Warkentin, Aaron K. (1902-1962)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Dec 6 p. 7

Birth date: 1902 Feb 24

text of obituary:

Mission Board Member Of Dinuba, Cal. Dies

Hillsboro, Kan. — Funeral services were conducted at the Zion Mennonite Brethren Church near Dinuba, Calif. on Nov. 13 for Aaron K. Warkentin, member of the M. B. Board of Missions who died Nov. 9.

A dairy farmer, Mr. Warkentin had served for nine years on the Foreign Missions Committee of the K. M. B. Conference. Since the merger of the K. M. B. and M. B. conferences in 1960 he had served on the board of missions of the combined bodies.

Officiating at the funeral were Rev. Victor Becker, pastor of the Zion church, and Rev. J. J. Kleinsasser. Rev. J. B. Toews spoke briefly as a representative of the mission board.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1963 Feb 14 p. 8

text of obituary:

AARON K. WARKENTIN

Our beloved husband and father, Aaron K. Warkentin, son of Peter J. and Anna Koop Warkentin, was born Feb. 24, 1902 near Hillsboro, Kan. where he received his schooling and grew to manhood.

In 1916, at the age of 14, he accepted Christ as his personal Saviour. Upon confession of his faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God he was baptized by Rev. John Friesen and received into the fellowship of the Gnadenau K.M. B. Church the same year.

On Jan. 26, 1921 he was united in matrimony with Mary Krause. After our marriage, we moved to Dinuba, Calif. where we settled on a farm and became affiliated with the Zion K. M. B. Church of which he remained a faithful member until his death.

To this union were born seven children: two daughters and five sons. Three of our children suffered with heart ailments until the Lord in His providence called them unto Himself. These experiences caused us deep sorrow.

His occupation was dairy farming. His work was always a great pleasure for him until his health began to fail. For many years he suffered with trigeminal neuralgia of the face. At times the pain became almost unbearable, so in 1949 he underwent serious nerve surgery. During this surgery he suffered his first heart attack from which he never fully recovered.

He took a great interest in serving on the K. M. B. Foreign Mission Board for many years. For a number years he served as treasurer. He had a great burden for the work of missions. Every morning he would pick up the Intercessor, denominational prayer guide published by our Board of Missions, along with his Bible for our morning devotional period and would follow the missionary prayer requests faithfully. He often mentioned that there was so little he could do for missions, but he was deeply grateful that the Lord had blessed us in a material way so that he was able to give for the Lord's work. His favorite Scripture verse was Galations 2:20.

He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the church for many years and was the chairman at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Mennonite Aid Board.

On Nov. 9 he seemed well and happy in the morning and visited with a number of his friends. At twelve o'clock noon he suffered a fatal attack of coronary thrombosis. He reached the age of 60 years, eight months, and 16 days.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife; three sons, Robert of Kingsburg, Aaron James of Reedley, and Stanley of Dinuba; one daughter, Justina Glanzer of Dinuba; one son-in-law and three daughters-in-law; 13 grandchildren; two brothers, Peter K. Warkentin of Reedley and Henry K. Warkentin of Fresno; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Warkentin and Mrs. Justina Jost of Reeley, and Mrs. M. R. Jost and Mrs. Elmer Goossen of Dinuba.