Willems, Bernhard C. (1901-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Sep 21 p. 3

Birth date: 1901

text of obituary:

Fatally Hurt When Bicycle, Car Collide

Reedley, Calif. — Funeral services were held at the Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church on Sept. 9 for Rev. B. C. Willems, 71, who was fatally injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car at an intersection here. The accident occurred Aug. 30, and Rev. Willems died in a Fresno hospital.

A native of Inman, Kan., Rev. Willems was ordained to the ministry in 1936 at Ingalls, kan. He later served in the lay ministry at Corn, Okla. For the past 20 years he was a house painter here.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Nov 9 p. 11