Dr. Lee LeMoyne Kantenwein, 78, of Warsaw, passed away at 1:07 a.m. May 27, 2013, at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. He was born April 5, 1935, in Altoona, Pa., to John Charles and Esther Mary Davis Kantenwein. On June 29, 1957, at the Altoona Bible Church, he married Phyllis Marie Grabill, who died Dec. 16, 2011. A resident of Kosciusko County for the past 48 years, he was a retired minister and educator, and a longtime member of Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry June 7, 1959, at Altoona (Pa.) Bible Church and served as a pastor for more than 30 years in Pennsylvania and Indiana. He graduated in 1953 from Altoona High School, played trumpet in the Roosevelt Junior High School and the Altoona High School marching bands and orchestras for six years. He then attended Baptist Bible Seminary, Johnson City, N.Y., and graduated in 1958 with a bachelor of theology degree in pastoral ministry, and received the evangelical teacher training association diploma. He continued his education at Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, receiving a bachelor of divinity in 1968, master of theology degree in Old Testament in 1971, and his doctor of theology degree in Old Testament in 1979. He also attended the Institute of Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem University) in Israel in January 1974. During his lifetime he worked at Jomac Glove Factory as the evening supervisor for more than three years while a student at Grace Theological Seminary from 1965-68. He retired from Chore-Time Brock, Milford, in 1999 after nearly 11 years as the engineering records supervisor and was a part-time employee at Bibles ’n Books Bookstore, Warsaw, from 1999-2009. At Grace College and Seminary he worked for 15 years (1971-1986) in Administration and Teaching Faculty as Assistant to the Seminary Dean for Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Homiletics, and the Director of the Pastor Intern Program. From 2000-2007 he taught Systematic Theology in the Prison Ministry program through Grace College; and was on the Board of Trustees for Warsaw Christian School in Warsaw from 1981-1986. He will be lovingly remembered by two sons, Murry L. Kantenwein, Warsaw, and Scott A. Kantenwein, Wooster, Ohio; two daughters, Cynthia J. (and spouse Larry) Buckholz, Warsaw, and Sheryl L. (and spouse Gene) Gephart, Austin, Texas; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a stepbrother, Joseph E. (and spouse Donna) Miller, Altoona. He also was preceded in death by his parents, stepfather and daughter-in-law, Carol Kantenwein, who died in 2012. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw, officiated by Pastor Michael Hontz. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Warsaw. Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, and one hour prior to the service Friday at the church. ***** Memorials may be directed to Pleasant View Bible Church, 2782 W. CR 200N, Warsaw, IN 46580; Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministries, P.O. Box 612, Winona Lake, IN 46590; or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814. Condolences may be sent via www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
