Slabach, Melvin E. (1933-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Aug 7 p. 8

Birth date: 1933 Jul 17

text of obituary:

MELVIN E. SLABACH

Melvin Slabach, 73, of Naples, Fla., died July 17, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born March 8, 1933, to Bill and Edna Slabach in Goshen, Ind.

He moved to Sarasota from Goshen with his parents in 1951. In 1991, he moved to Naples, where his children and grandchildren live.

He married Marilyn Litwiller on Sept. 13, 1952, at Clinton Brick Mennonite Church of Goshen.

He worked in construction all his life and was a Florida state-certified building contractor since 1972. He owned Slabach Construction in Sarasota for 16 years, and for eight years was associated with The Troyer Group of Mishawaka, Ind.

He was an active member of Bay Shore Mennonite Church in Sarasota. In Naples, he was a charter member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Marilyn; three sons, Ron, Ken and Jim Slabach and their families, all of Naples; three siblings, Irv Slabach and Mary Miller, both of Sarasota, and Ruby Schrock of Middlebury, Ind.; and in-laws Morris Litwiller of Sarasota, Kathryn Miller of Millersburg, Ind., and Doris Webber of Orlando.

Services were held at Cornerstone United Methodist Church.