Gospel Herald - Vol. XLVII, No. 3, pp 70, 71
January 19, 1954
Borntrager, A. D., son of Daniel A. and Fannie Borntrager, was born Nov. 2, 1925, at Garnett, Kans.; died as the result of an accident near Center Point, Iowa, Dec. 2, 1953; aged 28 y. 1 m. As a child he came with his parents to Iowa where they lived until 1939 when they moved to Middlebury, Ind. He became a member of the C. A. M. Church near Middlebury, Ind. At the close of his CPS days, he was married to Esther Kauffman, Dec. 24, 1946. To this union were born six children (Carolyn Ann, 6; Charlotte, 4; Carrie Marie, 3; Andrew David, 2; Cecil Allen, 1; Virginia Irene, 5 weeks). He leaves to mourn his departure besides his companion and six children, his parents and the following brothers and sisters (Lee Andy, Orlando, Fla.; Irene-Mrs. John W. Miller, Lagrange, Ind.; Susan-Mrs. Nelson Nissley, Kalona, Iowa; Maynard, in I-W service, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Roy, Millie Ann, Clarence, Idella, Elmer Glen and Floyd Dale, at the home near Constantine, Mich.). For the past ten months A. D. had been engaged as driver of a fuel transport. On his last trip, when less than 50 miles from home, an accident occurred in which he was burned to death. The true cause of the unfortunate accident will probably never be known. Funeral services were held Dec. 3, at the Fairview Church near Kalona, Iowa, with Morris E. Swartzendruber and Virgil Brenneman in charge. Burial was in near-by cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Vol. XLVII, No. 3, pp 70, 71
January 19, 1954
Borntrager, A. D., son of Daniel A. and Fannie Borntrager, was born Nov. 2, 1925, at Garnett, Kans.; died as the result of an accident near Center Point, Iowa, Dec. 2, 1953; aged 28 y. 1 m. As a child he came with his parents to Iowa where they lived until 1939 when they moved to Middlebury, Ind. He became a member of the C. A. M. Church near Middlebury, Ind. At the close of his CPS days, he was married to Esther Kauffman, Dec. 24, 1946. To this union were born six children (Carolyn Ann, 6; Charlotte, 4; Carrie Marie, 3; Andrew David, 2; Cecil Allen, 1; Virginia Irene, 5 weeks). He leaves to mourn his departure besides his companion and six children, his parents and the following brothers and sisters (Lee Andy, Orlando, Fla.; Irene-Mrs. John W. Miller, Lagrange, Ind.; Susan-Mrs. Nelson Nissley, Kalona, Iowa; Maynard, in I-W service, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Roy, Millie Ann, Clarence, Idella, Elmer Glen and Floyd Dale, at the home near Constantine, Mich.). For the past ten months A. D. had been engaged as driver of a fuel transport. On his last trip, when less than 50 miles from home, an accident occurred in which he was burned to death. The true cause of the unfortunate accident will probably never be known. Funeral services were held Dec. 3, at the Fairview Church near Kalona, Iowa, with Morris E. Swartzendruber and Virgil Brenneman in charge. Burial was in near-by cemetery.
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