Kliewer, Peter A. (1879-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 7 p. 1

Birth date: 1879 Nov 26

Retired Missionary, Pastor Dies in Oregon

REV. P. A. KLIEWER FORMERLY SERVED AMONG CHEYENNES IN MONTANA

Word has been received here of the death of Rev. P. A. Kliewer, 79, retired pastor and missionary to the Cheyenne Indians, who passed away at his home in Corvallis, Oregon on April 23.

Rev. Kliewer served as a missionary on the Montana field of the General Conference from 1908 to 1924. He then served successively as pastor of the Mennonite church at Monroe, Wash., the Ebenezer Mennonite Church near Bluffton, Ohio and the Grace Mennonite Church of Albany, Ore.

In addition to his pastoral work, Rev. Kliewer was active in the Pacific District and Middle District Mennonite conferences. A native of Gretna, Man., he was married to the former Katharine Braun at Dallas, Ore. in 1904.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 21 p. 8

text of obituary:

REV. P. A. KLIEWER

Peter A. Kliewer, the son of Frank and Marie Unruh Kliewer, was born in Gretna, Manitoba on Nov. 26, 1879, and lived there until 1889 when he moved to Dallas, Orgeon [sic Oregon]. In 1904 he married Katherine Ruth Braun. They moved to Sunnyside, Alberta, where he taught school for two years.

In 1906-1907 they lived in Dallas and in 1907-1908 they attended Bethel College in Newton, Kansas, preparing for the mission field.

From 1908 to 1924 they were Mennonite missionaries to the Cheyenne Indians in southeastern Montana, serving at Busby and Lame Deer, building and serving the Birney and Ashland stations.

Rev. Kliewer was forced to leave the mission field in 1924 because of illness and the extremes of climate. He served as the pastor of the First Mennonite Church at Monroe, Wash. from 1925-1929.

He was called to the pastorate of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio in 1929 and served there until 1941. While pastor there he helped organized a mission church at Lima, Ohio, which has grown greatly since that time. In 1941 he returned to Oregon to serve as pastor of the Grace Mennonite Church at Albany until 1949.

In 1950, at the age of 70 he organized the United Mennonite church at Wolf Point, Mont. and later returned to Monroe, Wash. to serve for two years in the Mennonite Country Church.

Following this, Rev. Kliewer returned to his home in Corvallis, Oregon where he resided until his death. He was one of the founders of Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Neb.

He was called Home April 23, 1959. Funeral services were conducted at Grace Mennonite Church, Albany, Oregon, with Dr. H. D. Burkholder of Dallas in charge.

Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Waldo of Spokane, Wash., Dr. David of Maui, Hawaii, and Dr. Paul of Lakeview, Oregon; two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Larsen of Corvallis, Oregon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kielsmeier of Elgin, ill.; and 18 grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Esther Templin, preceded him in death.