Esther Hershberger, age 77, of Nappanee, died at 2:40 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 2015. She was born March 26, 1938, to Daniel M. and Iona (Helmuth) Kuhns.

On April 11, 1961, she married Alvin E. Hershberger in Nappanee.

Mrs. Hershberger is survived by her husband: Alvin; children: Arlin Hershberger; Wanda Hershberger; Carlisle Hershberger, all of Nappanee; Karen Miller, Mio, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brothers: Alvin Kuhns, Cottonwood, Ariz.; Lotus Kuhns, Goshen; Otis Kuhns, Nappanee; sisters: Sadie Miller, Topeka; Betty Borkholder, New Paris; Martha Miller; Katie Ann Harshberger; Ruby Fry, all of Nappanee; stepbrothers: Marvin Borkholder, Colon, Mich.; Kenneth Burkholder; LeRoy Borkholder, both of Burr Oak, Mich.; stepsisters: Martha Schwartz, Sturgis, Mich.; Alice Danna Frey, Topeka; Mary Miller, Wakarusa; and Ruby Jane Slabaugh, Shipshewana.

Family and friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday, and all day Tuesday, at the Carlisle Hershberger residence, located at 25559 C.R. 50, Nappanee. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, also at the Hershberger residence. Arrangements are with Thompson-Lengacher and Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.