Dwaine Swartzentruber

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Dwaine Swartzentruber, 76, of Goshen, died Friday, January 1, 2021, at Goshen Hospital after battling COVID for two weeks.

He was born June 27, 1944 in Loogootee to David and Lydia (Graber) Swartzentruber.

On May 15, 1965, he married Thelma Maust.

She survives along with three children, Cynthia (Tom) Lee of Washington, Sheldon Swartzentruber of Goshen and David (Christy) Swartzentruber of Osceola; nine grandchildren, Cody (Natalie) Lee, Michael (Sarah) Lee, Zac (Jessie) Swartzentruber, Randi (Michael) Hampton and Megan, Jenna, Gabrielle, Morgan and Gavin Swartzentruber; six great-grandchildren, Julian, Savanna, Randy, Peyton, Scarlet and Klause; a sister, Joyce (Lowell) Leinbach of Jackson, Michigan and sister-in-law, Yvonne (Russ) Miller of Montgomery.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, Ida Mae, Ivan and Dexter Swartzentruber.

He graduated from Epsom High School, where he played basketball and baseball, in 1963.  In 1966 he moved to Elkhart where he did his 1W service at Elkhart General Hospital and Faith Mission.

He moved south of Jackson, Michigan and was licensed to the Christian Ministry in December 1968 and then ordained in July 1970 by the Indiana Michigan Conference for the Liberty Mennonite Church.  He ministered in several churches in the conference and also two churches in Maryland.

Dwaine was a certified plumber and had a business, Dwaine’s Plumbing, before working for Elkhart County as a plumbing and heating inspector until he retired in 2011 after 15 years.

He coached Little League and also served as a counselor at Summer Bible Camp for Bible Memory Ministries when his children were younger.  Following retirement, he volunteered at Goshen Hospital as an assistant chaplain.

Dwaine enjoyed Country Gospel Music and served on the Wakarusa Bluegrass Board and served as their minister on Sunday morning for the festival.

Private services will be held at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home.  Pastors Jason Miller and Collier Berkshire of Living Hope Christian Fellowship, where he was a member, will officiate.  View the service at this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3Bk_heBuiMErAWRfv-1nQ/live .

Burial will follow in Violett Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be given to Bible Memory Ministries, The Window or Faith Mission.