Wiebe, Peter P. (1881-1973)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1973 Apr 06 p. 31

Birth date: 1881

text of obituary:

PETER P. WIEBE

Peter Wiebe was born in Neudorf, South Russia, in 1881, the fifth of sixteen children of Peter and Anna Wiebe. In his parental home he learne·d to know about Jesus ea~ly in life, and was baptized upon his co·nfession of faith and received into the Mennonite Church ,

In 1901 he marrlied Maria Neufeld. After ,thirteen years o,f marriage she died and left hlim with four children, In 1915 h'e found in He,lene Tiehsen a w ife and mother ,for his chi'ldren, The Lord gave them another daughter, After severe 'illness his second wife died in 1928. ]In 1929 he married widow Ma~garet Ne'ufeld who had four children. -For forty four years they shared joys and sorrows. They trusted God through the difficult time of WWH, when for six years they Ontario. Because olf o'id ag'e th ey moved into Tabor Manor, St, GM'harines in 1969, where they w e-re very hap py. Despit'e his advanced age he enjoyed being occup,ied at the work Ibench, and his pleasant mpnn'er wa'S a dellight to all who knew him , He died on February 22nd at the ag'e of 91, Funeral services were he-Id on Feb. 24 in th e Virgi'l Mennonite Brethren Church, Rev. J:G, Baerg and Rev, Georgie Wiche'rt o~fic' i a ted, He lea ves to mourn his wife, Ma'Tglaret; a son, seven daughters, (three of -them in R·us's,ia ), 31 g,randc'h'ildren, and 82 greatgrandchildren. wandered through Europe. In 1949 th