Penner, Peter P. (1913-1973)

Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1973 Sep 21 p. 29

Birth date: 1913 Apr 25

text of obituary:

PETER P. PENNER

Peter P. Penner of Virgil, Ontario, died suddenly on August 23. He was born on April 25, 1913 to Peter and Suzanna Penner in Friedensfeld, Russia. At the age of ten he emigrated to Canada with his parents and family. They settled on a farm at Laird, Saskatchewan. It was here that he accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour. He was baptized upon his confession of faith and received into the Mennonite Brethren Church at Laird in 1932.

Two years later, in 1934, he was married to Frieda Derksen of Main Centre, Sask. One daughter and two sons were born to them. In 1940 they left the farm in Saskatchewan and moved to Ontario where they settled on a fruit farm. Later on he acquired a business in Virgil which the family still operates.

In recent years Mr. Penner suffered from n heart condition. The suffering and knowledge of the imminence of death contributed much to a marked deepening of his spiritual life and relationship to the Lord. His family give testimony to a renewed spiritual life and rejoice in the anticipation of a reunion in glory.

On August 22 he entered hospital for a period of rest and on August 23 he was quietly taken into the Lord's presence. Funeral services were held August 27 in the Virgil Mennonite Brethren Church with Rev . John G. Baerg and Rev. F. J. Wiens ministering.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Frieda; one daughter, Miriam Harz; two sons, Elden and his wife Irene, and Harry and his wife Marlene; eight grandchildren; two brothers, David of St. Catharines and Corney of Niagara-on-the-Lake; and four sisters, Lena (Mrs. H. A.) Jantz, Susie (Mrs. John) Goertz, Annie (Mrs. Frank F.) Kroeker, all of Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Mary (Mrs. George) Thiessen, of St. Catharines. He also leaves behind many friends whose personal association he treasured most sincerely.