Swartzendruber, Duane Herbert (Bud) (1934-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jul 24 p. 8

Birth date: 1934 Aug 9

text of obituary:

DUANE SWARTZENDRUBER

Duane Herbert (Bud) Swartzendruber Sr., 71, of Morton, Ill., died May 10, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Wis. He was born Aug. 9, 1934, to Herbert J. and Fern Micleta Miller Swartzendruber in Hopedale, Ill.

He married Donna Monaghan on Aug. 8, 1965, in Rantoul, Ill.

Duane served in Pax in Germany and Vietnam from 1956-59. He drove truck for his life work, driving for Yellow Freight the last 25 years before his retirement in 1998. He loved doing things for his children and grandchildren, and spent his time since retirement helping them. Many neighbors expressed their thanks for his help to them in times of need. He was at his daughter Donna’s home helping at the time of his death. He accepted Christ in his teen years and united with the Mennonite church, attending Grace church in Morton.

Survivors include his wife, Donna; two sons, Duane and his wife, Lori, of Congerville, and Matthew and his wife, Amanda, of Morton; three daughters, Donna Cox and her husband, Jeff, of Appleton Wis., Amy Opel and her husband, Kevin, of Morton, and Susan Steffen and her husband, Bradley, of Carbondale; two brothers, David of Champaign and Willard of Glen Ellyn; three sisters, Shirley Sears of Tiskilwa, Donna Wirges of Princeton and Nancy Cranfill of Hillsboro; and 10 grandchildren.

Services were held at Grace Church of Morton. Burial was in Hirstein Cemetery in Morton.