Headings, Ivan (1913-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 26 Mar 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1913

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IVAN HEADINGS

Ivan Headings was born to Elmer C. and Alma (Hooley) Headings on June 23, 1913, at Cheraw, Colo., and passed away at Bethesda Personal Care Home, Steinbach, Man., on Feb. 14, 1987, at the age of 73.

At the age of 11 he confessed Christ as Savior and continued to grow in him and serve him faithfully

At Hesston (Kan.) College he met Louise Miller, to whom he was married on June 24, 1940.

He was ordained to the ministry at Adair, Okla., in 1847. After serving there a number of years, God led him to Lebanon, Ore., where he pastored East Fairview Mennonite Church for 11 years.

He was a self-supporting minister and, due to a back injury received as a boy and on his doctor's advice to do lighter work, he finished his education and became a teacher, teaching for five years in Oregon.

The need for teachers in Canada led him to a government school at Pikangikum, Ont., where he taught 1963-68, working with Northern Gospel Light's mission there. His small Luscomb plane served well there and is still in use at Northern Youth Ministries in Dryden, Ont. He later taught at Mitchell, near Steinbach; in northern Manitoba Pauingassi, and at Ingenika in northern British Columbia.

In 1983 he suffered a stroke after having been in failing health for several years.

Left to treasure his memory are his wife, Louise; three sons and their wives, Richard and Dorothy and Robert and Ranae of Lebanon, Ore., and Roger and Phyllis of Steinbach, Man.; two daughters, Pat (Mrs. Dave) Sharp of Belleville, Pa., and Donella (Mrs. John) Keim of Grottoes, Va.; 11 grandchildren; three brothers, Marvin of Salem, Ore., and Vernon and Sam of Albany, Ore.; and five sisters, Velma (Mrs. Fred) Kaufman of Scio, Ore., Clysta Buerge of Albany, Ore., and Vera (Mrs. Chris) Whitaker, Opal (Mrs. Verl) Nofziger and Olive (Mrs. Wilmer) Roth, all of Lebanon, Ore.

He was preceded in death by four infant brothers and one sister.

Memorial and graveside services were held Feb. 18, 1987, in Steinbach, Man., with John Neufeld and Alvin Frey officiating.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 30 Apr 1987 p. 11

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ADDITION/CORRECTION

Additional information has been received about Ivan Headings, whose obituary appeared in the March 26 issue. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Pearl Knopf, and a brother, Emery. His mother's name was Ada, not Alma.