Harder, Wilfred Edwin (1933-2003)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2003 Aug 13 p. 2

Birth date: 1933 Jul 19

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Sep 8 p. 12

text of obituary:

WILFRED E. HARDER

Wilfred E. Harder, 70, of Aberdeen, Idaho, died Aug. 12, 2003. He was born July 19, 1933, to Willie and Catherina Wiebe Harder in Whitewater, Kan. He attended Berean Academy in Elbing and married Joan Saner on April 10, 1955.

They first lived in Palo Alto, Calif., then moved to his farm place near Aberdeen, Idaho. He was a cabinet and woodwork specialist and became the woodwork teacher at Aberdeen High School. He was able to finish the 2002 school year despite failing health. A scholarship memorial for the high school was established in his name.

Survivors include his wife, Joan; four children, Mike and his wife, Mary, of Boise, Lorna Harwood and her husband, Brett, of Pocatello, Lesa Weaver and her husband, Matt, of Bosmont, Wyo., and Chris and his wife, Rebeca, of Vancouver, Wash.; and 10 grandchildren.

Services were held at Aberdeen High School by his Vineyard Worship Team. Burial was in the Mennonite Church Cemetery in Aberdeen.