Wenger, Norman Walter (1923-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jun 26 p. 7

Birth date: 1923 Mar 24

text of obituary:

NORMAN WALTER WENGER

Norman Walter Wenger, 83, of Versailles, Mo., died June 6, 2006, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born March 24, 1923, to Jesse Walter and Ella Barbara Lehman Wenger in Versailles.

On April 25, 1948, he married Mary Ida Driver at Weavers Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va.

He was a farmer in the Versailles community for most of his life. He attended Prairie Valley School and Versailles High School and graduated from Hesston (Kan.) Academy in 1943. He accepted Christ and was baptized when he was 12 years old. He was a lifetime member of the Mount Zion/Cornerstone Church. In March 1962 he was ordained a deacon of the Mount Zion church and remained one for 30 years. He was a Sunday school superintendent, church council chairman, youth leader and served for three months with Youth With A Mission in Richmond, Va. He served as MCC meat canning chairman for 30 years and was also active in the prison ministry for 30 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Wenger; a son, James Pryor and his wife, Kathy, of Fayetteville, Ark.; a daughter, Joyce Ulrich and her husband, Lowell, of Dayton, Va.; two brothers, Albert Wenger of Versailles and Paul Wenger of Hesston, Kan.; a sister, Bertha Swarr of Richmond, Va.; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Roy and Emmanuel Wenger; and two sisters, Viola Ramer and Barbara Wenger.

Funeral services were held at the Cornerstone Church of Versailles. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery in Versailles.