Warkentin, Albert H. (1906-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jun 19 p. 20

Birth date: 1906 Nov 1

text of obituary:

ALBERT H. WARKENTIN

Albert H. Warkentin, 99, of Inman, Kan., died May 7, 2006, at Pleasant View Home. He was born Nov. 1, 1906, to Abraham and Matilda Hinz Warkentin in Harvey County. His father died when he was 8 months old.

A lifetime resident of the Buhler and Inman areas, he was a farmer and had worked as a custodian at Willis Grade School and Buhler High School. He belonged to Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church.

He married Thelma A. Froese on Sept. 25, 1932, in Inman. She preceded him in death on April 6, 2000.

Survivors include a son, Darwin Warkentin and his wife, Betty, of Buhler; two daughters, Rose Diasio of Hutchinson and Betty Krehbiel and her husband, Larry, of McPherson; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, Karl, Herman, Ted and Julius; and four sisters, Hannah Warkentin, Elizabeth Regier, Emma Siemens and Kathryn Regier.

Funeral services were held at Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church. Burial was in Hoffnungsau Cemetery.