Kehler, John (1906-1962)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1962 Jun 29 p. 15

Birth date: 1906 Mar 19

text of obituary:

REV. JOHN KEHLER

The death of Rev. John Kehler occured on June 13, 1962 in the City Hospital in Saskatoon. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, three sons, one daugther, his parents, six brothers, and five sisters with their families and many friends.

Funeral services were held in the Saskatoon M.B. church on Saturday, June 16.

Mr. Kehler was born on March 19, 1906 in St. Jean Man. At an early age he accepted the Lord as his personal Savior and was baptized at the age of 13 and received into the fellowship of the M.B. church at Grossweide, Man. He attended Winkler Bible School and Winnipeg Bible Institute to prepare for the Lord's service. After graduation in 1939 he was married to Luella Enns on Oct. 22, of the same year. Their happy union was blessed with four children. Wesley, Larry, Renie and Doreen.

Mr. Kehler had a love for the people of Canada's Northland, and joyfuly served them with the gospel for almost ten years. This service took this family to God's Lake and Berens River Manitoba. He was in mission work at Fort Chipewyan, Alta., and one year he taught at La Ronge Indian Bible School. While serving the church at Woodrow, Sask., he was ordained. While pastoring the small group at Mildred, Sask., for five years, he also taught school in that district. He never lost the vision of the lost people in Canada's Northland. Even at the end of his life he expressed the desire to return there. When it became evident that his days were numbered, God gave him perfect peace in the consciousness that he would shortly go home to be with the Lord.