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Hildebrand, Peter J.
Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 2009 Jan p. 30
Birth date: 1906 Oct 02
text of obituary:
PETER J. HILDEBRAND
Peter J. Hildebrand died May
14,2008. He was born Oct.
2, 1906 in Russia to Johann
and Katharina Hildebrand.
He was conscripted into
the Russian army and had
to go AWOL to leave Russia
with his widowed mother and sisters to come to
Canada in 1926. On Oct. 28,1935, he married Velma
Quiring. He farmed in Meadow Lake, Sask., for many
years, often wintering in Waldheim, Sask., where
he assisted in the caretaking of the arena. Peter
was baptized in the North Saskatchewan River in
1980, and joined Waldheim MB Church in 1993. He
retired in 2003, then moved to Mennonite Nursing
Home in Rosthern, Sask., in 2005. Predeceased
by 3 brothers, 4 sisters, son Harvey, daughter
Judith, first wife Velma, and second wife Tena; he
is mourned by children Edythe (John) Erickson,
Verdelle Muttitt, and Caroline (Bart) Horsland; 8
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 2 great-
great-grandchildren; 1 sister; 1 brother. The funeral
was May 20 at Waldheim (Sask.) MB Church.