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Cline, Russell D. (1903-1969)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Jun 5 p. 6
Birth date: 1903
text of obituary:
Bishop of Virginia Congregation Dies
Dayton, Va. — Ministers and other co-workers from several states and Ontario came here for the funeral of Bishop Russell D. Cline, 66, conducted May 20 at the Pleasant View Church of the Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite Church.
Bishop Cline died at the hospital in Harrisonburg on May 17 after having suffered a severe heart attack on April 30.
A member of the Old Order Church since his youth, he had served in teh ministry of the congregation here for more than 35 years. He was ordained a minister in 1933 and to the office of bishop in 1955.
He leaves his widow, eight children, 27 grandchildren, one sister and two brothers.