Rempel, Harvey E. (1958-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jul 10 p. 8

Birth date: 1958

text of obituary:

Newton and Vicinity

• An estimated 500 persons attended funeral services for Harvey E. Rempel, 17 — son of Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Rempel of Hesston who died at Chilliwack, B. C. on July 2 — at the Whitestone Church, Hesston, on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Waldo Miller, Rev. Jerry Weaver and Rev. Frank Ward officiated. Also taking part were the Sonshine Singers, a Hesston community group. A member of this group, Paul Hershberger, and Harvey had made a bicycle trip to Mission, B. C. and were visiting Harvey's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Rempel and Mrs. Abram J. Pankratz and cousins there. When Harvey, Paul and the cousins went swimming in a pond, the two Hesston youths became entangled in undergrowth. Both were able to free themselves, but Harvey was apparently exhausted from the effort and drowned. A plane from Hesston Corporation flew Mr. and Mrs. Rempel to British Columbia last Thursday afternoon, where they attended memorial services and returned with the body the next day. In addition to his parents and grandparents, the youth is survived by two sisters, Kathryn Nadine and Nelda Marie, both of the home. Harvey was valedictorian of this year's graduating class at Hesston High School.