Voran, David (1896-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Apr 10 p. 11

Birth date: 1896 Jun 1

text of obituary:

DAVID VORAN

David Voran was born to Tobias and Fannie Kauffman Voran on June 1, 1896 on a farm near Moundridge, kan. He died on March 6, 1975 at the age of 78. He grew to manhood in the Moundridge community.

He was baptized and received into the Garden Mennonite Church on Oct. 12, 1912. He remained a lifelong, faithful member. One of hiS main interests in the church was that of missions.

On May 31, 1925 he married Mary Billau at Norwich, Kan. and they shared life together for almost 50 years. His father-in-law, a widower, died shortly after their marriage, leaving a family of orphaned children. They took over the farm and card for the children for two years. In 1927 they moved to a farm near Hesston, taking the youngest child, Ruth, with them. She remained a part of the family until adulthood.

He was engaged in farming until his illness, one month before his death. Though he was a farmer all his life he also possessed an interest and knowledge of mechanics and was always able to find a way to fix everything from broken toys to farm machinery.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Wileta and husband Walter Tieszen; a son, Melvin and wife Marilyn; a sister Katie and husband Menno Hirschler; a brother, Willie, and wife Amanda; and seven grandchildren.