Marian Emilie Matz

1921 - 2016  (94 years)

• Name	Marian Emilie Matz
  Born	26 Nov 1921
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Sep 2016
  Buried	Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I367763	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Edwin Russell Matz,   b. 17 Feb 1897, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1986, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Helen Beatrice Hill
  Married	1919
  Family ID	F122471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerald Edwin Detwiler,   b. 11 Jan 1921, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1976, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. Richard Detwiler   2. Susan Detwiler   3. Jon Detwiler
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F142659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Marian Matz Detwiler Birth: 26 Nov 1921 Death: 7 Sep 2016 (aged 94) Burial: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Memorial #: 169666132 Bio: Marian M. Detwiler, 94, of Telford, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at her residence in the Lutheran Community at Telford. She was the beloved wife of 30 years to the late Gerald E. Detwiler who died in 1976. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late E. Russell and Helen Beatrice (Hill) Matz. She was a graduate of Hatfield High School and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science from West Chester Teacher?s College and two master?s degrees from Temple University. Marian began teaching elementary school in Lansdale and then left to serve in the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps during WWII. She was employed as a reading specialist and district reading supervisor for the Central Bucks School District for many years. Always believing in the importance of giving back to the community, Marian filled her retirement with volunteer work. She tutored inmates working toward their GEDs through the VITA Adult Literacy Program. She trained hundreds of adult literacy volunteers for VITA and Indian Valley Opportunity Center. Well into her 90s, she tutored English as a Second Language to many refugees and immigrants from Vietnam, Kosovo, Russia, Burma, Liberia, and El Salvador. Last year she retired from tutoring ESL at West Broad Street Elementary School and from 22 years of teaching her weekly Sunday School class for adults with developmental disabilities.Marian was also a lifelong active learner, from Elderhostel travel during her early retirement to regular attendance at lectures in her retirement community. She loved walking, playing games, crafts, and having friends and family around her. She is survived by three children, Richard Detwiler and his wife Hong-Nhung of Souderton, Susan Detwiler and her husband Steven Timmons of White City, OR, and Jon Detwiler and his wife Susan of Baltimore, MD; six grandchildren: Elizabeth, Sarah, Peter, Samuel, Herman, and Felix; a great-granddaughter, Samaria; a sister, Betty Bloom of Lansdale; and a brother, Russell Matz and his wife Cass of Sellersville. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Foesig. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1000 W. Main Street, Lansdale. Family will receive friends following the service. Interment will be private at the Whitemarsh Memorial Park in Prospectville. Suess Funeral Home website Family Members Spouse Gerald E. Detwiler Unknown-1976 Created by: Tom Myers (47272121) Added: 9 Sep 2016 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169666132 Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2018), memorial page for Marian Matz Detwiler (26 Nov 1921?7 Sep 2016), Find A Grave Memorial no. 169666132, citing Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121) .