Calvin Aaron Zehr

Calvin A. Zehr, 86, of Goshen, died Friday, June 19, 2020, at The Maples.

He was born January 7, 1934 in Lowville, New York to Aaron and Pearl (Reyn) Zehr.

On October 23, 1965 he married Emma Keim in Goshen.

She survives along with a son, David A. (Lynne) Zehr of Goshen; two grandchildren, Elizabeth “Ellie” and Nicholas “Nick”; a sister, Jane (Melvin) Birky of Littleton, Colorado and a brother, Melvin (Norma) Zehr of Lowville, New York.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Hilton Zehr and his wife, Maryhelen and sisters, Vivian Stoffel and her husband, Louis and Mary Lehman and her husband, Addison.

A Goshen resident since 1958, Cal started Zehr Construction in 1968 and retired in 1999.

He was a member of 8 ^th Street Mennonite Church and a 40-year member of Maplecrest Country Club and it’s Monday night league.

Cal served in voluntary service for two years at the Syracuse Hospital in Syracuse, New York.  He was a 16-year school board member for the Middlebury Community Schools and volunteered as a construction consultant for AMBS, Mennonite Church USA and for the one room schoolhouse at Bonneyville.

A private graveside service will be held at Pleasant View Cemetery and a memorial service will be held later in the fall.

Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be given to 8 ^th Street Mennonite Church.