Kehler, Peter G. (d. 1961)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1961 Jun 1 p. 3

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Two Fatal Accidents On Canada Highways

WOMAN KILLED AFTER ATTENDING FATHER'S FUNERAL IN MANITOBA

Steinbach, Man. — A young father of New Bothwell and a mother, former resident of Steinbach, were killed in separate highway accidents recently.

Mrs. Norman Unrau, daughter of Mrs. Peter R. Klassen of Steinbach, died in a head-on collision May 19 en route home to Hixon, B. C. after coming here to attend funeral services for her father. Her husband and son Roy were hospitalized at Dawson Creek, B. C. the Unrau car and a station wagon collided on a dusty stretch of road near there.

Funeral services for Mrs. Unrau were held May 25 at the Chortitzer Mennonite Church here.

Peter G. Kehler of New Bothwell was killed May 24 near Blumenort. He was en route to Winnipeg when his compact car collided with a three ton truck. Surviving are his wife, the former Alvina Peters, and four children ranging in age form three to 11.