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Duerksen, Peter F. (1867-1946)
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| + | <font size="+2">'''Pioneer Mennonite Educator and Publisher Passed Away Dec. 21'''</font> |
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| + | <center><h3>P. F. DUERKSEN TAUGHT IN EARLY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MIDWEST</h3></center> |
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| + | Bakersfield, Calif. — Peter F. Duerksen, one of the early Mennonite teachers in America, passed away Dec. 21, 1946, in the Bakersfield hospital. he was 79 years of age. |
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| + | Mr. Duerksen will be remembered as one of the early teachers in various public and private schools in Kansas and Oklahoma, and as a faculty member of McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas. He was a charter member of the Mennonitische Lehrerverein. |
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| + | Later he went into publication work, editing a local paper in Hillsboro, Kansas, the “Hillsboro Presse.” He also published the “Sonntagschul Bote” and the Sunday School quarterlies for the Mennonite Brethren conference. |
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| + | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1947 Feb 13 p. 3 |
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Revision as of 22:18, 1 December 2014
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Jan 2 p. 1
Birth date: 1867
text of obituary:
Pioneer Mennonite Educator and Publisher Passed Away Dec. 21
P. F. DUERKSEN TAUGHT IN EARLY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MIDWEST
Bakersfield, Calif. — Peter F. Duerksen, one of the early Mennonite teachers in America, passed away Dec. 21, 1946, in the Bakersfield hospital. he was 79 years of age.
Mr. Duerksen will be remembered as one of the early teachers in various public and private schools in Kansas and Oklahoma, and as a faculty member of McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas. He was a charter member of the Mennonitische Lehrerverein.
Later he went into publication work, editing a local paper in Hillsboro, Kansas, the “Hillsboro Presse.” He also published the “Sonntagschul Bote” and the Sunday School quarterlies for the Mennonite Brethren conference.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1947 Feb 13 p. 3
