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Wagler, Eli (1893-1963)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Aug 8 p. 7

Birth date: 1893

text of obituary:

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR AMISH BISHOP LARGELY ATTENDED IN INDIANA

New Haven, Ind. — About 800 persons attended funeral services in the Amish settlement here July 29 for Bishop Eli Wagler, 70. Burial was made in the new cemetery recently opened at the farm of his son-in-law, Menno Lengacher.

Bishop Wagler died the evening of July 26, death being attributed to leukemia.