Unternahrer, Norman Lee (1944-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 May 21 p. 11

Birth date: 1944 Jun 21

text of obituary:

NORMAN UNTERNAHRER

Norman Lee Unternahrer, 62, of Wayland, Iowa, died March 3, 2007, at the Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant. He was born June 21, 1944, to Noah and Barbara (Wenger) Unternahrer in Mount Pleasant.

He graduated from Iowa Mennonite School in 1962 and later attended Iowa Wesleyan College for two years before graduating from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. In 1965 he began a term with Mennonite Central Committee in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he met his wife, Irene Hortensia Mendez Cabo. They were married on June 7, 1969, in Montero, Bolivia.

He was a member of Sugar Creek Mennonite Church of Wayland, where he served in various capacities, including those of Sunday school teacher and elder. He was committed to serving others, and peace and justice issues were very important to him. His involvements over the years included the Iowa Peace Network, Crooked Creek Christian Camp, Just Peace Outreach Group, Habitat for Humanity, Mennonite Disaster Service, Sugar Creek Peace and Social Concerns Committee and in various capacities with MCC. He was employed with LJ Roth Construction in Olds for 26 years.

Survivors include his wife, Hortensia; his parents, Noah and Barbara Unternahrer; three children, Eric Unternahrer of Washington, D.C., Susanna Zook and her husband, Andre, of Houston, Texas, and Jennifer Moreno and her husband, Marco, of Northlake, Ill.; two brothers, David Unternahrer of Wayland and Ronald Unternahrer of East Stroudsburg, Pa.; and three sisters, Rosetta Koerner of Kalona, Kathryn Smith of Nappanee, Ind., and Esther Amstutz of Orrville, Ohio.

Funeral services were held at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.