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Don’s seminary community has recently learned of his passing. We offer heartfelt condolence to the family and offer thanksgiving for the decades of Don’s faithful servanthood. The ripple effects of his life and ministry surely cannot be numbered.

I’ll always remember Don as a kind, caring Christ-natured man, always ready to engage in conversation, always genuinely interested in how I, and others, were doing. He will be especially missed in the VMRC community where he spent the last years of his life.

We remember and appreciate Don for many things, but we particularly appreciated his pastoral leadership at Park View Mennonite Church when we moved back to Harrisonburg in the mid 70s. He played a special role in the church life of our family, including our children becoming members of Park View Mennonite Church. Thanks, Don, for…

I appreciated Don’s inquisitive mind and intellect. Just this last year, we had a long discussion about why groups of people (such as the Mennonites) have gravitated to strong (male) figures who have dictated behaviors -such as dress codes. He drew from his research findings at Temple and his years of working within the church.…

I was born and went to church with the talented Augsburger family. I always admired the stature and abilities of Don and his brothers and sister. Don moved away, but I always followed the family with great interest. They put “Elida” on the map of the world! I am a “short Shenk” still in Elida,…

In late June of 1958, Don was the guest speak at the Elmira Mennonite Church, Ontario and observed me leading the singing at the opening of the Sunday School hour. He invite me to be the song leader for his mid-summer tent campaigne in Centerville Long Island New York, arranged by a local Mennonite Church…

These last couple years I was privileged to talk to Don frequently in the halls at VMRC where we visit the Wellness Center frequently, and he always asked about my mother, who died about a year ago. We compared notes and he would often recall how my father, who served with Don as a deacon…

When we heard of the death of Don, it triggered wonderful memories for those of us at Marion Mennonite who were privileged to get to know your father and brother. Even though it has been a long time ago, we still have a fondness for Don that puts a smile in our hearts when we…

Don Augsburger towers among the mentors in my life. While pastoring at North Goshen Mennonite, he welcomed me as a seminary student to serve as his assistant and shepherded me into pastoral ministry. As Paul to Timothy, he walked beside me as a model and teammate with encouragement, guidance, and trust. Thank you, God, for…

I enjoyed serving with Don on the staff at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He was a kind, gentle man. May he rest in peace.