- Gospel Herald - Volume 82, Number 42 - October 17, 1989, page 742.
Kipfer.- Amos A., son of Nicklaus and Magdalena (Albrecht) Kipfer, was born at Milverton, Ont, Oct. 31, 1892; died on Sept. 17, 1989; aged 96. On Aug. 21, 1913, he was married to Rebecca Lichti, who died on Sept. 3, 1958. On Jan. 5, 1959, he was married to Vera Shantz, who survives. Also surviving are 4 sons (Nelson, Amos, Melvin, and Joseph), 4 daughters (Laurane Erb, Reta Schmidt, Rebecca Bontrager, and Aurelia Beachy), 29 grandchildren, 67 great-grandchildren, 7 great-greatgrandchildren, one brother (Cyranius), and 4 sisters (Laura Litwiller, Melinda Hostettler, Freda Zehr, and Gertrude Leis). He was a member of Tourist Mennonite Church, Sarasota, Fla., where a memorial service was held. Funeral services were held at Alden (N.Y.) Mennonite Church on Sept. 20 in charge of Tom Beachy and Jim Beachy, grandsons of the deceased; interment in the County Line Cemetery.
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