Mildred Hochstetler

Mount Sterling, NC-Mildred Mayer Hochstetler, age 87, of 3727 Mt. Sterling Road, died Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at Haywood Lodge and Retirement Center.

A native of Merrill, Michigan, and lived in Haywood County for 28 after moving from Florida. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Ethel Webb Mayer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Hochstetler, who died in 2000 and two brothers, Austin and Jesse Mayer. She was a private music teacher and worked as a bookkeeper in the family service station in Anna Maria Island, Florida.

She is survived by a son, Craig Hochstetler, of Newport, TN; a brother, Elton Mayer, of Florida; and four grandchildren, Judy, Jenny, Debra, and Venessa.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 13, 2004 at Episcopal Church of the Annunciation in Newport, Tennessee with Father David Garrett officiating.

Memorials may be made to Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC.