Schellenberg, Jacob (1885-1966)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1966 Sep 30 p. 18

Birth date: 1885 Jan 02

text of obituary:

JACOB SCHELLENBERG

Funeral services were held for Jacob Schellenberg, son of Jacob and Anna Schellenberg, on August 31, in the Clearbrook (B.C.) MB Church. Officiating were the Rev. J. J. Unger and Rev. Paul Wiebe. Interment was in the Hazelwood Cemetery in Matsqui, B.C.

Jacob Schellenberg was born on January 2, 1885, in Kronsgard, Russia and came to Herbert, Saskatchewan in 1903. On July 5, 1911, he was united in marriage to Mary Schultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz. Six sons and six daughters were born to this union. The youngest, a daughter, passed away in infancy on June 17, 1937.

A deepening spiritual life was experienced by the family when they moved to the Waldheim and Hepburn area in Saskatchewan, where they were baptized and became members of the Hepburn MB Church. Mrs. Schellenberg passed away on August 11, 1937, and not long thereafter Mr. Schellenberg married Mrs. Sarah Janzen and moved to British Columbia. A marked physical decline during the past year preceded his passing on August 27.

Left to mourn his passing are his wife; six sons, Jacob of Waldheim, Sask., Bill of Vancouver, B.C., Peter of Waldheim, Henry of Castlegar, B.C., John of Fort St. John, B.C., David of Baden-Baden, Germany; five daughters, Mrs. Jim Cully (Mary) of Atwood, Ont., Mrs. David Fehr (Anne) of Fort St. John, Mrs. Gordon Bickle (Tina) of Paris, Ont., Mrs. Irvin Thiessen (Helen) and Mrs. Harold Harnum (Esther) of St. Catharines, Ont.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Elmer Quiring of Hepburn and Katie Janzen at home. A brother, Peter Schllenberg of Abbotsford, also survives him.