Lydia Ann Sauder Hurst

Penn Yan-Lydia Ann Sauder Hurst, age 102 years, 11 months and 6 days, died Sunday, November 24, 2024.

Family, friends and neighbors may call on Sunday, December 1, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at her daughters home, 1350 Townline Rd., Penn Yan, NY 14527. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 2 at 9:30 a.m. at Scenic Grove Mennonite Church, 721 Thistle St., Penn Yan, NY 14527. Burial and viewing will be on Tuesday, December 3 at 10 a.m. at Bowmansville Old Order Mennonite Church, 980 Oaklyn Drive, Narvon, PA 17555.

Lydia was born on December 18, 1921, a daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Sauder Nolt. She was a member of Scenic Grove Old Order Mennonite Church.

Lydia is survived by her children, Bertha (the late Samuel) Sauder, Walter (Ida Shirk) Hurst, Milton (Edith Hoover) Hurst, Martin (Mable Martin) Hurst, Melvin Roy (Emma Ringler) Hurst, Elizabeth (John) Zimmerman, Allen (Rebecca Kilmer) Hurst, Vera (Alvin) Horning, James (Esther Mae Martin) Hurst and Annetta (Ernest) Martin; 65 grandchildren; 339 great-grandchildren; 93 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary (the late Amos) Martin; a sister-in-law, Lena Nolt; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Lydia was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Melvin Harold Hurst; and siblings, Ammon (Hettie) Nolt, Esther (John) Martin, Martha (Aaron) Martin, Samuel Nolt, Isaac Nolt, Elizabeth Nolt and Ivan (Naomi) Nolt.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Perkins-Ames Funeral Home in Gorham, New York.