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Wiebe, Herman A. (1881-1964)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Aug 20 p. 5
Birth date: 1881 May 14
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● Herman A. Wiebe, 83, well-known retired farmer of the Whitewater community, died Monday morning at Bethel Hospital here. Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Emmaus Mennonite Church. A native of Germany, Mr. Wiebe had resided at Whitewater since 1890. Surviving are his widow, Anna, four daughters and five sons and their families, and a brother, Rev. Alfred Wiebe of Orosi, Calif.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Oct 22 p. 8
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HERMAN A. WIEBE
Herman A. Wiebe, son of Jacob and Marie (Entz) Wiebe, was born May 14, 1881, in the village of Gurken near Marienburg, West Prussia. Father received his first schooling in the village of Tralau.
Since his oldest brother was almost of draft age for the German Army, their father sold his nice farm. The parents left Germany, taking their nine children with them, and moved to America. They arrived in Kansas amid relatives and friends on Aug. 15, 1890. they settled on a farm three and one-half miles north of Brainerd, the farm on which father lived until the time of his departure from this life.
The Mennonite obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 733