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Wenger, David (1858-1944)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Jul 6 p. 5
Birth date: 1858 Sep 4
text of obituary:
EIGHTY-FIVE YEAR OLD PIONEER DIED LAST WEEK AT PANDORA, OHIO
Pandora, Ohio, June 22. — David Wenger, 85, died at 9:40 o’clock Sunday morning in Bluffton Community hospital from the infirmities of age. He had been bedfast for a week.
The son of Christian and Marie (Thaler) Wenger, he was born Sept. 4, 1858, near Smithville, Ohio, and came from there to this county in 1880. His occupation was that of carpenter and farmer.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at the St. John Mennonite church. Rev. Forrest Musser, Grace pastor, and Rev. P. J. Boehr, St. John’s pastor officiated. Burial was in the St. John’s cemetery.
It was father and mother Wenger’s rare privilege to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in November 1934. — Pandora Times.
The Mennonite obituary: 1944 Aug 8 p. 14
