Loewen, Henry John (1887-1971)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1971 Sep 10 p. 39

Birth date: 1887 Dec 16

text of obituary:

HENRY JOHN LOEWEN

Mr. Henry John Loewen was born on December 16, 1887 in Michealsheim, Russia to John and Katarina Loewen. He w as saved, baptized and accepted into the MB Church at ·Lugovsky in 1905. 'In 1913 he married Helena Klassen. They lived in Komentz and Bogomorrow for a yea r before he left to serve in the M ed ical Corps for three years . During the difficult post-war years they lived in Amensky. They immigrated to Canada in 1924, and farmed at Colonsay, Sask. until 1945, and at Watrous for three more years before retiring in Saskatoon . In 1966 they moved to Clearbrook, B .C. Three years later Mr. Loewen entered th e M enno Home where he resided until the Lord called him home on August 3. He lea ves to mourn his wife Helena; six sons: Henry of Saskatoon, John, Ron and Peter of Abbotsford, B.C., Dave of Calgary and Ed of Linden, Alta.; six daughters: Mrs. H. (Katie) Halzer of Saskatoon, Mrs . R. ('Frieda) Willems of Dalmeny, Sask ., Mrs. 'P. (·Anne) Regier of lise Des Chenes, Man., Mrs . E. (Louise) Kowalenko of Calgary, Mrs. A. (Helen) Koehn of Lytton, B.C. and Mrs. V. (;Elsie) Betsch of Bandung, Indonesia; 46 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.