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Hochstetler, Gideon (1933-1959)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Nov 19 p. 5

Birth date: 1933

text of obituary:

Polio Claims Life Of Young Father

Shipshewana, Ind. — Gideon Hochstetler, 26, father of one and a member of the Old Order Amish church, died at his home near here Nov. 10 after a year's illness of polio. Funeral services were conducted at the William Schmucker home by Bishop Ervin Bontrager and Pre. Rudy Hershberger.

The young father was a life-long resident of this community. He leaves his widow, the former Mary Lehman of Topeka; one daughter; the parents, Jacob Hochstetlers, two brothers and two sisters; and a step-grandmother, Mrs. Susana Hochstetler of Curtis, Wis.