Maxine Mae Ortman, 89, of Marion, S.D., died Oct. 24, 2020, at Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion.

Evelyn Agnes (Dyck) Bertsche, 84, of Normal, Ill., died Oct. 22, 2020, at the McLean County Nursing Home.

John Wesley Gaeddert, 96, of North Newton, Kan., died Nov. 12, 2020, at Kidron Bethel Village.

Paul Arthur Schmidt, 67, of Madison, Wis., formerly of St. Louis, died Sept. 8, 2020, at UW Hospital and Clinics.

Chester L. Wenger, his wife, Sara Jane, and three preschool daughters went to Ethiopia in 1949 with Eastern Mennonite Missions to begin mission efforts. Their efforts contributed to the founding and growth of the Meserete Kristos Church, which has become the world’s largest Anabaptist church.

Janet Sprunger, a mission worker for 40 years in Taiwan and Hong Kong, died Sept. 13 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg at the age of 92.

Chester Lehman Wenger, 102, of Lititz, Pa., died Oct. 1, 2020, at Landis Homes.

John Arthur Bertsche, 91, of Normal, Ill., died Aug. 8, 2020. He was born May 28, 1929, to Arthur and Emma Eymann Bertsche in Pontiac.

Melvin E. Curry Jr., 86, of San Diego, Calif., died April 10, 2020, at Alvarado Hospital. A na­tive of Los Angeles, he was born Jan.

Sadie Mast, 90, of Spencer, Okla., died Aug. 23, 2020. She was born May 27, 1930, to Enos Swartzentruber and Magdalena Bender in the Amish