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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 May 20 p. 1 < | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 May 20 p. 1 | ||
Birth date: 1926 | |||
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<font size="+2">'''Long-Time Canadian MCC Administrator Dies at Age 39'''</font> | |||
Kitchener, Ont. — Harvey W. Taves, 39, who for the past 12 years served as an administrator of the Mennonite Central Committee program in Canada, died her May 11. | |||
Death was due to a heart attack after several days of hospitalization for treatment of pneumonia and a severe asthmatic condition. | |||
Born in Steinbach, Man., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Toews, he received his early schooling at Steinbach and Altona, Man. He later attended Goshen College in Indiana, where he received the B. A. degree. | |||
In 195t3 he was named Canadian MCC director with headquarters in Waterloo, Ont. and continued in that capacity until 1964. Since then he had been director of MCC Ontario. He was also continuing his studies at the University of New York, Buffalo. | |||
Survivors include his widow, the former Iva Shirk; two daughters, eight and six years of age; two sisters and four brothers. | |||
He was a member of the First Mennonite Church of Kitchener, where the funeral services were conducted on May 13. | |||
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 May 27 p. 11 <br> | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 May 27 p. 11 <br> | ||
''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1965 Jun 1 p. 364 | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1965 Jun 1 p. 364 | ||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]] | [[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 2 February 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 May 20 p. 1
Birth date: 1926
text of obituary:
Long-Time Canadian MCC Administrator Dies at Age 39
Kitchener, Ont. — Harvey W. Taves, 39, who for the past 12 years served as an administrator of the Mennonite Central Committee program in Canada, died her May 11.
Death was due to a heart attack after several days of hospitalization for treatment of pneumonia and a severe asthmatic condition.
Born in Steinbach, Man., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Toews, he received his early schooling at Steinbach and Altona, Man. He later attended Goshen College in Indiana, where he received the B. A. degree.
In 195t3 he was named Canadian MCC director with headquarters in Waterloo, Ont. and continued in that capacity until 1964. Since then he had been director of MCC Ontario. He was also continuing his studies at the University of New York, Buffalo.
Survivors include his widow, the former Iva Shirk; two daughters, eight and six years of age; two sisters and four brothers.
He was a member of the First Mennonite Church of Kitchener, where the funeral services were conducted on May 13.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 May 27 p. 11
The Mennonite obituary: 1965 Jun 1 p. 364