Doris Corrine (Kellenbarger) Wenger

Doris Kellenbarger Wenger

Doris Kellenbarger Wenger, widow of Dr. Arthur Daniel Wenger, died in Raleigh, N.C., on March 1, 2009, at the age of 88.

Mrs. Wenger was born on April 14, 1920, in Bucklin and moved at an early age to Newton with her mother and father, Frank Jafy Kellenbarger and Beulah Blanche (Sorem) Kellenbarger.

Mrs. Wenger was a graduate of Bethel College in North Newton, with graduate work in speech and drama at Denver University, after which she taught English and social studies at Newton High School during the mid 1940s.

She left Newton in 1946 to accompany her husband to Fort Worth, Texas, where he entered seminary at Texas Christian University. Dr. and Mrs. Wenger devoted their lives to ministries in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and in Christian higher education, particularly during their 20-year tenure at Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) in Wilson, N.C.

Mrs. Wenger was predeceased by her husband and her oldest son, Arthur Frank.

She is survived by sons, Jon Michael of Raleigh and Mark Randolph of Williamsburg, Va.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Mrs. Wenger's funeral services were conducted on March 5 at First Christian Church in Wilson, N.C., with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.

Those wishing to give to a memorial can make a gift to First Christian Church, 207 N. Tarboro St., Wilson, NC 27893, or to the Wenger Scholarship at Barton College in Wilson, N.C.