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Hostetler, Donavon Frederick (1932-1956)
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Donovan [''sic'' Donavon], youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hostetler of Harper, also leaves a brother, Dr. C. B. Hostetler of Des Plaines, Ill., and five sisters. He attended Bethel College and held two degrees in architecture from Kansas State College, where he was employed at the time of his death. |
Donovan [''sic'' Donavon], youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hostetler of Harper, also leaves a brother, Dr. C. B. Hostetler of Des Plaines, Ill., and five sisters. He attended Bethel College and held two degrees in architecture from Kansas State College, where he was employed at the time of his death. |
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| + | Donavon Frederick Hostetler, son of Oliver H. and Leah (Beyler) Hostetler, was born at Harper, Kansas, on Jan. 18, 1932. He departed this life at the age of 24 on Sept. 26, 1956. His death was the result of an automobile accident at Manhattan, Kansas. |
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| + | He graduated from Harper High School in 1949, then attended Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas from 1949 to 1951 after which he transferred to Kansas State College where he graduated in the spring of 1956, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture Degree and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape Design. In 1953 he was elected to Tau Sigma Delta, and Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts, and Delta Phi Delta, an honorary engineer fraternity. In 1955 he receive the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, awarded to a student of the Department of Architecture and Allied Arts who demonstrated excellence in scholarship and possessed outstanding ability. He was also a member of the American Institute of Architecture. This same year he was named chairman of the Kansas State College Engineer Open House. |
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Revision as of 16:30, 15 December 2016
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Oct 4 p. 3
Birth date: 1932 Jan 18
text of obituary:
YOUNG ARCHITECT IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT MANHATTAN, KAN.
Harper, Kan. — Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church near here Saturday for Donovan [sic Donavon] F. Hostetler, 24, young architect who was fatally injured in an auto accident at Manhattan, Kan. on Sept 26. An uncle, Gideon G. Yoder of Hesston, preached the sermon.
Donovan [sic Donavon], youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hostetler of Harper, also leaves a brother, Dr. C. B. Hostetler of Des Plaines, Ill., and five sisters. He attended Bethel College and held two degrees in architecture from Kansas State College, where he was employed at the time of his death.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Oct 11 p. 8
text of obituary:
DONAVON HOSTETLER
Donavon Frederick Hostetler, son of Oliver H. and Leah (Beyler) Hostetler, was born at Harper, Kansas, on Jan. 18, 1932. He departed this life at the age of 24 on Sept. 26, 1956. His death was the result of an automobile accident at Manhattan, Kansas.
He graduated from Harper High School in 1949, then attended Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas from 1949 to 1951 after which he transferred to Kansas State College where he graduated in the spring of 1956, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture Degree and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape Design. In 1953 he was elected to Tau Sigma Delta, and Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts, and Delta Phi Delta, an honorary engineer fraternity. In 1955 he receive the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, awarded to a student of the Department of Architecture and Allied Arts who demonstrated excellence in scholarship and possessed outstanding ability. He was also a member of the American Institute of Architecture. This same year he was named chairman of the Kansas State College Engineer Open House.
