: SARASOTA, Fla. - Dana Orion Troyer died Jan. 25, 2012, in Sarasota, after a brief illness.
He was born July 12, 1920, in Chicago, the second son to George C. Troyer M.D. and Kathryn Sommers Troyer. His parents answered a call to be medical missionaries in Dhamtari, India, in 1923. Dana was 5 when he and his 7-year-old brother went to British boarding school in Darjeeling in the Himalayas. In 1935, Dana graduated from high school and entered Goshen (Ind.) College at age 15. Completing medical school at Northwestern University in 1944, Dana had internship training in Akron and then returned to Dhamtari in response to a call from the Mission Board.
He and Verna Burkholder had met at Goshen College and corresponded until their marriage in 1947 in India. Verna had been teaching music and English at Hesston College. They returned from India in 1949 to enable Dana to complete residency training in ophthalmology in New Orleans and at the University of Chicago. He worked for three years at an eye clinic in Normal, Ill., moving to Goshen in 1956. He worked as an ophthalmologist in Goshen in solo practice until retirement in 1989. During those years, he served on six-week medical mission trips to India, Ghana and Vietnam. After retirement, he and Verna wintered in Phoenix, Ariz.
Dana was a member of College Mennonite Church and an active member of his Sunday school class. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and golf.
Dana and Verna had three children who survive them, Don (Verna) of Three Rivers, Mich., Robert of Indianapolis and John of Akron, Ohio. They had three grandchildren, Allison (Thomas) Troyer Wiswell of Hasting, Mich., Nathan (Sara) Troyer of Saline, Mich., and Adam Troyer of Grand Rapids, Mich., and one great-grandson, Trenton Troyer. He is also survived by his wife, Mildred, and his brother G. Weldon (Frances) Troyer of Goshen.
He was preceded in death by Verna in 2005, his parents, his brother, Nortell, and his sister, Annabelle Troyer Greaser.
Dana and Mildred Yoder were married in December 2006 and spent winters in Florida.
Dana enjoyed playing piano, singing in the church choir, reading, biking and playing Rook in his later years. He volunteered at Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity. Dana's faith and his call to mission work were of the highest value to him. He was a gifted storyteller, earning him the nickname "Tiger" Troyer in college for his vivid renditions of encounters with the wilds of India. Serious and conscientious in his commitment of excellent care to his patients, he nevertheless always seemed to have a ready joke and shared his ability to perceive the humorous aspect of life.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at College Mennonite Church. A private family burial will be after the viewing at Violett Cemetery. The funeral service will be at College Mennonite Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with a meal to follow.
Memorial donations may be given to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary or Goshen College.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, Goshen, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.
The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, IN, Jan. 31, 2012
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin
He was born July 12, 1920, in Chicago, the second son to George C. Troyer M.D. and Kathryn Sommers Troyer. His parents answered a call to be medical missionaries in Dhamtari, India, in 1923. Dana was 5 when he and his 7-year-old brother went to British boarding school in Darjeeling in the Himalayas. In 1935, Dana graduated from high school and entered Goshen (Ind.) College at age 15. Completing medical school at Northwestern University in 1944, Dana had internship training in Akron and then returned to Dhamtari in response to a call from the Mission Board.
He and Verna Burkholder had met at Goshen College and corresponded until their marriage in 1947 in India. Verna had been teaching music and English at Hesston College. They returned from India in 1949 to enable Dana to complete residency training in ophthalmology in New Orleans and at the University of Chicago. He worked for three years at an eye clinic in Normal, Ill., moving to Goshen in 1956. He worked as an ophthalmologist in Goshen in solo practice until retirement in 1989. During those years, he served on six-week medical mission trips to India, Ghana and Vietnam. After retirement, he and Verna wintered in Phoenix, Ariz.
Dana was a member of College Mennonite Church and an active member of his Sunday school class. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and golf.
Dana and Verna had three children who survive them, Don (Verna) of Three Rivers, Mich., Robert of Indianapolis and John of Akron, Ohio. They had three grandchildren, Allison (Thomas) Troyer Wiswell of Hasting, Mich., Nathan (Sara) Troyer of Saline, Mich., and Adam Troyer of Grand Rapids, Mich., and one great-grandson, Trenton Troyer. He is also survived by his wife, Mildred, and his brother G. Weldon (Frances) Troyer of Goshen.
He was preceded in death by Verna in 2005, his parents, his brother, Nortell, and his sister, Annabelle Troyer Greaser.
Dana and Mildred Yoder were married in December 2006 and spent winters in Florida.
Dana enjoyed playing piano, singing in the church choir, reading, biking and playing Rook in his later years. He volunteered at Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity. Dana's faith and his call to mission work were of the highest value to him. He was a gifted storyteller, earning him the nickname "Tiger" Troyer in college for his vivid renditions of encounters with the wilds of India. Serious and conscientious in his commitment of excellent care to his patients, he nevertheless always seemed to have a ready joke and shared his ability to perceive the humorous aspect of life.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at College Mennonite Church. A private family burial will be after the viewing at Violett Cemetery. The funeral service will be at College Mennonite Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with a meal to follow.
Memorial donations may be given to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary or Goshen College.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, Goshen, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.
The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, IN, Jan. 31, 2012
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin
: SARASOTA, Fla. - Dana Orion Troyer died Jan. 25, 2012, in Sarasota, after a brief illness.
He was born July 12, 1920, in Chicago, the second son to George C. Troyer M.D. and Kathryn Sommers Troyer. His parents answered a call to be medical missionaries in Dhamtari, India, in 1923. Dana was 5 when he and his 7-year-old brother went to British boarding school in Darjeeling in the Himalayas. In 1935, Dana graduated from high school and entered Goshen (Ind.) College at age 15. Completing medical school at Northwestern University in 1944, Dana had internship training in Akron and then returned to Dhamtari in response to a call from the Mission Board.
He and Verna Burkholder had met at Goshen College and corresponded until their marriage in 1947 in India. Verna had been teaching music and English at Hesston College. They returned from India in 1949 to enable Dana to complete residency training in ophthalmology in New Orleans and at the University of Chicago. He worked for three years at an eye clinic in Normal, Ill., moving to Goshen in 1956. He worked as an ophthalmologist in Goshen in solo practice until retirement in 1989. During those years, he served on six-week medical mission trips to India, Ghana and Vietnam. After retirement, he and Verna wintered in Phoenix, Ariz.
Dana was a member of College Mennonite Church and an active member of his Sunday school class. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and golf.
Dana and Verna had three children who survive them, Don (Verna) of Three Rivers, Mich., Robert of Indianapolis and John of Akron, Ohio. They had three grandchildren, Allison (Thomas) Troyer Wiswell of Hasting, Mich., Nathan (Sara) Troyer of Saline, Mich., and Adam Troyer of Grand Rapids, Mich., and one great-grandson, Trenton Troyer. He is also survived by his wife, Mildred, and his brother G. Weldon (Frances) Troyer of Goshen.
He was preceded in death by Verna in 2005, his parents, his brother, Nortell, and his sister, Annabelle Troyer Greaser.
Dana and Mildred Yoder were married in December 2006 and spent winters in Florida.
Dana enjoyed playing piano, singing in the church choir, reading, biking and playing Rook in his later years. He volunteered at Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity. Dana's faith and his call to mission work were of the highest value to him. He was a gifted storyteller, earning him the nickname "Tiger" Troyer in college for his vivid renditions of encounters with the wilds of India. Serious and conscientious in his commitment of excellent care to his patients, he nevertheless always seemed to have a ready joke and shared his ability to perceive the humorous aspect of life.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at College Mennonite Church. A private family burial will be after the viewing at Violett Cemetery. The funeral service will be at College Mennonite Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with a meal to follow.
Memorial donations may be given to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary or Goshen College.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, Goshen, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.
The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, IN, Jan. 31, 2012
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin
He was born July 12, 1920, in Chicago, the second son to George C. Troyer M.D. and Kathryn Sommers Troyer. His parents answered a call to be medical missionaries in Dhamtari, India, in 1923. Dana was 5 when he and his 7-year-old brother went to British boarding school in Darjeeling in the Himalayas. In 1935, Dana graduated from high school and entered Goshen (Ind.) College at age 15. Completing medical school at Northwestern University in 1944, Dana had internship training in Akron and then returned to Dhamtari in response to a call from the Mission Board.
He and Verna Burkholder had met at Goshen College and corresponded until their marriage in 1947 in India. Verna had been teaching music and English at Hesston College. They returned from India in 1949 to enable Dana to complete residency training in ophthalmology in New Orleans and at the University of Chicago. He worked for three years at an eye clinic in Normal, Ill., moving to Goshen in 1956. He worked as an ophthalmologist in Goshen in solo practice until retirement in 1989. During those years, he served on six-week medical mission trips to India, Ghana and Vietnam. After retirement, he and Verna wintered in Phoenix, Ariz.
Dana was a member of College Mennonite Church and an active member of his Sunday school class. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and golf.
Dana and Verna had three children who survive them, Don (Verna) of Three Rivers, Mich., Robert of Indianapolis and John of Akron, Ohio. They had three grandchildren, Allison (Thomas) Troyer Wiswell of Hasting, Mich., Nathan (Sara) Troyer of Saline, Mich., and Adam Troyer of Grand Rapids, Mich., and one great-grandson, Trenton Troyer. He is also survived by his wife, Mildred, and his brother G. Weldon (Frances) Troyer of Goshen.
He was preceded in death by Verna in 2005, his parents, his brother, Nortell, and his sister, Annabelle Troyer Greaser.
Dana and Mildred Yoder were married in December 2006 and spent winters in Florida.
Dana enjoyed playing piano, singing in the church choir, reading, biking and playing Rook in his later years. He volunteered at Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity. Dana's faith and his call to mission work were of the highest value to him. He was a gifted storyteller, earning him the nickname "Tiger" Troyer in college for his vivid renditions of encounters with the wilds of India. Serious and conscientious in his commitment of excellent care to his patients, he nevertheless always seemed to have a ready joke and shared his ability to perceive the humorous aspect of life.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at College Mennonite Church. A private family burial will be after the viewing at Violett Cemetery. The funeral service will be at College Mennonite Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, with a meal to follow.
Memorial donations may be given to Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary or Goshen College.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, Goshen, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.
The Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, IN, Jan. 31, 2012
Submitted by: Thelma Hoover Martin
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