Ferster, Clinton Miles (1898-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 26 Mar 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1898

text of obituary:

CLINTON M. FERSTER

Clinton Miles Ferster was born May 15, 1898, near Richfield, Pa. He died Feb. 10, 1987, at Zendt Nursing Home, Richfield at the age of 88. He was a son of John K. and Amanda (Lauver) Ferster.

On Sept. 2, 1919, he was married to Maybell M. Landis. They farmed in the area until 1935 when they began serving under Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. Until 1950 they served in Tanzania and Ethiopia and, for several years, at Diamond Street Mennonite Church, Philadelphia. They later served 15 months in Honduras. After their return, he served as a guest evangelist and interim pastor throughout North America until 1975.

He was a member of Mt. Olive Mennonite Church, Maugansville, Md.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a foster son and his wife, William and Betty Reynolds of Bellefontaine, Ohio; a foster daughter, Eva Reynolds of Wauseon, Ohio; two foster grandchildren, four foster great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary (Mrs. J. Roy) Graybill of Richfield, Pa., and Olive (Mrs. Ralph) Saner of Thompsontown, Pa. Five sisters, four brothers and a foster grandson preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Feb. 14, at Lauvers Mennonite Church, with Carl Graybill, Glenn Martin, Paul Ebersole and Allen Kauffman officiating. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon