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Bontrager, Christian J. (1870-1958)
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| + | Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Christian J. Bontrager, 88, for many years owner and operator of an ice cream plant here, were held Sunday, April 27, at a funeral home here. His pastor, Rev. Robert Hartzler of the Eighth Street Mennonite Church, officiated. |
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| + | Mr. Bontrager founded the Maple City Ice Cream Co. here in 1926. A native of Lagrange County, he took part in the run to the Cherokee Strip and won a homestead in Oklahoma in 1892, returning to Indiana in 1914. |
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| + | Survivors include two daughters and a son, all of Goshen; one sister, Mrs. Jacob Yoder of Topeka; a half-sister, Kate Miller of Lagrange; and a half-brother, Noah J. Bontrager of Elkhart. |
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 28 September 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 May 1 p. 5
Birth date: 1870
text of obituary:
Retired Businessman Dies At Goshen
Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Christian J. Bontrager, 88, for many years owner and operator of an ice cream plant here, were held Sunday, April 27, at a funeral home here. His pastor, Rev. Robert Hartzler of the Eighth Street Mennonite Church, officiated.
Mr. Bontrager founded the Maple City Ice Cream Co. here in 1926. A native of Lagrange County, he took part in the run to the Cherokee Strip and won a homestead in Oklahoma in 1892, returning to Indiana in 1914.
Survivors include two daughters and a son, all of Goshen; one sister, Mrs. Jacob Yoder of Topeka; a half-sister, Kate Miller of Lagrange; and a half-brother, Noah J. Bontrager of Elkhart.
