Schowalter, Duane (Bud) (1925-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 8

Birth date: 1925

text of obituary:

NEWTON & VICINITY

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● Duane "Bud" Schowalter, 62 of Wichita, a former North Newton resident, died Aug. 24 at Riverside Hospital in Wichita. Funeral services were held Aug. 26 at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; two sons, Tim Schowalter of Corvallis, Ore., and Steve Schowalter of Park City; two daughters, Cynthia of Milwaukee, Wis., and Stephanie of Chicago; and two grandchildren.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 11

text of obituary:

DUANE SCHOWALTER

Duane "Bud" Schowalter was born May 30, 1925, to Elmer and Suzanne Regier Schowalter. He graduated from North High School, Wichita, Kan., in 1943. Following graduation he entered the U.S. Navy and was in the service of the Navy for three years.

Following his Navy service, he attended Wichita University for two years, then transferred to Kansas State University, Manhattan. He graduated from KSU with a degree in electrical engineering in 1950, and in mid-July of that year began his vocation with Boeing Aircraft Co., where he continued as long as his health permitted.

He was baptized upon his confession of faith and joined the Riverside Christian Church.

On May 26, 1951, he married Marjorie Fast of North Newton. During their two-year stay in North Newton, he transferred his membership to Bethel College Mennonite Church. When they moved to Wichita in 1953, both transferred their membership to Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Wichita, where they continued their membership.

Surviving his early departure on Aug. 24, 1987, are his wife, Marjorie; two sons and their wives, Tim and Catherine Schowalter of Corvallis, Ore., and Steve and Marna Schowalter of Park City; two daughters, Cynthia of Milwaukee, Wis., and Stephanie of Chicago, Ill; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Aug. 26, 1987, at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, with Don Steelberg, Loris Habegger and Albert Gaeddert officiating.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon