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- 1965 - 2016 (Creation)
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One Record Carton
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Executive Emeritus, Mennonite Central Committee (2006)
Coordinator, Global Mennonite History Project, Mennonite World Conference (1997-2012)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Alice (Weber) Lapp, 91, of Goshen, formerly of Akron, Pennsylvania and Harrisonburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2022 after suffering a stroke. Alice was born in Lititz, Pennsylvania on July 29, 1931, the oldest child of B. Franklin and Sarah Margaret (Hostetter) Weber.
Alice is survived by her loving husband of 67 years, John A. Lapp; son, John F. (Sandra Shenk Lapp); daughters Jennifer Lerch (Robert) and Jessica W. Lapp (Phil Hertzler); grandchildren Sophia (David) Lapp Jost, Eva Lapp (Sam Smucker), J. Ethan Lapp, Sarah Lerch (Stefan Kuhns,) Robert T. Lerch, J. Nicholas Hertzler; one great-grandson, Timothy Lapp Jost; her sisters Sally Horst and Joyce Busch, and brother Samuel Weber. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, B. Michael Weber.
Alice was a teacher, author, hostess, pie baker, volunteer and voracious reader. She also reviewed books and contributed articles to many Mennonite publications.
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Scope and content
Travel Journals created by John Allen Lapp over the course of his career. They are often related to his work with Mennonite Central Committee.