Koop, Rudolf (1917-2005)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Oct 14 p. 28

Birth date: 1917 Aug 6

text of obituary:

RUDOLF KOOP

Rudolf Koop died Aug. 23 at age 88. His parents were Paul and Lena Koop of Ebental, Ukraine. He married Olga Epp in 1930. In 1941 he was conscripted into the Red Army. When he returned to his village everyone had been deported to Siberia and he believed his family had died. After being released from prisoner of war camp in France, he immigrated to Germany. He found salvation in Jesus and was baptized June 19, 1947. He then immigrated to Canada, settling first in Manitoba and then in B.C. He married Anna Harder Jan. 15, 1949. They had a farm in Abbotsford, growing strawberries, raspberries and raising poultry. After retirement he helped his family with their projects. He went to Benin, West Africa to help daughter Helen and her husband Chris complete a church building. Church was very important to him. He was part of King Rd. MB Church, Abbotsford, from its beginning. He had a deep faith and prayer was important. He is mourned by Anna, daughters Dora Fast; Anne Muller; Kathie Wiebe; Helen Cowie; sons Frank Harder, Rudy, Bernhard Harder; Rudy; Jake; 61 grandchildren; 63 great-grandchildren. The funeral was Aug. 27 in King Rd. MB Church with Andrew Dyck, George Baier and Ernst Janzen ministering.