Conrad, Juanita Bailey (1913-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Sep 30 p. 8

Birth date: 1913 Apr 8

text of obituary:

JUANITA CONRAD

Juanita Conrad, 89, of Bluffton, Ohio, died Sept. 19, 2002, at Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center. She was born April 8, 1913, to Charles D. and Nellie (Ladd) Bailey near Grover Hill.

After a year of studies at Bluffton College and another year at Bowling Green State University, she taught second grade at Hoaglin-Jackson School of Van Wert County.

She married Reuben Conrad, of Sterling, Ill., whom she met at Bluffton College, on July 4, 1937. He preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 1998.

After her marriage, they moved to Illinois, where they lived more than 50 years in Arlington Heights and were members of First Methodist Church. She worked as a librarian in the Arlington Heights public library from 1954 until her retirement in 1976, and was librarian of her church.

She taught Sunday school and was a den mother for the Cub Scouts, was involved in community activities, and in her later years researched the genealogy of her family. In retirement she and her husband traveled widely, were active in square dance groups and went south to spend more than 20 winters in the Rio Grande valley. After she moved to Bluffton in 1998, she attended First Mennonite Church.

Survivors include three sons, Alan and his wife, Susukha, of Hollywood, Fla., Dennis of Denver, and Ronald and his wife, Mary, of Thornhill, Ont.; two brothers, Charles Bailey of Hubbard, Ore., and Ivan Bailey of Georgetown, Del.; and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Reuben; and a sister, Mildred.

Funeral services were held at First Mennonite Church of Bluffton. Burial was in the family plot in Sterling, Ill.