Toews, John (1877-1933)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1930 Feb 5 p. 1

Birth date: 1877

text of obituary:

Soviets Execute Four Mennonite Ministers

Brother of Mt. Lake Editor A Victim of Fiendish Religious Persecution

(From Mt. Lake View)

Mt. Lake, Minn., Jan 30. — On Saturday afternoon the editor of this paper received a letter from his cousin, Mr. D. P. Enns, member of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization at Rosthern, Sask., informing him about the execution of his brother, Rev. John Toews, in the Soviet capital, Moscow. The report came from Mr. G. S. Derkson of Herbert, Sask., who ahs been informed of the execution of his brother, D. Derksen, in Moscow. Besides these two victims of the Soviet persecution, two other ministers of the Gospel were shot to death. One of these ws Rev. Jac. Rempel.