Swartzentruber, Fred (1918-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Apr 28 p. 9

Birth date: 1918 Mar 28

FRED SWARTZENTRUBER

Fred Swartzentruber, 90, a resident of Valley View Haven in Belleville, Pa., died March 29, 2008. He was born March 28, 1918, to Simon and Daisy (Yoder) Swartzentruber at Gortner, Md.

As a young man he moved to Ohio, where he learned the Swiss cheesemaking trade and worked in Holmes, Wayne and Madison counties. In 1957 the family moved to Belleville. He managed the Central Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Co-op at Reedsville for 25 years, retiring in 1983.

Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Orpha (Schlabach) Swartzentruber; three sons and two daughters, Ernest Swartzentruber and his wife, Rachel, of Belleville, Herman Swartzentruber of Lewistown, Alvin Swartzentruber and his wife, Elaine, of Danville, Bernadine Schwartzentruber and her husband, Nelson, of Lowville, N.Y., and Trudy Hartzler and her husband, Joe, of Belleville; a brother, Lewis Swartzentruber of Alymer, Ont.; 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a great-grandson.

He was a member of Mountain View Mennonite Church of Reedsville, where the funeral was held. Burial was in Locust Grove Cemetery in Belleville.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 May 12 p. 9

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Addition: In the obituary of Fred Swartzentruber in the April 28 issue, survivors also include a brother, Henry Swartzentruber and his wife, Salome, of Oakland, Md. He was preceded in death by siblings Lena Yoder, Claude and Owen Swartzentruber.