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Hershberger, Gideon (1926-2002)
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| + | MINNEAPOLIS — An Old Order Amish window maker who was at the center of a 1988 Supreme Court case died Oct. 29 at age 76, after a bout with cancer. |
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| + | Gideon Hershberger of Canton, Minn., was a member of the conservative Swartzendruber Amish sect. His resistance to displaying a slow-moving-vehicle triangle on his buggy led all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court. |
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| + | According to the ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', Hershberger's case eventually was referred back to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where he ultimately prevailed in what was regarded as an important religious-freedom decision. |
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| + | Hershberger spent a week in the Fillmore County jail in southeastern Minnesota after refusing on religious grounds to pay a fine or perform community service for refusing to display the orange emblem on his horse-drawn vehicle. |
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| + | Former Fillmore County sheriff Don Gudmundson told the ''Star-Tribune'' that Hershberger had "quiet courage." |
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| + | "He was my friend from day one," Gudmundson said of Hershberger, with whom he occasionally went fishing. |
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 3 November 2010
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Nov 25 p. 8
Birth date: 1926
text of obituary:
Amish man who won court case dies at 76
MINNEAPOLIS — An Old Order Amish window maker who was at the center of a 1988 Supreme Court case died Oct. 29 at age 76, after a bout with cancer.
Gideon Hershberger of Canton, Minn., was a member of the conservative Swartzendruber Amish sect. His resistance to displaying a slow-moving-vehicle triangle on his buggy led all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court.
According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Hershberger's case eventually was referred back to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where he ultimately prevailed in what was regarded as an important religious-freedom decision.
Hershberger spent a week in the Fillmore County jail in southeastern Minnesota after refusing on religious grounds to pay a fine or perform community service for refusing to display the orange emblem on his horse-drawn vehicle.
Former Fillmore County sheriff Don Gudmundson told the Star-Tribune that Hershberger had "quiet courage."
"He was my friend from day one," Gudmundson said of Hershberger, with whom he occasionally went fishing.
