St. Clair County Obits

MELVIN BONTRAGER

Melvin Bontrager
Mervin J. Bontrager, 55, of Wichita, Kan., died Tuesday, July 2,5 2000. He was the brother of Orvin Bontrager of Aurora.
Funeral services were Friday, July 28 at the First Mennonite Brethren Church, Wichita, Kan., Burial was Saturday afternoon, July 29 Pleasant Springs Cemetery in Oyer, Mo.
Survivors include his wife, Grace; three daughters, Casey VanNover and Christa Fowler, both of Wichita, Kan., and Tina Nitz, Nevada, Mo.; two sons, David Goddard, Lamar, Mo., and Michael Goddard, Cherokee, Kan.; two brothers, Mervin J. Bontrager of Aurora and Ivan Bontrager of Hesston, Kan.; a sister, Inez Unruh of Halstead, Kan.; and seven grandchildren.