Alice Schellenberg

Alice E. Schellenberg (Landis) passed away on July 17, 2019. She lived a remarkable 105 years and leaves a legacy of family and friends who have been touched by her deep faith and commitment to God and her amazing ability to care for those in need.

Alice graduated from Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, Lancaster PA and went to serve in Africa as a missionary and nurse and was on board the Zamzam on April 17, 1941 when it was torpedoed by a German raider ship. She gave up her seat of safety in a lifeboat to give it to a mother with 6 children. Following two days of floating in the Atlantic, she was picked up by a German prison ship and was kept onboard for 33 days.

Back home in Lancaster, her family heard no news of the ship for weeks. When Zamzam passengers entered France, Alice’s father first heard word of the sinking and believed his daughter could be dead.