Bontrager, Mary Magdalene Weaver (1926-1954)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1954 Apr 29 p. 5

Birth date: 1926

text of obituary:

Two Members Called by Death

Haven, Kans. — Two members of the Yoder Mennonite congregation were called away in death at the Halstead hospital last week within 24 hours.

Jacob E. Yoder, 76, a native of Elkhart county, Ind. and resident of the Haven community for 62 years, died Tuesday evening after a year’s illness. Funeral services were held at the Yoder church Saturday forenoon, in charge of Bishop Harry A. Diener. His wife Anna and a large family circle of children and grandchildren survive.

Sunday afternoon, April 25, funeral services were held at the Yoder church for Mrs. Mary Bontrager, 28, wife of David A. Bontrager. Bishop Diener and Andrew Bontrager officiated. She died Wednesday, April 21, after an illness of seven weeks, leaving her husband, two daughters and two sons of the home; her parents of Kinross, Iowa: four sisters and one brother. She was the former Mary Magdelene Weaver.