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Gorter, Simon Henri Nicolaas (1885-1967)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Aug 17 p. 3
Birth date: 1885
text of obituary:
Duivendrecht, The Netherlands. — Henri Nicolaas Gorter, 82, former president of the Dutch Mennonite Emigration Office, died here on Wednesday, Aug. 2, and was buried at Beekbergen on Monday, Aug. 7.
As president of the Emigration Office, Rev. Gorter was in charge of aiding the more than 1,000 Russian Mennonite refugees who passed through Rotterdam to Canada and Brazil for several years after 1927. He had a leading role in collecting money, clothing and medicine, sending food to Russia, locating temporary boarding facilities in the Rotterdam area, securing transportation to North and South America and providing follow-up care for the new settlers in Brazil.
Rev. Gorter's longest pastorate was in Rotterdam, where he was the minister of the Mennonite Church from 1916 to 1946. He also served as editor of the Dutch Mennonite year book and of the Dutch Mennonite weekly. Six books and booklets bear his name, among which are two about the Dutch Mennonites and one, "Doopsgezinde Emigratie," about the role the Dutch played in the Russian emigration. i