Wenger, Ira Joel (1883-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Mar 28 p. 8

Birth date: 1883

text of obituary:

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• Funeral services for Ira Wenger, 85, were held Monday forenoon at the Faith Mennonite Church, with Rev. Myron Schrag and Rev. Paul Isaak officiating. Mr. Wenger died March 21 at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm Wenger, with whom he resided. He was married here to Olivia Koppes in 1917, and they lived at Aberdeen, Idaho for many years before moving to Mt. Lake, Minn. in 1955 and to Newton in 1966. Mrs. Wenger died here last August. Surviving in addition to the son here are a daughter, Mrs. Orlando Schmidt of Elkhart, Ind., seven grandchildren, and two brothers, Frank of Aberdeen and Paul of Bluffton, Ohio.

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