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Graber, Harold (1923-2003)
Newton Kansan obituary: 2003 Feb 24 p. 2
Birth date: 1923 Aug 5
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Mar 10 p. 7
text of obituary:
By AIMM and MMN News Services
NEWTON, Kan. — Harold Graber, a missionary who was a courageous peacemaker during Congo's civil war, died Feb. 22 at his home. He was 79.
[[Image:graber_harold_2003.jpg|200px|right} Graber and his wife, Gladys, served in Congo from 1951 to 1964 with Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission and the Commission on Overseas Mission of the General conference Mennonite Church.
A dramatic moment of his ministry occurred in 1959 when rival tribes lined up with bows, arrows, knives and guns, ready to kill each other. Graber walked between the lines and persuaded them — with God's help, he wrote later — to put away their weapons and go home.
Graber was born Aug. 5, 1923, to Peter H. and Emma (Flickinger) Graber at Pretty Prairie. he served in Civilian Public Service during World War II. He married Gladys Gjerdiveg on Aug. 10, 1947, at Mountain Lake, Minn.
The Grabers went to Congo in 1951. Harold itinerated among villages and taught Bible school. African Christians gave him the Tshiluba name Muambi Muayila, which could be interpreted both as one who was a learner and as one who enabled others to learn.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Dec 29 p. 7