Editing Balzer, Henry (1910-1968)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1968 Oct 4 p. 26

Birth date: 1910 Dec 23

text of obituary:

<center><h3>HENRY BALZER</h3></center>

On September 9, 1968, while taking a morning walk,  Henry Balzer of 
Saskatoon, Sask., died suddenly  of a 
coronary thrombosis.  He was 57 years 
of age. Born on December 23, 1910, at 
Pleschanof,  Russia,  he  emigrated  to 
Canada in  1924 and settled  with his 
parents near Colon say, Sask. At the age 
of 19 he accepted Christ as his Saviour 
and was baptized several years later 
becoming a  member of the  Mennonite 
Brethren Church. In 1935 and 1936 he 
studied at the  Dalmeny Bible School. 
He was united in  marriage to  Katie 
Loewen on May 30,  1937 and for  31 
years they were able to  share life  together. The Lord blessed their  home 
with four sons and one daughter. 

Though farming  at Calonsay since 
1941,  the  family  had  resided  in 
Saskatoon for the past 20 years. There he  was active  in  the  work of  the 
Saskatoon Mennonite Brethren Church. 
He is  remembered by his family  as a 
kind, loving father and husband. He had 
an optimistic outlook on life  and was 
not easily discouraged. He had walked 
closely to the Lord, especially since his 
first illness in November, 1965. He felt 
that the Lord was giving him additional 
years in which to serve him. 
The funeral  was observed  in  the 
Nutana Mennonite Brethren Church on 
September  12  with Rev.  H.H.  Epp 
officiating. Mr. Balzer is  survived  by 
his  wife Katie; sons,  Ernie and  his 
wife Serena of Saskatoon, Don and his 
wife Joan of  St. Jerome,  Que., Rudy 
and  his  wife  Arlene of  Edmonton, 
Glenn; daughter Esther and her husband Len Gusthart of Saskatoon, six 
grandchildren,  six  brothers  and  two 
sisters. 

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