Brenneman, Evan E. (1924-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Dec 26 p. 9

Birth date: 1924 Mar 4

text of obituary:

EVAN E. BRENNEMAN

Evan E. Brenneman, 81, of Stuarts Draft, Va., died Nov. 24, 2005. He was born March 4, 1924, to Ephraim and Anna Christner Brenneman in Kalona, Iowa.

He received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Eastern Mennonite College and a master's degree in education from the University of Virginia. He taught school for 28 years in Augusta County, Va. He served as pastor of Deerfield Mennonite Church for several years and as an associate pastor at Greenmonte Mennonite Church of Stuarts Draft for about 20 years. He was involved in prison ministry, Meals on Wheels and as a volunteer at Stuarts Draft Christian Home.

During World War II, he was drafted and served as a conscientious objector at the Terry, Mont., Civilian Public Service camp, and at the material aid project at Hesston, Kan., helping building the Mennonite Central Committee canner. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Anna (Miller) Brenneman; five children, Judith Vaughn and her husband, Silas, of New Carrollton, Md., Leland Brenneman and his wife, Tanya, of Stuarts Draft, Violet Layman and her husband, Dennis, of Everette, Wash., Byron Brenneman and his wife, Karen, of Beijing, China, and Ron Evan Brenneman of Stuarts Draft; a foster son, Rick Hoover of Moline, Ill., three brothers, Virgil Brenneman of Goshen, Ind., Ivan Brenneman of Marena, Calif., and Miford Brenneman of Anaheim, Calif.; three sisters, Mary Gingerich of Nashwauk, Minn., Mildred Yoder of Donnellson, Iowa, and Jane Miller of Kalona, Iowa; 13 grandchildren and three foster grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Greenmonte Mennonite Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.