 Ann
K. Nies July
6, 1913 March
9, 2008 
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Remembering
Ann with Love...
Ann
King Nies, 94, of Ephrata Manor, formerly of Adamstown, died
March 9, 2008, in Ephrata
Community
Hospital.
Born in
Denton,
Maryland, a daughter of the late Milton F. and Annie (Bucher) King,
her husband, Joseph H. Nies, died November 20, 1993.
The youngest of 5 siblings, Ann grew up on a farm in
Caroline Co., MD, and attended public school in Ridgely.
A graduate of
Daleville
Academy
in VA, she also studied voice and piano at
Elizabethtown
College, at which time she worked for her aunt at Aunt Sally’s
Kitchen. Moving to
Reading, she met Joe and married in 1935. They purchased their home
“Rock Lawn”, in Adamstown where they raised their
daughters and shared 58 anniversaries.
Ann
worked for Bollman Hat Company, Adamstown, in the business
office and cafeteria. Past
president of the Adamstown Woman’s Club, Girl Scout
committeewoman, founding member of the Ephrata Forsythia
Club, member of the Christian Woman’s Club, Elderberries
Senior Group, she was also instrumental in the organization of
the Adamstown Public Library.
A 50-year member of Ephrata Church of the Brethren,
where she was a choir director and life deacon, she was a
charter member of East Cocalico Church of the Brethren,
Reamstown, a mission church of the Ephrata congregation.
Ann was a creative writer, with poems and stories
published in various magazines and newspapers.
Known for her gift as a hostess and cook, she also
enjoyed playing piano, singing, reading, gardening, traveling,
bird watching, an avid "Scrabble" player and being a “Phillies” fan.
A loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Ann
took great joy in the accomplishments and activities of her
family. Surviving
are daughters, Carolanne, wife of Bob Buohl, Ephrata; Gretta
Ludwig, Lewes, DE; fiancée of Bill Wolter, Greenwood, DE; and
Pamela, wife of Larry Potts, Winchester, VA; grandchildren,
Debra Antol, Alan Buohl, Andrea Steele, Laura Moss, Susanne
Truitt, Carin Potts and Lacey Groves; and great-grandchildren,
Jillian, Ryan, Kevin, Mallory, Joshua, Brandon, Wyatt, Nolan,
Ian, Amelia, Jace and Wade. Also
preceding her in death were brothers, Dr. Samuel J. King, Rev.
Rufus B. King, and Rev. Bernard King, a sister, Esther K.
Crouse, granddaughter, Jane Elizabeth Buohl, and son-in-law,
Andy Ludwig.
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