Kroeker, Frank P. (1890-1980)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1980 Apr 25 p. 30

Birth date: 1890 Apr 25

text of obituary:

FRANK P. KROEKER

Frank P. Kroeker of Saskatoon passed away on March 8. He was born to Peter F. and Katharina (Schroeder) Kroeker on April 25, 1890 in southern Russia. After elemen- tary education, he graduated from a book- keeping course. In 1909 he marri ed his former schoolmate, Lena Goerzen. While he was in alternative service, in forestry , in 1914, his wife became ill and died. During th e first war he served as an orderly in a Red Cross hospital. Ther e he met Susie Hueb e rt and married her on May 27, 1917. Th ey im- migrated to Canada in 1924 and settled down near Hepburn, Sask . in 1925, where th ey lived for 29 years . On June 20, 1926,he was baptized and joined the Hepburn Mennonite Brethren Church. He was active as a Sunday school superintendent and served on Saskat - chewan and Canadian Conference commit- tees . He was predeceased by son Nicholas in 1957. He is survived by his wife Susie; children and spouses: Frank and Anne, Nia- gara-on-the-Lake, Henry and Tena of Virgil, Walter and Mary Ellen of Ottawa , Helen and Ken Bush of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Evelyn Kroeker of Chatham (all Ont.), Mary and Nick Voth of Winnipeg, Ernest and Sadie, (Mrs.) Elsie Dirks of Saskatoon, and Martha and Norman Schultz of Waldheim, Sask.; 25 grand- children and 23 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held March 12 in the Centra l (Saskatoon) MB Church, with pastor Rueben Baerg officiating.