Wenger, Howard (1918-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Dec 15 p. 12

Birth date: 1918 Aug 19

text of obituary:

HOWARD WENGER

Howard Wenger, 85, of Adair, Okla., died Nov. 24, 2003. He was born Aug. 19, 1918, to John E. and Lucy (Kauffman) Wenger at Goshen, Ind.

He lived in the Clinton community and attended Millersburg High School in Goshen. During World War II he served in Civilian Public Service for two years at Greystone (N.J.) Mental Institution and two years at North Fork Camp in California.

He was a farmer and dairyman. He was a faithful member of Zion Mennonite Church of Pryor. While he lived in Indiana, he served as superintendent of the Sunday school in the Mennonite Church. He was church chorister in Indiana, a position he also held at Zion.

He married Miriam Naomi Yoder on Jan. 1, 1947, in Elkhart, Ind. He spent most of his life farming, a work he enjoyed very much.

Survivors include his wife, Miriam; three sons, Rex and his wife, Ruth, of Harrisonburg, Va., Ron and his wife, Rebecca, of Adair, and Roy of Grove; two daughters, Rhea Miller and her husband, Dean, of Middlebury, Ind., and Rose Troyer and her husband, Mark, of Lititz, Pa.; a sister, Dorothy Miller of Goshen; 12 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Stanley Wenger.

Funeral services were held at Zion Mennonite Church of Pryor. Burial was in the church cemetery.