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Bustos, Mario (1923-1975)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jun 12 p. 3
Birth date: 1923
text of obituary:
Elkhart, Ind. (MBM) — Mario Bustos, 52, pastor of Iglesia del Buen Pastor (Church of the Good Shepherd) in Goshen, died Monday, June 2, at Goshen General Hospital.
Mario was ordained to the ministry in 1957 and moved in 1958 to give leadership to the new Spanish-speaking congregation in Milwaukee, Wis.
In 1972 after 14 years in Milwaukee, the Bustos family moved to Goshen where he became the pastor of the Iglesia del Buen Pastor. During the last three years the congregation acquired a new building in Goshen and moved its worship center there from New Paris.
Bustos was also instrumental in starting "La Casa," (The House), a ministry to Spanish-speaking persons in down-town Goshen. He served four years as a member of the Home Missions Committee of Mennonite Board of Missions and a biennium on the nominating committee for Mennonite Church General Assembly.
Besides his wife, the former Lupe Leon, four daughters and a son survive, along with two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were scheduled for Iglesia del Buen Pastor, Goshen, and Lawndale Mennonite Church in Chicago, with burial in Chicago.
Mario Bustos was one of four persons who were sent out in special types of mission from the Lawndale congregation in Chicago during the 1950s. His brother, Margarito (Mac), is a pastor living in Davenport, Iowa. John Ventura is a minister in Denver, Colo., and Raul Tadeo is a missionary in Mexico.