Slabach, Monroe C. (1930-2010)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Mar 8 p. 9

Birth date: 1930

text of obituary:

MONROE C. SLABACH

Monroe C. Slabach, 80, of Orrville, Ohio, died Feb. 26, 2010, at Aultman Hospital in Canton after a stroke. He was born to Crist N. and Mary Miller Slabach.

He married Beatrice Hilty on Dec. 18, 1993, at Crown Hill Mennonite Church near Rittman.

He was a carpenter by trade and minister by the call of the Lord. He served as pastor at Pleasant Valley Mennonite in Coshocton, Ebenezer Mennonite in South Boston, Va., and Faith Mennonite in Cluster Springs, Va. He was a member of Crown Hill Mennonite Church, where he served as an elder and Sunday school teacher. He also served as board member and volunteer at Mennonite Central Committee Connections in Kidron.

Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Hilty Slabach; eight children, Mark Slabach and his wife, Rosanna, of South Boston, Va., David Slabach and his wife, Gert, of Alton, Va., Ruth Emswiler and her husband, Verlyn, of South Boston, Va., Regina Brubaker and her husband, Myron, of Harrisonburg, Va., John Slabach and his wife, Teresa, of South Boston, Va., Rhoda VanBenschoten of McGaheysville, Va., Tim Slabach and his wife, Audra, of Christiansburg, Va., and Miriam Warnock and her husband, Billy, of Boones Mill, Va.; five sisters, Ann Hostetler, Edna Ressler, Alta Miller, Sue Mullet and Mary Schrock; 29 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Albert C. Slabach and Melvin C. Slabach; his first wife, Orpha Hilty Slabach; an infant son, James Wesley Slabach; and son Paul Slabach.

Services were held at Crown Hill Mennonite Church near Rittman. Burial was in the church cemetery.