Doerksen, Frank F. (1894-1968)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1968 May 17 p. 17

Birth date: 1894 Aug 13

text of obituary:

FRANK F. DOERKSEN

Funeral services for the late Mr. Frank F. Doerksen of Herbert, Saskatchewan were conducted in the Herbert Mennonite Brethren Church on April 24, 1968. Officiating at the service were Rev. Nick Janz (German) and Rev. Herman Voth (English).

Frank Doerksen was born in Greenfeld, South Russia, on August 13, 1894. He received the Lord as his personal Saviour in 1917 and was baptized in the Dnieper River and received into the Mennonite Brethren Church. On August of 1915 he married Helena Niebuhr. He and his family immigrated to Canada in 1925. In 1958 he retired and moved to Herbert, Saskatchewan.

He is survived by his wife, Helena, and eight children: Frank of Riverton, Manitoba, Jake of Moose Jaw, Sask., Peter of Eyebrow, Sask., John of Saskatoon, Sask., Helen of Swift Current, Sask., Henry of Herbert, Sask., Hardy of Eyebrow, and Kathy (Mrs. Elmer Gerbrandt), also of Herbert.