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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><nowiki>''</nowiki>Mennonite Brethren Herald<nowiki>''</nowiki> obituary: 2009 Feb p. 35<br />
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Birth date: 1919 Jan 12<br />
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<nowiki><center><h3>PETER HEPPNER</h3></nowiki><nowiki></center></nowiki><br />
<br />
Peter Heppner died Dec.<br />
<br />
3, 2008. He was born in<br />
<br />
Leonidovka, Ukraine on<br />
<br />
Jan. 12, 1919 to Cornelius<br />
<br />
and Maria Heppner. He<br />
<br />
arrived in Canada in 1926.<br />
<br />
Peter married Blondina<br />
<br />
Bergmann Apr. 6, 1937.<br />
<br />
In 1940, they moved to Vancouver where Peter<br />
<br />
began trucking. In 1943, they moved back to<br />
<br />
Sardis with the business . One of Peter's passions<br />
<br />
was flying. He earned his private pilot's license in<br />
<br />
1946 and was a member of the Chilliwack Flying<br />
<br />
Club for 50 years, becoming an honorary life<br />
<br />
member. Peter was also active in Greendale MB<br />
<br />
Church. He was known for sitting in the balcony<br />
<br />
where he made sure teenagers paid attention to<br />
<br />
the sermons. Peter retired in 1980 and moved to<br />
<br />
Sardis, where he and Blondina were known to<br />
<br />
the neighbourhood children as "Opa and Oma."<br />
<br />
In 1996, Peter was diagnosed with Parkinson's<br />
<br />
disease. Predeceased by Blondina in 2006, Peter<br />
<br />
is mourned by children Eleanor (Peter) Thoss, Bill<br />
<br />
(Pauline), Darlene (Sandy) York; 5 grandchildren,<br />
<br />
7 great-grandchildren; 6 siblings. The service of<br />
<br />
remembrance was Dec. 11, 2008 at Greendale MB<br />
<br />
Church, Chilliwack, B.C.<br />
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