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Bontrager, Simon M. (1922-1967)
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Injuries Suffered While Trimming Tree Prove Fatal'''</font> |
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| + | Elkhart, Ind. — Injuries suffered in an unusual accident while trimming a tree on Nov. 18 proved fatal on Nov. 26 to Simon M. Bontrager, 45, father of five children. |
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| + | He was using a hand saw to work on the tree when the saw touched a nearby power line. He suffered severe hand foot burns, a concussion and internal injuries, and remained a patient at Elkhart General Hospital until his death. |
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| + | Formerly of Mendon, Mich., Mr. Bontrager was employed by a local firm as a machinist. He was married here in 1965 to Donna J. Unger. She survives with three sons, the oldest a university student, and two daughters; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Bontrager of Valley City, N. D.; a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lehman of Lagrange; three brothers and six sisters. |
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| + | He was a member of the Belmont Mennonite Church, where the funeral was conducted on Nov. 28. |
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| − | Birth date: 1922 |
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 8 March 2022
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Dec 14 p. 7
Birth date: 1922
text of obituary:
Injuries Suffered While Trimming Tree Prove Fatal
Elkhart, Ind. — Injuries suffered in an unusual accident while trimming a tree on Nov. 18 proved fatal on Nov. 26 to Simon M. Bontrager, 45, father of five children.
He was using a hand saw to work on the tree when the saw touched a nearby power line. He suffered severe hand foot burns, a concussion and internal injuries, and remained a patient at Elkhart General Hospital until his death.
Formerly of Mendon, Mich., Mr. Bontrager was employed by a local firm as a machinist. He was married here in 1965 to Donna J. Unger. She survives with three sons, the oldest a university student, and two daughters; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Bontrager of Valley City, N. D.; a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Lehman of Lagrange; three brothers and six sisters.
He was a member of the Belmont Mennonite Church, where the funeral was conducted on Nov. 28.
