Mary Magdalene Bontrager

BONTRAGER, MISHLER, KEMPF, MAAS, HOSTETLER, SWARTZENDRUBER, SPRY, MILLER, HERSHBERGER

Posted By: Misty Christner (email)
Date: 4/17/2019 at 10:41:30

Source: Gospel Herald Volume 66, Number 7, February 13, 1973 Page 146

Bontrager, Mary Magdalene, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Mishler) Kempf, was born in Johnson Co., Iowa, January 5, 1874; died at the Pleasantview Home, Kalona, Iowa, January 21, 1973; aged 99 years, 16 days. On December 1, 1896, she was married to David Bontrager, who preceded her in death in 1952. Surviving are 3 daughters (Florence - Mrs. Meredith Maas, Sr., Gladys - Mrs. J.J. Hostetler, and Lois - Mrs. Harold Swartzendruber), 3 sons (Ray, Lloyd, and Cecil), 21 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren, and 2 sisters (Ms. Catherine Spry and Mrs. Florence Miller). She was preceded in death by one son (D. Russell), one daughter (Nadine - Mrs. Clarence Hershberger), and 3 sisters. She was a member of the Kalona Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on January 24 in charge of Carl L. Smeltzer and J.J. Hostetler; interment in the Sharon Hill Cemetery.