Editing Klassen, John P. (1902-1980)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1980 June 27 p. 38

Birth date: 1902 Feb 02

text of obituary:

<center><h3>JOHN P. KLASSEN</h3></center>

hn Peter Klassen of Winnipeg passed
away suddenly of a heart attack at the Con-
cordia Hospital in Winnipeg on May 21. He
was born in Georgestal, southern Russia on
February 2,1902 to PetElr and Anna (Rempel)
Klassen and grew up in the Fuerstenland. At
age 17 he accepted the Lord and was baptiz-
ed into the Mennonite Brethren church. On
August 19, 1928 he married Mrs. Elizabeth
Neufeld (Reimer)
and accepted into
his family her three
children from her
previous marriage,
Margaret, Abe and
Jake. Two sons,
John and Peter,
and a daughter,
Lillian were born to
this union. Peter
predeceased him in
infancy. The family
came to Canada in
March, 1930 and farmed at Alexander, in
Manitoba for over 30 years. His first wife
Elizabeth predeceased him in 1973. In 1975
he married Gertrude Harder. He is survived
by his wife Gertrude; his children: Margaret
and Alfred Kroeker of Winnipeg; Abe and Helen Klassen of Yarrow, B.C., Jake and Nettie Klassen of Brandon, Man.; John and Henrietta Klassen of Houston, texas; Lillian and Henry Regehr of Toronto; 24 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and two sisters.

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