Grace Elizabeth (Yothers) High , 90, of Doylestown, formerly of Dublin, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at her residence of 61 years. She passed peacefully in the company of her daughter, who gladly cared for her during a long struggle with Parkinson's and dementia. Grace's calm, sweet personality and enjoyment of life overcame many obstacles, and made caring for her much more a blessing than a burden. She was a wonderful wife and mother, sister, aunt, loyal friend, and conscientious employee. Grace was happiest caring for others, always trying to do thoughtful, generous, helpful things for anyone she knew or met. She was also a talented homemaker, who found what many would consider "chores" or drudgery very satisfying and creative (Colossians 3:23-24). Most of all, she was a devoted servant of Jesus, with whom she now rejoices, free from any pain or suffering.

Grace was the loving wife of the late Floyd O. High for 28 years, from their marriage in 1959 until his death in 1987. She was born in Dublin, PA, to the late Abram W. Yothers and the late Mary (Trauger) Yothers, in a house along route 313, the present site of Dairy Queen, (which may explain her love of stopping there for chocolate ice cream). They later moved to a poultry farm at Deep Run and Smith School roads, where Grace learned early to drive a tractor and accompanied her father to sell eggs at Reading Terminal in Philadelphia. She graduated from Smith School, a one-room schoolhouse (her classmates remember her fetching water from the well), and studied for a year at Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, VA. She also completed a term of Voluntary Service through her church at Denver General Hospital in CO, where she cared for premature infants and made lifelong friendships.

After meeting her husband Floyd at Doylestown Mennonite Church, they were married in May of 1959 by her father, a minister at Deep Run Mennonite East, and moved to Floyd's grandfather's house in Doylestown Borough, where she resided the rest of her life. She loved all aspects of both "town and country" living—the modern convenience of the supermarket, yet also visiting familiar roadside produce stands where she knew the farmers personally. She loved going to the library with her daughter to encourage their mutual love of reading, and gladly chauffeured her and her friends to the public pool, movies, or back to the house, where she always had homemade cookies, pie, or something else delicious to eat.

Prior to her marriage, Grace worked at Dublin Hosiery, then at Dutch Maid Cleaners in Doylestown (1960s), and the former Clemens Cleaners in New Britain (1980s-90s). She also worked at Rite Aid Drugstores in New Britain and Doylestown during the same time period. She loved caring for clothes as well as the people who wore them, and had a gift for cleaning, mending, and organizing almost anything. She assisted her husband in his landscaping work, and they were joint caretakers of the First Baptist Church of Doylestown throughout the 1970s and 80s, maintaining grounds and buildings.

Grace was a member of Deep Run Mennonite Church East, in Dublin/Bedminster, at the other end of the road from her childhood farm. With her husband, she attended a mission church in Lambertville, NJ (1960s), and later, Groveland Mennonite, in Pipersville, PA (1970s-80s). Her love for children and God's Word overcame her shyness to enjoy teaching Sunday School and Summer Bible School at Deep Run East and Groveland. After she stopped driving, she attended with her daughter at Blooming Glen Mennonite. Grace and Floyd did service projects with Mennonite Disaster Service, played music for weekly worship services (often joined by her brother Paul and sister-in-law, Alma Yothers), and arranged speaking engagements for their missionary friends, the Gomezes, whom they'd met years ago while on their honeymoon in Montana. Fond of Gospel quartets and bluegrass music, they went to many concerts, and loved attending an annual festival in Kempton, PA with their pickup camper, where they (again) made lifelong friends. In the 1950s and early 60s, Grace played accordion in a large band directed by Joseph Clemmer, who performed locally.

In addition to church, Grace loved camping and being outdoors, gardening, walking around Peace Valley Lake with her best friend, Frieda, running errands around town, cooking and baking (trying new recipes), entertaining often large groups of friends and family with delicious, (yet simple) meals. Always working one or two jobs, she still made time for her family and friends. She loved talking on the phone, writing cards and letters, helping her daughter with homework, sewing and embroidery, and board games and puzzles. She went on many bus trips with her cousins, loved climbing trees, ice skating and sledding, picking strawberries, playing volleyball and croquet, reading, sewing, paint by numbers, and crafts. She always volunteered to drive, and had a "lead foot" on old backroads!  She and her husband helped elderly neighbors with grocery shopping and doctors' appointments before there were services to do so. She had a quiet confidence and curiosity to try new things: "The Joy of the Lord is my strength".

Our family is very grateful for all of the wonderful, loving care that Grace received from Doylestown Health Hospice during the last years of her life, as well as the senior day care centers she attended from 2002-2011: Pine Run (Doylestown), Beelong (Warrington), Rockhill (Sellersville), and Generations (Souderton). We also greatly appreciate the support and encouragement of our church family, as they visited to sing and pray with Grace.

Grace is survived by her daughter, Lynette D. High, of Doylestown, PA; her three sisters, Lois Kerver of Perkasie, PA, Mary Engelman and husband Robert, and Martha Duke, both of Palmyra, PA; her brother, Paul A. Yothers and wife Alma of Sellersville, PA, and nineteen nieces and nephews, as well as several great-nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, Floyd, she was preceded in death by her brother, James Yothers, her sister-in-law, Martha Yothers, and her brother-in-law, Carl Duke.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 at Doylestown Mennonite Church, 590 N. Broad St., Doylestown, PA 18901 from 10:00 to 11:00 am, where a funeral service will be held at 11:00 am.

Burial will take place at Doylestown Mennonite Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to: Mennonite Disaster Service (local) 1019 Napa Circle, Pennsburg, PA, 18073.

Arrangements by: Anders-Detweiler Funeral Home & Crematory, 130 East Broad Street, Souderton, Pennsylvania 18964. To send online condolences to the family, please visit www.andersfh.com .