Editing Thiessen, Peter Stanley (1906-1970)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1970 July 24 p. 47

Birth date: 1906 Jul 03

text of obituary:

<center><h3>PETER STANLEY THIESSEN</h3></center>

with the Lord on June 3, 1970. He
passed away quietly in the Chill-iwack
General Hospital. He w as born to Johann
and Anna (nee Schellenberg) Thiessen
on July 3, 1906 at Herbert Saskatchewan,
where he spent his childhood and adolescent y ea rs, being brought up under
Christian influence and the fea-r of the
Lord . He comp;leted his schooling in -the
Greenfarm public school and -later
attended the Herbert Bible School.
As a young man he real'ized his lost
condition and his need o,f a Saviour. On
January 10, 1922, through the ministry
of the missionary P.V. Balzer, he gave
his heart to his Lord Jesus Christ. A
verse of scripture which the Lord gave
him w as Matthew 5:8-" Blessed are the
pure in heart for -they shaH see God."
He w as baptized and accepted -into the
fellowship of the Mennonite Brethren
Church at Greenfarm on July 29, 1923.
On December 1, 1927 he was married to Kathryn Toews. Their union was
blessed with five children, two boys and
three girls.
From the time he made that all
important e~perience with Christ, his
aim was to serve his Master. At the
early age of 19 he demonstrated his
wiHingness to serve by asS'istingin the
proclamation of the gospel in the lay
ministry. In 1941 the family left Herbert and moved to Vancouver due to
difficult circumstances in Saskatchewan
resulting from the depression. Here he
continued to participate in the preaching
ministry as a layman. In 1944 they
moved to Chilliwack, where in 1951, he
was officially ordained as a minister of
the gospel. The last twenty years of his
life were spent as a rural mail man.
Although he was spared sickness most
of his life, in July, 1969, he was stricken
with mal'ignant milo fibrosis. From ,this
time on, he was in and out of the
hospital repeatedly, suffering from an
indescribable tiredness Un1,il, on June
,3, the Lord took his weary child home.
He reached the age of 63 years and 11
months and was predeceased by both
his parents, four brothers and one sister.
He leaves to mourn his beloved wife
Kathryn; five children: Harry Thiessen
of W innipeg, John Thiessen of Chilliwack,
B.C., Mrs. George (Vio'la) Rempel and
Mrs. David (Ruth) HaH of Chilliwack, and
Mrs. Terry (Ma-rjorie) Brush of Burnaby,
B.C.; 14 grandchildren; three brothers
and one sister; and many relatives and
friends.

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