Vivian C. "Corrine" Bontrager
June 12, 1928 — January 2, 2016
Vivian C. “Corrine” Bontrager, 87, of Syracuse, IN passed away at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Lakeland Rehab and Healthcare in Milford, IN. She was born on June 12, 1928 in Des Moines, IA to Albert & Martha (Hanson) Clifton.
She graduated in 1945 from Goshen High School and on July 10, 1946 in Valparaiso, IN she married Frederick M. “Fred” Bontrager Jr. who survives. She moved to Syracuse in 1973 from Goshen where she had lived most of her life except for a brief time in Albuquerque, NM. She was a homemaker and formerly worked at Switches in Elkhart.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 223 in Syracuse, V.F.W. Auxiliary in Syracuse, Moose Lodge in Goshen and formerly attended the Baptist Church in Goshen.
She is survived by:
Husband – Fred Bontrager of Warsaw
3 Sons – Craig Bontrager of Syracuse, Doug Bontrager of Syracuse & Bruce (Dee) Bontrager of Millersburg
5 Grand & 9 Gt. Grandchildren
She was preceded by her parents & step brother – Alan Clifton.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Elkhart Prairie Street Cemetery, CR 38, Goshen, IN with Pastor Brad Cox of the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel officiating.
Preferred memorials may be given to I.U. Goshen Care at Home Hospice, P.O. Box 723, Goshen, IN 46527. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.