Myers, Dorwin Carroll (1920-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Feb 9 p. 12

Birth date: 1920 Jan 9

text of obituary:

DORWIN MYERS

Dorwin Carroll “D.C.” Myers, 83, of Kokomo, Ind., died Dec. 26, 2003, at Century Villa Health Care Center of Greentown from a brain tumor. He was born Jan. 9, 1920, to Paul J. and Lona (Shrock) Myers in Miami County.

On Feb. 13, 1944, he married Pauline Troyer at Howard-Miami Mennonite Church of Kokomo.

He was baptized at Howard-Miami Mennonite Church. He was a 1948 graduate of Goshen College and received his master’s degree in education from Indiana University in 1962. His college years were interrupted by Civilian Public Service from 1942 to 1946.

He was an elementary school teacher, starting his teaching career in one-room schools in Champagne County and in Shipshewana. The rest of his teaching was in Kokomo. After retiring, he became an active member of the Kokomo chapter of Habitat for Humanity, serving many years in leadership roles.

He was a lifelong member of Howard-Miami Mennonite Church. He began teaching Sunday school as a young teenager and continued until recent years. He served on the church’s library board for years and as the church’s historian and archivist. He helped write the book, The History of Howard-Miami Mennonite Church, for the church’s 150-year celebration. He helped establish the Congregational Student Aid Committee at Howard-Miami to give scholarships to youth attending Christian colleges. He was a charter member of the board of directors of Menno Benevolent Association, which was instrumental in establishing Friendship Haven of Kokomo, a retirement center.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Pauline Myers; daughters Vada Saffer and her husband, Keith, of Flagler, Colo., Susan Newton and her husband, Richard, of Newport, N.C., and Carolyn Williams of Kokomo; daughter-in-law Elsie Myers Horner and her husband, Donald, of Kokomo; a sister, Evonna King of Goshen; eight grandchildren; twin great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren and 12 step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Dennis; a grandson, Darren Newton; and a brother, Paul Dale Myers.

A memorial service was held at Howard-Miami Mennonite Church. Burial was in Mast Cemetery.