Barge, Melvin K. (1911-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Dec 2 p. 8

Birth date: 1911

text of obituary:

MELVIN K. BARGE

Melvin K. Barge, 91, of Lancaster, Pa., died Nov. 24, 2002, at Community Hospital after a brief illness. He was born to Ira Jay and Hettie Hershey Barge in Sterling, Ill.

He was married to Ada Mae Hershey Barge, who died in 1997.

He was a 1929 graduate of East Lampeter High School. He was a member of Paradise Mennonite Church and served as a Sunday school and Bible school teacher and superintendent.

He retired from Kingsway Realty, where he was employed as a broker and realtor for many years. Earlier he was a standholder at three Philadelphia Farmer's Markets and was a poultry farmer in Ronks.

He was a chaplain at Philhaven for 18 years. He was a superintendent and teacher at Outpost Bible School in central Pennsylvania for many years. He was a member of Mill Creek Hunting Camp in Tioga County and bowled in the Thursday Mixed Seniors League at Garden Spot Bowling Center. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling, playing scrabble and reading the Bible.

Survivors include two sons, Melvin H. and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Ronks, and Kenneth H. and his wife, Jane, of Bird In Hand; three daughters, Janet Hoover and her husband, Carl, of Manheim, Lois Lynn and her husband, Richard, of Lancaster, and Norma Horst and her husband, J. Nelson, of New Holland; a sister, Miriam Barge of Lancaster; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Paradise Mennonite Church. Burial was in Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery.