Martens, Peter S. (1888-1972)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1972 Jun 30 p. 30

Birth date: 1888 Feb 20

text of obituary:

PETER S. MARTENS

Peter S. Ma~tens was born ,in Scha'nz' e' nfeld, Mani,toba 'On February 20, 1'888 to Jacob and- Maria Martens. In th-e early y,e'ars 'O'f this century he moved to He ~be rt and eveontuaHy t'O'Ok up a home'ste'ad fom mi'les southwes't of Main Centre, Sask. He was married to Marie WaH on 'Mar,ch 16, 1913. Theirun'ion was b'l'e'ssed with six s'ons, aH 'Of whom survive their fatheIn 1930 through the ministry o,f missionary Frank Wiens, he 'ac:cepted the L'o -rd Jes'Uls 'as his persona:1 Siaviour and I'ater that year, upon ,t,he con'fe'slsion o,f his fa'ith a,nd baptism, he was accepted 'into the Main Centre MB 'Churc'h. ·Mr. M 'artens was alctive 'in church and community affairs, served 'On 'the ,church co'unci'l 'as we'" as in other church commitotee's at both Malin 'Cen'tre and Herbert, and als'o as !Iocal municipal, coun'OiHmand ,director olf the Pi'Oneer Co-'Op Association 'Of Swi'ft Current. He suHered 'a grea't loss thoro,ugh the dealt,h olf his fi'rst w~ fe in 1948, but lin Ith'e year 1950 he was remarried to t'he former 'Sar'ah Gome,ls'On, and after tlW'O fu'rther ye'ars on the farm, they moved into Herbert. They lived there unt'i'l his p-assing. He was forced t'o ret.ire,compiete'lyfrom h'is work in 1966, a,ft,er a stroke, though he regained reasonablle he.aHh. On Apr,i I 23, 1972 he pa'ss'edinto t'he presence of, the Lo'rd . He 'is survived by his beloved wife, Sara'h; six sons, Otto o'f Ma:in Centre, Fr,ed O'f Vii-ctoria, Sam of Cal'g~lry, Roy, a missionary to India, Rueben 'Of Ma,in Centre and Tony of Burnaby, -B.C.; rom s'tep-c'hHdren, Victor Cornelson 'O,f . Swift Current, Clara (Mrs. Frank) K'I'ippens't'ein, Main Centre, Anne (!Mrs . Harry) Lansberry, Herbert, and Wilma (Mrs. John) Adrian, Saskatoon; 21 grandchildren and nine ,grea'tgrandchoildren. T'he funera'i was condu'cted from the Herbert MB Church on April 27 with Pastor Jake Pauls and Rev. N'ick Janz minis,te'ring