Clarence A. Hostetler

Clarence A. Hostetler
January 10, 1908 - December 21, 2006
Kalona, Iowa
Visitation: 2-8 p.m. December 27, 2006 at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home
Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. December 28, 2006 at East Union Mennonite Church
Interment: December 28, 2006 at East Union Cemetery
Clarence A. Hostetler, 98, Kalona, Iowa, died early morning, December 21, 2006, at Pleasantview Home, Kalona, Iowa. He was born January 10, 1908, in Topeka, Indiana, to Almon and Ida (Troyer) Hostetler. He married Mary Kate Eash on August 20, 1933 in Iowa. She died April 23, 1983. He married Edna Hershberger Gascho on November 3, 1984. She died August 29, 2006. Clarence enjoyed farming and working with horses. He traveled to all of the States except Alaska and Hawaii, most of the Canadian Provinces, the Dominican Republic, and celebrated his 80th birthday in Kenya, East Africa. He enjoyed playing checkers, other games, and pitching horseshoes. He was an avid reader. He spent many hours studying genealogies and remembering relationships. He enjoyed humor, always including at least one joke in each letter to his children. Family was very important to him, and he continually asked about each child and spouse, all of the grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. He did volunteer work with Mennonite Disaster Service, served on the IMS board, gave many hours helping with building projects there and at East Union, taught Sunday School, and helped five years at a mission church plant at Sandtown. He played the organ prelude on Sunday mornings at Pleasantview Home until nearly 97 years old. His faith and personal relationship with Christ were significant, and he wanted others to experience Christ as Savior. He is survived by one daughter, Mary Winifred (John) Yordy, Goshen, Indiana, one son, John Almon (Molly) Hostetler, Columbiana, Ohio, one daughter-in-law, Charlotte Hostetler, Quebec, City, Quebec, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, one stepdaughter Charlene (Jim) Marner, Missouri, two stepsons, Eugene (Judy) Gascho, Oregon, Gale (Della) Gascho, California, eight step grandchildren, 19 step great-grandchildren, and two step great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Clarence Manford Hostetler, October 8, 1961, three brothers, Elvon Kauffman, Perry Hostetler, Cornelius Hostetler, four sisters, Mary Hostetler, Ethel Buck, Elsie Stahly, and Nedra Miller. Memorials may be given to Goshen College Student Scholarship Fund, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), or Pleasantview Home.