Baerg, Gerhard G. (1905-1972)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1972 Sep 08 p. 31

Birth date: 2905 Nov 15

text of obituary:

GERHARD G. BAERG

Gerhard G. Baerg wa·s born in A'lexanderkrone in Southern Russia, where he spent 12 happy years with his p'arents and his brothers and sisters . Then his father died, and the difficult years of the revo,lution, famine, and emigration followed. In 1924 h'is mother and the seven ch'ildren I'eft for Ontario, then moved to Dominion City, Manitoba, after two years. Here they worked dil'igen>tly and God blessed the family. Gerhard accepted Christ as his Saviour and joined the Arnaud MB Church in 1936, where he enjoyed the fellowship of the bel·ievers. In 1940 he was married, and moved to Yarrow, B.lC. in 1944, where he engaged in small fruit farming and pa'rticipated in the 'Work of the churoh there. Three sons and two daughrters were born of this union, and the family appreciated the ste·ady and consistent spiritual re·lationshipto God which the father had, and for the good example he s·et them. Left to mourn are his wife, H'ilda, Rudy and Corinne, Prince Rupert, Otto and Rick in Vancouver, Sherry in Burnaby, and Bar'bie at home, as weH as thre'e brothers and two s·isters: Rev. John G. Baerg, Virgil, Missionary Willie G. Baerg, Port Rowan, Henry G. Baerg, Winn'ipeg, Mrs. John Jantzen, Waldheim, and Mrs. A.J. Isaac, St. Catherines,Ont.