Troyer, John V. (1911-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Jul 19 p. 11

Birth date: 1911 Sep 19

text of obituary:

JOHN TROYER

John V. Troyer, 92, of Delavan, Ill., died June 22, 2004, at Morton Villa Care Center. He was born Sept. 19, 1911, in Walnut Creek, Ohio, to Joseph and Cora Zuercher Troyer.

He married Ina Martin on June 7, 1938, in a lawn wedding near Hopedale.

He helped establish Dillon Mennonite Church in 1945 and served as pastor for more than 30 years. He was an avid sportsman, playing baseball and hockey as a youth. He was a hunter and a man of the outdoors. Nature’s wonders provided him with many stories for his sermons. He was a fisherman who loved to be on a quiet river with his own canoe. He loved his church and devoted himself to God’s missions.

Survivors include his wife, Ina; four sons, David and his wife, Janice, of Elkhart, Ind., Paul and his wife, Kris, of Goshen. Ind., Timothy and his wife, Nina, of Pittsfield, and Dan and his wife, Ana, of Delavan; three daughters, Faith Wyse and her husband, Denton, of Cleveland, Ohio, Karen Engelsen and her husband, Larry, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Crystal Kay of Quakertown, Pa.; 17 grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Clarence Troyer of Millersburg, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

A graveside service was held at Mennonite Cemetery in Hopedale. A memorial service was held at Dillon Mennonite Church.