- Date Of Birth: May 20, 1924
- Date Of Death: December 26, 2016
- State: Indiana
Marceline Bernice “Marce” Leichty age 92, of Green Hills Community, West Liberty, Ohio, and formerly of Rensselaer, Indiana, was called home to heaven on December 26, 2016. She was born at Mt. Ayr, Indiana, on May 20, 1924, to Abner and Lydia Miller Miller.
On February 26, 1942, she married Jacob Leichty, son of John and Salome Chupp Leichty, in the Burr Oak Mennonite Church, Rensselaer, Indiana. Marce was the loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of 3 sons; Jacob, Jr. (Grace) of West Liberty, Gerald (Juli) of Rensselaer, Michael (Jeanette) of Temecula, CA, 9 grandchildren–Jeff, Glen, Scott, Darrin and Jon Leichty, Karen Dinger, Andrea Kauffman, Kim Chapman, Kyra Moran and 21 great-grandchildren. Two sisters survive, Mary Uhlrich of Francesville, IN, and Lavonna (Duane) Miller of Taylorsville, Kentucky, and 14 nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brother Marvin Miller, and a sister Ruby Good. Marce was a homemaker and farmwife, who worked in the barns and in the fields with her husband. She was a committed member of Burr Oak Mennonite Church, where she prepared food for many church functions and taught Sunday School and Bible School. She loved all children, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were her delight. Marce and Jake made many new friends when they moved to Green Hills Community in West Liberty in 2007. In West Liberty she attended Oak Grove Mennonite Church.
