Kreider, Don L. (1916-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 May 23 p. 8

Birth date: 1916 Jun 17

text of obituary:

DON L. KREIDER

Don L. Kreider, 88, of Seymour, Ind., died April 27, 2005. He was born June 17, 1916, in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Lloyd S. and Adelia (Stover) Kreider.

On Oct. 15, 1939, he married Elda Hostetler. She preceded him in death on March 8, 1998.

He was baptized in his early teens at Bethel Mennonite Church in Wadsworth and was an active participant in Mennonite churches wherever he lived. In Wadsworth he often served as a volunteer auditor for various church-wide organizations. While in the Chicago area, he and Elda were sponsors for the I-W unit, inviting the young people to their home twice a month for discussion and special programs. He helped found both the Evanston and Lombard Mennonite churches, and in retirement they frequently took to dinner the visitors at the Bean Blossom church in Indiana.

He had a long career in the banking industry and was president of several Chicago and Phoenix, Ariz., banks. He concluded his career by founding Southwest Suburban Bank in Illinois, serving as its president from 1979 to 1990, when he retired.

Survivors include two sons, Eldon and his wife, Pat, of Chicago and Leo and his wife, Mary Kay, of O'Fallon, Mo.; four daughters, Dierra Lehman and her husband, Merritt, of Elkhart, Donna Zehr and her husband, Wayne, of Copenhagen, N.Y., Kay Kreider of Seymour and Loretta Dutt and her husband, Timothy, of Ballwin, Mo.; a brother, Robert Kreider of Goshen; a sister, Ruth Heatwole of Harrisonburg, Va., 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Elda; and two brothers, Leonard and Carl.

Memorial services were held in Goshen.