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- Obit: Posted: Saturday, October 8, 2011 12:00 am Pantagraph.com
HOPEDALE — Eldon Dean Nafziger, 79, Goshen, Ind., formerly of Hopedale, passed away unexpectedly early Thursday morning (Oct. 6, 2011) at IU Health Goshen Hospital.
A graveside service and burial will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mennonite Cemetery, Hopedale, which will be followed by a memorial service at 3 p.m. at Hopedale Mennonite Church. The Rev. Kurt Walker will officiate. The family will greet relatives and friends in the fellowship hall of the church immediately following the memorial service. Local arrangements are under the direction of Davis Mortuary, Hopedale.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mennonite Mission Network or Goshen College.
He was born Nov. 29, 1931, in Hopedale, son of Eldon R. and Sadie Sutter Nafziger. He married Laverne Vogt on Sept. 2, 1954, in Hesston, Kan. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Lee Ann (Paul) Ewert, Hannibal, Mo., and Donna (Bill) Suter, Pandora, Ohio; two sons, Eric (Karen) Nafziger, Hopedale, and Tim (Izaete) Nafziger, Goshen; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lu (Roger) Neumann, Goshen.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Springer.
A 1953 graduate of Goshen College, Mr. Nafziger moved to Goshen seven years ago after a lifetime of farming in Illinois.
Mr. Nafziger served many years on multiple Mennonite Church Conference committees. He was instrumental in establishing the partnership between the Illinois Mennonite Conference and the Argentine Mennonite Church. He volunteered for 10 years with the Mennonite Foundation.
A member of Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, he enjoyed Bible study, New Testament Greek and traveling, especially international travel. Locally, he sang with the Evergreen Singers.
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1931 - 2011 (79 years)
