Editing Loewen, Henry John (1887-1971)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1971 Sep 10 p. 39

Birth date: 1887 Dec 16

text of obituary:

<center><h3>HENRY JOHN LOEWEN</h3></center>

Mr. Henry John Loewen was born on
December 16, 1887 in Michealsheim,
Russia to John and Katarina Loewen.
He w as saved, baptized and accepted
into the MB Church at ·Lugovsky in
1905. 'In 1913 he married Helena Klassen.
They lived in Komentz and Bogomorrow
for a yea r before he left to serve in
the M ed ical Corps for three years . During
the difficult post-war years they lived
in Amensky.
They immigrated to Canada in 1924,
and farmed at Colonsay, Sask. until
1945, and at Watrous for three more
years before retiring in Saskatoon . In
1966 they moved to Clearbrook, B .C.
Three years later Mr. Loewen entered
th e M enno Home where he resided until
the Lord called him home on August 3.
He lea ves to mourn his wife Helena;
six sons: Henry of Saskatoon, John,
Ron and Peter of Abbotsford, B.C., Dave
of Calgary and Ed of Linden, Alta.; six
daughters: Mrs. H. (Katie) Halzer of
Saskatoon, Mrs . R. ('Frieda) Willems of
Dalmeny, Sask ., Mrs. 'P. (·Anne) Regier
of lise Des Chenes, Man., Mrs . E.
(Louise) Kowalenko of Calgary, Mrs. A.
(Helen) Koehn of Lytton, B.C. and Mrs.
V. (;Elsie) Betsch of Bandung, Indonesia;
46 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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