Editing Waechter, Ernest (1893-1972)

''Mennonite Brethren Herald'' obituary: 1972 Jun 30 p. 31

Birth date: 1893 Oct 18

text of obituary:

<center><h3>ERNEST WAECHTER</h3></center>

Ernest Wae'cMer, o·f Kelstern, Saskatchewan, was bem ·in Alexanderfe,J.dt,
Russ'ia, on October 18, 1893; his parents
were Ernest and Emily Leippi Waecihter.
His father died when Ernes·t was net ye't
bern; his mother remarried wh'ile he was
stii'l an ,infant, and die,d when he was
nine years o'id. His step-father then
remarried.
When Ernest was 13, the family moved
to' Germany, where he oompleted h'is
school'ing. A,t 21 Ernest returned to
Russia, but th e war breaking 'out sho·rtly
thereafter, he was dra·fted and served
with the tro·ops in Tur'key unt ill the
fightling stepped .
In 1924,a't age 3D, he emigrated to'
Canada, settling f.irM with the Jehn
Sapinsky's at Bateman, Sask. In 1926 he
took up a homestead near Kelstern,
Sask .
Ernest was saved in 1932 and was
bapt'ized the same year and jO'ined the
E'loim Mennonite Brethren Church. He
rema'ined a faithfUlI member and attended
church services regularly until the las1:
8 months e,f his IHe.
In 1950 Erne'st was married to Agnes
Geertzen of Swi'lt Current. Two chlildren
blessed th'is un·ien, Ruth Elaine and
Daniel. In 1957 the family moved dose
to' the hamlet O'lf Ke,lstern. A·lter many
years ef ha'rd work, his health dim1 inished,
and ihe spent 1:he last few yea'rs lin semi"
retirement. He died en May 29, at age 78.
Ernest is survived by his wife, Agnes,
hlis two c'hlHdren, one 'half-brother, Fred
Goldbeck O'fCalgary, and one ha,lf s·i,ster,
Christine Zi'lser of Maple Ridge, B.C
five nlieces and Nve nephews in Canada,
and many relatives in Germany. He was
pre-deceased by hi'S parents, tIW'o 'bIl1Others,
and one haIf s'iste-r. The whereabeuts ef
his four stepbrothers is not k'newn.
Th e 'fam-illy ,is sadde ned by :his s,udoden
p'ass1 ing. bu,tiscemforted by the fact that
tlhey shall meet again in glory.
l1hefunera'l services were Iheld in the
Elim MB Church ,in Kelstern on June 1,
with Rev. J.J. Thiessen O't~idating,
assisted by OHO Biech . An ec1:et sang
~wo numbers in s'Ong. Interment 'teolk
p'la,ce at the 511im MB cemetery.

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