Bontrager, Andrew A. (1909-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Dec 17 p. 13

Birth date: 1909 Aug 12

text of obituary:

ANDREW A. BONTRAGER

Andrew A. Bontrager, 98, of South Hutchinson, Kan., died Oct. 16, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 12, 1909, to Andrew F. and Fannie Borntrager Bontrager on a farm near Yoder.

He married Nora Yutzy on Nov. 4, 1934, at her home southwest of Hutchinson. She preceded him in death on Jan. 29, 1966. He later married Elizabeth Mast on July 16, 1967, at Kalona, Iowa.

A resident of the Haven and Yoder area all his life, he was a farmer and was ordained into the ministry at age 29. He was a lifetime member of Yoder Mennonite Church, where he served as a minister until retirement. He also served on the Central Christian School board for many years. He recently became a member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Bontrager; five sons, Maynard A. and his wife, Fannie Mae, of South Hutchinson, Kenneth L. and his wife, Mary Lou, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Wesley J. and his wife, Marilyn, of Buhler, Marion R. and his wife, Judy, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Clarence E. and his wife, Andrea, of Ocala, Fla.; a daughter, Dorothy Weaver and her husband, Richard A., of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; a brother, David A. of Goshen, Ind.; two sisters, Edna Yoder of South Hutchinson and Ida Schrock of Haven; 16 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nora; four brothers, Edward, William, Clarence and Enos; six sisters, Barbara Chupp; Mary Yoder, Anna Yoder, Fannie Troyer, Mattie Gingerich and Amelia Bontrager.

Funeral services were held at the former Yoder Mennonite Church. Burial was in Yoder Mennonite Church Cemetery.