Mininger, Nettie B. (1874-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Apr 15 p. 15

Birth date: 1874

text of obituary:

Mother of College President Dies

Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie B. Mininger, 91, widow of J. D. Mininger, were held April 7 at the Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Russell Krabill, S. C. Yoder and John Mosemann, all of Goshen, officiated.

Mrs. Mininger was the mother of Dr. Paul Mininger, president of Goshen College, and of Dr. Edward P. Mininger, Elkhart physician. She died April 5 at the home of her son in Elkhart, where she had resided the past three years. She was a member of the North Goshen Mennonite Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Mininger were active in mission and welfare projects of the (Old) Mennonite Church. For many years they supervised the Mennonite Home for Aged a Rittman, Ohio. They also served at Cheraw, Colo. and founded the Mennonite Children's Home and Mission in Kansas City.

Surviving in addition to the two sons are two sisters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.