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2008-08-19 issue:

Conrad offered a life of medical service

by Mennonite Mission Network

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GOSHEN, Ind.—In India, Ethiopia and the United States, medical doctor Paul Conrad served his patients with humility, caring and Christ’s love. Conrad, 89, died July 17 in his home in Goshen surrounded by family members.

With his wife, Nancy, Conrad spent 15 years providing medical care and ministry in Dhamtari, India, primarily at the Dhamtari Christian Hospital. He served as medical superintendent, through Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (MBMC), a predecessor agency of Mennonite Mission Network. Conrad then headed the Shantipur Leprosy Hospital near Dhamtari for one year, where he introduced innovative techniques and procedures for preventing complications of leprosy.

Conrad was born on Sept. 23, 1918, in Portland, Ore., to Lester and Mabel Geiger Conrad of Canby, Ore. He attended Goshen (Ind.) College and Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago. Conrad married Nancy Henley of Scottdale, Pa., on Jan. 24, 1946, in Nazareth, Ethiopia, where together they established and operated a hospital under the auspices of MBMC for three years.

The Conrads were members of Scottdale (Pa.) Mennonite Church before moving in 2000 to Greencroft Community, Goshen, Ind., where they attended College Mennonite Church, Goshen.

Memorial services were held July 20 at College Mennonite Church.—Mennonite Mission Network