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Stauffer, Ernest J. (1933-1951)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1951 Nov 8 p. 1

Birth date: 1933

text of obituary:

AMISH YOUTH KILLED WHEN BUGGY IS STRUCK BY CAR

Centreville, Mich — Funeral services for Ernest J. Stauffer, 18 year old Amish youth who was fatally injured in a highway accident, were held Oct. 23 at the home of his parents, Joe Stauffers.

The youth and a companion, Alva Bontrager, 17, were traveling east of Nottawa early Sunday morning when their buggy was struck by a car. Alva, son of William N. Bontragers, is confined to Three Rivers hospital with a broken clavicle and brain concussion. Ernest died en route to the hospital.