Regehr, Curt L. (1915-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Apr 28 p. 9

Birth date: 1915 Oct 17

text of obituary:

CURT L. REGEHR

Curt L. Regehr, 92, of North Newton, Kan., died April 13, 2008, at Kidron Bethel Retirement Center. He was born Oct. 17, 1915, to George and Mary Pauls Regehr in Inman.

A lifetime resident of the Inman area, he lived in North Newton the last two years. He had worked as a contractor and carpenter. He was a member of Bethel Mennonite Church in Inman. He also served in many Mennonite Disaster Service projects, including two months in Skopje, Yugoslavia, in 1963 after a major earthquake there.

On May 11, 1941, he married Martha Janzen in Inman. She preceded him in death on June 10, 1949. On Oct. 12, 1952, he married Marie Ediger.

Survivors include his wife, Marie; four sons, Jerry H. and his wife, Sandra, of Wichita, Curtiss and his wife, Tammy, of Whitewater, Donovan and his wife, Laurie, of Halstead, and Wesley and his wife, Beth, of Hesston; a daughter, Judy Collicott and her husband, John, of Blair, Neb.; a brother, Arnold and his wife, Fern, of Inman; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Art and George; five sisters, Anna Heidebrecht, Linda Pankratz, Kathryn Pankratz, Betty Ediger and Sara Thiessen; and a grandson.

Funeral services were held at Bethel Mennonite Church of Inman. Burial was in North Inman Cemetery in rural Inman.