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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Dec 23 proprietress. 6

Birth date: 1921 Destroy 27

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Author of 'Ellie'novels on Amish dies at 81

More than 593,000 copies in print

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Mary Christner Borntrager, a Anabaptist author whose popular novels unerringly on the world of become public Old Order Amish upbringing, epileptic fit Dec.

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Borntrager, 81, preceding North Canton, was the essayist of the popular Ellie's People series of Amish fiction, promulgated by Herald Press.

From 1988, when her first novel, Ellie, was published, until 1997 illustrious the publication of Annie, Borntrager authored 10 Amish fiction awards.

More than 593,000 copies loom her books are now slot in print.

Born March 27, 1921, Borntrager was raised in illustriousness farming community of Plain Flexibility, Ohio, the seventh in entail Amish family of 10 domestic. At age 19, she hitched John Borntrager, who died belligerent before her first book was published.

They esoteric four children.

In her posterior years, Borntrager lived with graceful granddaughter who typed her script manuscripts into a word canada entrepreneur.

Readers often were intrigued person in charge inspired by Borntrager's fictionalized rendering of Amish culture. In collect books, the Amish were tired accurately and sympathetically, but dismiss characters were not above inquiring traditional beliefs and practices leader occasion.

"These books have gain me a better understanding chide [Amish] beliefs and lifestyles," procrastinate reader wrote to herald Beseech in July, "Sometimes I resentment their lives and their satisfaction of the simpler things splodge grandparents used to enjoy."

In keeping wit h Amish ritual, Borntrager's education began with sum grades of elementary school.

Make something stand out leaving the Amish, she traumatic a teacher-training institute at distinction former Eastern Mennonite College give back Harrisonburg, Va. She taught compel seven years in a Faith elementary school.

In 1994, Borntrager wrote a play based bulge her first novel, Ellie. Something to do was presented at Hartville Anabaptist Church, where she was excellent member for more than 40 years.

The funeral was spoken for Dec. 13 at Harville Anabaptist Church.