Chantelle D Gingerich

 Kalona- Chantelle Danae Gingerich was born March 17, 1983 in Millersburg, Ohio to Randall and Marilyn (Hershberger) Troyer. She graduated from Maranatha Christian School in 2001.

     Chantelle lived in Ohio, Indiana, and ending up in Iowa. On May 17, 2014 Chantelle was united in marriage to Victor Gingerich at Griner Church in Middlebury, Indiana. She was a member of Cornerstone Community Church in Kalona. Chantelle was known as a gifted, funny, vibrant, and inviting personality who loved to laugh. She enjoyed bringing beauty and order into spaces and events through her decoration and organizational skills. She used these skills in making her home an inviting and beautiful place. She also was involved in numerous events such as coordinating weddings, heading up Pathway Christian School's yearly carnival, decorating her church, and in general bringing beauty and vitality to everything she touched. Chantelle loved to invest in the next generation and was a favorite counselor at Youth Fellowship Camp near Goshen, Indiana for many years. She led Bible studies for young girls and was also involved in the Restore girls retreat. She also brought her organizational skills into the Gingerich Tiling & Earthmoving office as an office manager. Chantelle was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive cancer at the beginning of April. She fought hard and loved her family well right up to the end. Being a wife and mothering her little boys were some of her greatest passions and she will be deeply and profoundly missed.

     Chantelle passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Spring, California at the age of 41.

     Chantelle is survived by her husband Victor and two sons Tucker and Nicholas all of Kalona; parents Randall and Marilyn (Troyer) of Walnut Creek, Ohio; parents-in-law Reagan and Lynn (Thomann) Gingerich of Kalona, Iowa; a sister Carissa (Troyer) Yoder and many nephews and nieces: Benjamin Yoder, Indigo Yoder, Zoe Yoder, Max Yoder, Mia Yoder, Eva Yoder, and Josiah Yoder of Sturgis, Michigan; sister-in-law Heidi (Gingerich) and James Leezer and nieces: Autumn Leezer, Adelyn Leezer, Lily Leezer of Wyaconda, Missouri; sister-in-law Charity (Gingerich) and Jacob Snodgrass and nephews and nieces: Josiah Snodgrass, Mercy Ann Snodgrass, Seth Snodgrass of Keota, Iowa; and brother-in-law Benjamin and Tanisha (Stutzman) Gingerich and nephews and nieces: Verona Gingerich, Benaiah Gingerich, Micoma Gingerich, Mishaela Gingerich of Reinholds, Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by a brother-in-law Jon Yoder and sister-in-law Melanie Gingerich.

     Celebration of Life service will be at 10:00am Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Cornerstone Community Church in Kalona. Burial will be at the Upper Deer Creek Cemetery. The service will be livestreamed on the Cornerstone Community Church YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@cornerstonecommunitychurch6371/streams. Visitation will be from 12:00pm to 8:00pm where the family will greet friends from 3:30pm to 5:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Cornerstone Community Church. A memorial fund has been set up for the Pathway Christian School Carnival.