Burkhart, Mary Elizabeth Gregory (1914-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Mar 10 p. 9

Birth date: 1914 Jun 7

text of obituary:

MARY BURKHART

Mary Elizabeth Burkhart, 93, of Brutus, Mich., died Feb. 15, 2008. She was born June 7, 1914, to Elias and Susanna (Gehman) Gregory at Brutus.

She married Menno Burkhart on Nov. 24, 1935.

Survivors include five children, Naomi Bontrager and her husband, Merle, of Brutus, Linda Boyer and her husband, Tom, and Nancy Behan of Petoskey, Wayne Burkhart and his wife, Donna, of Monterey, Mass., and Arnold Burkhart and his wife, Kay, of Brutus; three sisters, Beulah Ihler of Filer, Idaho, Fannie Snider of Mountain Home, Idaho, and Barbara Snider of Alanson; a brother, Bill Gregory of Pellston; 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Menno; two daughters, Ruth Hartman and Marie Burkhart; three sisters, Rhoda Kilmer, Audrey Rogers and Emma Newswanger; a brother, John Gregory; and several grandchildren.

Services were held at Maple River Mennonite Church in Brutus, where she was a lifetime member.