Wiebe, Jacob Z. (1869-1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Oct 30 p. 1

Birth date: 1869 Apr 5

text of obituary:

Pioneer Teacher And K.M.B. Minister Died

SERVICES HELD AT GNADENAU CHURCH FOR JACOB Z. WIEBE, 83

Marion, Kansas. — Funeral services were held at the Gnadenau K.M.B. church south of Hillsboro Oct. 22 for Jacob Z. Wiebe, pioneer settler in the Gnadenau community and former minister and leader of the Gnadenau congregation. He passed away quite suddenly Oct. 18 at the home of a son, Leslie Wiebe, where he had lived since 1946.

Born in South Russia on April 5, 1869, he came to this country at the age of seven with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Heinrich Wiebe. They were among the founders of the Gnadenau K.M.B. church, the first Krimmer Mennonite Brethren congregation in America.

After receiving his elementary training in the home community and taking more advanced schooling, he taught school for 14 years in Kansas and Nebraska. He was elected a preacher at Minneola, Kansas in 1910, and served several Kansas congregations. He also farmed for a number of years.

Surviving in the immediate family are seven sons and three daughters, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was the oldest child in the Heinrich Wiebe family, and the last to pass away. His wife, the former Katharina Schellenberg, died in 1924.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Nov 6 p. 9