Gingerich, Aldine “Bill” (1915-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Sep 19 p. 11

Birth date: 1915 Dec 13

ALDINE GINGERICH

Aldine "Bill" Gingerich, 89, of Kalona, Iowa, died Aug. 21, 2005, at Pleasantview Home after a lengthy illness. He was born Dec. 13, 1915, to Christian and Mary (Zehr) Gingerich near Parnell.

He attended Parnell High School. On June 20, 1937, he married Wilma Bender at West Union Mennonite Church near Parnell.

He lived and farmed in the Wellman community all of his life. He was a member of the West Union Mennonite Church, where he taught Sunday school for many years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling.

Survivors include six children, Lucy Hostetler and her husband, Sanford, of Goshen, Ind., Linda Miller and her husband, Dale, of Kalona; Leland Gingerich and his wife, Julie, of Wellman, Frances Nafziger and her husband, Gary, of Wellman, Twila Miller and her husband, Edward, of Akron, Pa., and Brenda Stauffer and her husband, Ardell, of Akron, Pa.; a brother, Jeremiah Gingerich of Mountain Home, Idaho; and a half sister, Ruth Miller of Wellman; 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma, in January 1998; a sister, Luella Blosser; a brother, Leroy Gingerich; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at West Union Mennonite Church. Burial was in the West Union Cemetery of rural Wellman.