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Menno Schrag: newspaper editor and church worker; born 23 March 1904 to Andrew G. and Freni (Strausz) Schrag in [[Moundridge (Kansas, USA)|Moundridge]], Kansas, USA. Menno married Gertrude Aeberhard (4 February 1909, Pandora, Ohio, USA - 22 September 1996) on 4 May 1933 in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. Menno and Gertrude had three children: Robert, Elizabeth, and James. Menno died 12 June 1987 in Newston, Kansas.

Menno studied at [[Hesston College (Hesston, Kansas, USA)|Hesston Academy]], [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]] and Wheaton College (Illinois), graduating from the latter in 1931. He also met Gertrude there. 

In 1925 Schrag began newspaper work as typesetter at the [[Herald Publishing Company (Newton, Kansas, USA)|Herald Publishing Company]], [[Newton (Kansas, USA)|Newton]], [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], which published <em>[[Herold, Der (Periodical)|Der Herold]] </em>and, from 1923, the <em>[[Mennonite Weekly Review (Periodical)|Mennonite Weekly Review]]. </em>He was named assistant editor of the <em>Review </em>in 1927, and became editor in 1935, a position he held until 1969. He believed that the <em>Review </em>could become an instrument of unity among Mennonites. Under his leadership the paper grew from a 4-page issue with fewer than 1,000 subscribers to a 12-page weekly that reaches readers in most Mennonite groups in [[North America|North America]]. He traveled widely (37 countries) and wrote more than 2,500 editorials.

Schrag served the church in many ways in addition to journalism. He was a member of many church boards and committees, including the Bethel College Board of Directors (1951-1963), the [[Board of Education and Publication (General Conference Mennonite Church)|Board of Education and Publication]] of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]], and the Historical Committee of that conference (chairman). 
= Bibliography =
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 22-12A ed. Fresno, CA: " California Mennonite Historical Society, 2022: #296607.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Weekly Review </em>(18 June 1987): 1-2, 4.
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