Wiebe, Peter Voth (1874-1958)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Sep 25 p. 6

Birth date: 1874 Dec 26

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— Funeral services for P. V. Wiebe, 83-year-old pioneer of the Lehigh community, were held Monday, Sept. 15, at the Springfield church near Lehigh. Rev. W. W. Harms was in charge of the services, with Rev. D. C. Pauls of Inman preaching the funeral sermon. Mr. Wiebe died Sept. 30 at the Salem Hospital in Hillsboro.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1958 Oct 9 p. 8

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PETER V. WIEBE

Our beloved father, Peter Voth Wiebe, passed on to his heavenly home on Sept. 11, 1958, at the Salem Hospital, Hillsboro, Kansas, at the age of 83 years, eight months and 15 days.

He was born Dec. 26, 1874, in Marion County, Kansas, the third child of Peter A. and Sara Wiebe. With his parents and brothers and sisters he shared in the pioneer days with their hardships and struggles. He received his elementary education in the Springfield public school and stayed with his parents until the age of 21.

Father says in his diary that after careful consideration of the ways of the world and the way of righteousness he decided to give his life to Christ and accepted Him as his Redeemer and Lord on Nov. 24,1894, and was baptized upon his confession of faith on Dec. 16, 1894, by Elder Jacob A. Wiebe.

At the same time he felt clearly that the Lord wanted him to enter mission work. After farming for several years he served at the orphanage at Hillsboro and in 1898 entered the Sprunger Bible School at Berne, Ind. After completing a term in this school father was sent to Flat Lick, Kentucky, to begin a mission work among the Negroes and underprivileged.

Over the years, through the efforts of many others and under the Lord's blessing, this work has been expanded so that the church now has a number of mission stations in Kentucky and adjoining states. Many times in later years he referred with much satisfaction to these hours of toil for the Lord's Kingdom.

On June 17, 1900, father was united in holy matrimony with Elizabeth Boese who preceded him in death on August 4,1944. Unitedly our parents served in the Salem Orphanage and the Salem Home for a number of years. Father felt that his education was insufficient so for several years our parents moved to McPherson, Kansas, where they both attended school and father finished a course in McPherson College.

For a few years he followed the teaching profession. Later our parents lived in the Lehigh district. After that they migrated to northern Alberta, Canada, but after some three years settled again in the Lehigh and Canton area. Both served with joy in the church and as Sunday school teachers and father was much interested in conference work and mission work.

The union of our parents was blessed with six children, of whom twins, a boy and a girl preceded them in death in infancy. In 1952 father was able to fulfill his wish of years to visit Europe and Palestine. He enjoyed conversations pertaining to matters of religion and was a constant student of the Scriptures. His words of comfort and his courage and faith were a constant inspiration to us.

During the last years father made his home with one or the other of his children. To the very end he was greatly interested in the welfare of his children and grandchildren. he realized that his departure could be near and with joy spoke of the heavenly mansions prepared for the redeemed. The end came suddenly and peacefully.

He leaves to mourn his departure three sons and their wives and one daughter and her husband, Peter B. and Loleta Wiebe and Sam B. and Maybelle Wiebe of Ulysses, Elmer S. and Susann Wiens of Hillsboro, Hermes B. and Pauline Wiebe of McPherson; seven grandchildren; one brother, David B. Wiebe of Reedley, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Frank V. Wiebe of Hillsboro and Mrs. Dietrich V. Wiebe of Sacramento, Calif.; one brother-in-law, Henry D. Flaming of Hillsboro; and many other relatives and friends.