Sheralynn Marie Neff, 26, of North
Newton, died July 24, 2016, in Cushing, Oklahoma, in a skydiving
accident. She was born May 20, 1990, to Dana and Kathleen (Bitikofer)
Neff in Newton.
She was a member of First Mennonite
Church of Newton, where she was active in youth group and in worship
music until she went to college. She graduated from Newton High
School in 2008, after which she did a year of service in Brazil with
a program of Mennonite Mission Network. She graduated from Hesston
College in 2011 and from Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, in 2014. She then spent a year teaching English in South
Korea and planned to go to graduate school.
Survivors include her parents, Dana and
Kathleen Neff and a brother, Darnell Neff, all of North Newton.
There will not be a public service. The
Neff family appreciates the many cards, flowers, gifts and other
expressions of support that have been given to them.
