Bargen, Bernhard (Benny) (1901-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Nov 16 p. 3

Birth date: 1901

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Former Bethel College Professor Dies

Word was received here that Prof. Bernhard (Benny) Bargen, 70, retired Bethel College faculty member, died Tuesday morning at the bruderhof of the Society of Brothers, Farmington, Pa., where he had been receiving nursing care since late July.

Mrs. Bargen, a resident of Wheatland Homes in North Newton, had gone to Farmington last Saturday to be with him. Memorial services and burial will be at Farmington, although the time of the services was not learned here.

A native of Mt. Lake, Minn., Prof. Bargen was associate professor of economics at Bethel College from 1935 to 1946, 1953 to 1957, and from 1959 until his retirement. He had served as manager of the General Conference Publication Office, Newton, and of the Mennonite Press at North Newton.

Prof. Bargen had been an administrator and teacher in Kansas high schools before joining the Bethel faculty. He attended Bethel College, received the A. B. degree from Friends University, Wichita, and the master's degree from the University of Kansas.

Survivors include his widow, the former Esther Kliewer, and three children, Ralph of Chicago, Eldon of Avon Lake, Ohio, and Mrs. Paul (Joyce) Koehn of Concordia.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Nov 23 p. 11

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Service Held at North Newton