Bontrager, Dan D. (1917-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Oct 28 p. 11

Birth date: 1917 Jan 9

text of obituary:

DAN D. BONTRAGER

Dan D. Bontrager, 85, of Haven, Kan., died Oct. 7, 2002, at Golden Plains Healthcare Center in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 9, 1917, to D.Y. and Susan Nissley Bontrager in Yoder.

A lifelong resident of the Haven/ Yoder area, he was a farmer, stockman and employee of Haven Township for many years.

He served in the medical services of the U.S. Army during World War II.

He married Fern M. Kaufman on Jan. 13, 1946, at Hesston.

He was a member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church and served on the board of trustees and other committees. He also belonged to the Haven Senior Center.

Survivors include his wife, Fern; two daughters, Nancy Kay Brown and her husband, Lloyd, of McPherson, and Jane Harder and her husband, Randy, of Haven; a daughter-in-law, Jeanette Bauman of St. Regis, Mont.; six brothers, Glen of Kalamazoo, Mich., Eli of Newton, Abe of Partridge, Dave and J.D., both of Hutchinson, and Ira of Bel Vista, Ark.; two sisters, Mae Popp of Hutchinson and Lou Sauder of Bel Vista, Ark.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Dan Leroy; a brother, Ray; and two sisters, Ida and Clara Yoder.

A memorial service was held at South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Yoder Mennonite Church Cemetery.