Wiebe, Helena Nikkel (1895-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 27 Jan 1972 p. 8

Birth date: 1895

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

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● Mrs. Nick P. Wiebe, 77, of Hillsboro died Jan. 22 at the Bethesda Hospital, Goessel. The former Helena Nikkel, she was born near Hillsboro and married Mr. Wiebe there in 1920. They farmed in the Lehigh community before moving to Hillsboro in 1963. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Alexanderfeld Church with Rev. Gordon Koehn in charge. Surviving are Mr. Wiebe and a daughter, Dorothy, both of the home in Hillsboro; three other daughters, Mrs. Dick Toews of Hillsboro, Mrs. Levi Toews of Elma, Manitoba, and Mrs. Embert Giesbrecht of Lehigh; 22 grandchildren; five brothers and four sisters.