Editing Goerzen, Jakob Heinrich (1888-1976)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary 1976 Dec 10 p. 32

Birth date: 1888 Oct 02

text of obituary:

<center><h3>JAKOB HEINRICH GOERZEN</h3></center>

akob Heinrich Goerzen of Clearbrook,
B.C. was born in the village of Neuhalbstadt
on October 2, 1888, in the German settlement of Sagradovka in southern Russia. On
November 11, after a short illness, he died in
the MSA Hospital in Abbotsford, B.C.
September 17 had been the semi-centenary of
his emigration to Canada.
In 1913 he married Margaretha Warkentin,
daughter of Johann Warkentin, the village
minister in Schoenau. After their marriage
they were baptized on their faith and were
received into the Evangelical Mennonite
Brethren Church. In 1926 they emigrated to
Canada, later farming in the area of Tofield
and Ryley, Alta. After joining the Mennonite
Brethren Church there, he was ordained a
deacon, serving in that capacity for many
years. They retired to a small farm in the
Arnold district of B.C. in 1953. After sharing
more than 53 years, his wife died in 1966.
Two years later Mr. Goerzen married Justina
Sawatsky with whom he lived the last eight
years of his life,
He leaves to mourn his wife Justina; four
sons and three daughters, John of Abbots·
ford, B.C., J . W. and Henry of Edmonton
and district; Peter of Winnipeg, Margaret
(Mrs. Dave) Martens of Clearbrook, B.C .;
Justine (Mrs. D. S.) Wemp of Calgary,
Katherine (Mrs. J. J.) Goertzen of Edmonton;
along with 30 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

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