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Surnames: Bontrager
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
This tombstone was found in the Kawkawlin River in Bay County and the Bay County Sheriff
Department has custody of the headstone. I found the following information on the
LDS/Mormon
familysearch.org website:
Mary Ann Bontrager birth: 16 Aug 1904, Lagrange Co., IN.
death: 29 May 1915, Lagrange Co., IN
Parents: Father John M. Bontrager
Mother Mary Eash
The dates of birth and death for Mary Ann Bontrager match
what is on the headstone found in Bay County, Michigan.
The Bay County Sheriff Department would like to return the
headstone to the proper place/authority.
I tried looking at cemetary records for Lagrange County but
not all of them are on-line yet.
Thank you.