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Klassen, Peter (d. 1959)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Jan 14 p. 1

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text of obituary:

Young Brazil Farmer Killed In Holdup

PETER KLASSEN FATALLY WOUNDED WHILE HAULING MILK TO TOWN

Curitiba, Brazil. — A report in “Bibel und Pflug,” Mennonite periodical published here, tells of the death of Peter Klassen who was fatally wounded in a holdup around four o'clock on the morning of Nov. 19. Peter died about three hours later in a Curitiba hospital.

He and his brother Hans were leaving their home to deliver milk to the city of Cuiitiba.

The two assailants were later apprehended.