Schrag, Walter E. (1916-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jan 31 p. 9

Birth date: 1916 Jan 25

text of obituary:

WALTER E. SCHRAG

Walter E. Schrag, 88, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Jan. 5, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital after a short illness. He was born Jan. 25, 1916, to Tobias J. and Frances Graber Schrag in Pretty Prairie.

In 1942 he was called to service at Civilian Public Service Camp 33 at Seaman's Dam in Fort Collins, Colo. On Nov. 16, 1948, he married Jean Schrag at Salem, Ore.

He was a longtime Pretty Prairie resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1972. That year he retired from his commercial feed-hauling business and then went to work for Earl Kirk Enterprises.

He belonged to First Mennonite Church of Pretty Prairie.

Survivors include his wife, Jean; a brother, Joseph of South Hutchinson; four sisters, Esther Albright of Pretty Prairie, Emma Gehring of Buhler, Bess Huxman of Pretty Prairie and Elaine Krehbiel of Moundridge.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Erwin E. and Elmer B.; and a sister, Ida Schrag.

Funeral services were held at First Mennonite Church of Pretty Prairie. Burial was in Fairlawn Cemetery in Hutchinson.