, from 1969 to 1974 and then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />
Doreen was born in Nigeria in 1968 and Steven in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in 1972.<br />
We lived in Philadelphia for about 10 years where John decided to go to Podiatry School. I taught PreK and K<br />
at Cedar Grove Academy for most of those years.<br />
In 1985, we moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where John practiced Podiatry.<br />
In 1991, John was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and fought a good fight for 2 years. While in Virginia I<br />
taught school at the Westover Christian School, a part of the Westover Mennonite Church in Maryland. After<br />
John passed away, I moved to Westover, Maryland, for 2 years and then back to Pennsylvania in 1995. I helped with<br />
my parents who were in their late 80’s and also did substitute teaching.<br />
In 1997, I went to Mennonite Assembly in Orlando, Florida, and met Marilyn Troyer, who had been in Nigeria<br />
with us. She eventually introduced me to Jim Gerber, from Brutus, Michigan. In September, 1998, we were married<br />
and I moved to Brutus where Jim had been pastoring for a number of years. So, I became a pastor’s wife which<br />
changed my life dramatically. We were busy with church and community activities.<br />
In 2002, we were asked to go on a mission trip to Liberia to help rebuild after the war. We worked with ACFI<br />
(African Christian Fellowship International) in rebuilding and helping with orphanages, etc. We have returned to<br />
Liberia each year up to 2006.<br />
In 2008, Jim had open heart surgery for aortic stenosis and has recovered well. We traveled to New Zealand in<br />
April/May of this year to visit my son, Steve, and his wife Christy, who was working there as a research scientist.<br />
Jim just finished an interim pastorate and is now overseer of several congregations, so we do a lot of traveling<br />
to churches, and also visiting family. I now have11 grandchildren and with my extended family have gained 3 more<br />
children. In the future, we plan to do more volunteer work in various organizations.<br />
Blessings to all,<br />
—Barb Gerber<br />
Dear <strong>Class</strong>mates,<br />
Fifty years have come and gone very quickly. Each stage of our lives seems to have been the best yet.<br />
After graduating from EMHS, I enrolled in the cadet-teaching program at EMC and taught school for<br />
one year. In 1961, I got married to Daniel Miller. For the next four years, I worked at OSU hospital while he<br />
attended medical school. After doing a residency in California, we returned to our home area. I worked part<br />
time in the doctor’s office and settled in raising our four children.<br />
One of my primary interests over the years has been music. I am still involved in adult and children’s music<br />
in our local Mennonite congregation. In addition, I play cello in a local orchestra, in an ensemble for special<br />
events (weddings) and sing in a semi-professional singing group.<br />
Since my husband retired four years ago, we have continued to travel extensively, and I am still involved in<br />
our family-owned hospitality company – Dutchman Hospitality Group.<br />
We now have ten grandchildren. All our children, in-laws, and grandchildren are actively and happily<br />
engaged in various life activities. This and all the blessings we have been privileged with makes life good.<br />
—Mary Mullet Miller<br />
Dear <strong>Class</strong>mates,<br />
Eleanor and I just completed a two-week tour of ten western European countries. There’s nothing quite like<br />
going back to the Old Country and checking on one’s family roots.<br />
After high school graduation, I went to EMC for four years earning a B.S. degree with a biology major. What<br />
else!? I had planned to go to graduate school but was asked to teach biology at EMHS for one year. I did.<br />
Eleanor and I got married August 24, 1963, and moved to the small town of Blacksburg, Virginia, where I<br />
attended VPI and earned a M.S. degree in Wildlife Management.<br />
There were very few job openings with state wildlife agencies in 1965, and I was asked to come back and<br />
teach biology at EMHS. I had enjoyed my one year of teaching and so I accepted the invitation and as they say,<br />
“the rest is history”!<br />
I taught biology, earth science and driver’s ed at EMHS for 38 years. During the summers, I worked for the<br />
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, National Park Service, National Forest Service, did construction work,<br />
taxidermy, taught driver’s education, traveled, etc.<br />
Barbara (Mohler) Gerber<br />
Janet (Mohler) Moore<br />
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Martha (Mullet) Yoder<br />
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Mary (Mullet) Miller