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David Edwin Bontrager

23 Aug 1873 – 25 Oct 1952

Birth	23 Aug 1873
Death	25 Oct 1952
Cemetery	Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona , Washington County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Terry L Westmoreland on 07 Apr 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88210101

Bio

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 7 - February 17, 1953 --- page 165, 166 Bontrager, -- David Edwin, son of Christian and Elizabeth (Troyer) Bontrager, was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Aug. 23, 1873; died at his home in Kalona, Iowa, Oct. 25, 1952, after a lingering illness; aged 79 y. 2m. 2 d. He was one of a family of eleven children, of which only two brothers survive (Joseph, Wakarusa, Ind.; and William, Cedar Rapids, Iowa). In his teens he became a member of the Mennonite Church in Ohio, later transferring his membership to the East Union Church at Kalona, Iowa, where he remained a member until called by death. On Dec. 1, 1897, he was united in marriage to Mary M. Kempf, who survives with 4 sons (Ray, California, Pa.; Lloyd, Sheridan, Wyo.; Russell, Elkhart, Ind.; and Cecil, Iowa City, Iowa), 4 daughters (Florence Maas, Riverside, Iowa; Gladys Hostetler, Peoria, Ill.; Lois Swartzendruber, Kalona, Iowa; and Nadie Hershberger, Wellman, Iowa), 20 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the East Union Church, Oct. 28, in charge of D. J. Fisher and A. Lloyd Swartzendruber, with interment in the Sharon Hill Cemetery

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Family

Parents

• Christian Bontrager 1840–1915
• Elizabeth Troyer Bontrager 1844–1906

Spouse

• Mary Magdalene Kempf Bontrager 1874–1973 FaG

Siblings

• Nancy Ann "Nannie" Bontrager Eash Ammons 1863–1929
• Sarah Catharine "Cassie" Bontrager Marner 1865–1899
• Lydia E Bontrager Petersheim 1868–1945
• Daniel Webster Bontrager 1869–1950
• Elizabeth Ellen "Eliza" Bontrager Preston 1872–1919
• Mary Belle Bontrager Gingerich King 1876–1952
• John Wesley Berntrager 1879–1881
• Elmer Franklin Bontrager 1882–1949
• Joseph Henry Bontrager 1884–1975
• William Harrison Bontrager 1887–1954

Children

• Ora Ray Bontrager 1898–1986 FaG
• Lloyd Emerson Bontrager 1901–1994 FaG
• Florence Isabelle Bontrager Maas 1903–2003 FaG
• Gladys B Bontrager Hostetler 1905–2002 FaG
• David Russell Bontrager 1908–1971 FaG
• Cecil Orlo Bontrager 1910–2001 FaG
• Lois Maye Bontrager Yoder 1912–2012 FaG
• Nadine Marie Bontrager Hershberger 1915–1970 FaG

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