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Regehr, Ernst (1904-1970)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Apr 23 p. 7
Birth date: 1904
text of obituary:
Elder of Churches In Uruguay Dies
Newton, Kan. (GCNS). — Elder Ernst Regehr, 66, for many years pastor of Prussian and Uruguayan Mennonite churches, died on Feb 28 after a prolonged illness resulting from a severe heart attack last summer, it has been learned here.
A native of Rosenort between the Vistula and the Nogat, he was among the first immigrants from Danzing [sic Danzig] and West Prussia to settle in Uruguay after Work War II. On March 10, 1952, whet the El Ombu congregation was organized, he became its elder. Formerly he had been an elder in his home congregation in Rosenort.
Commenting on Elder Regehr’s contribution during the early years of Mennonite Uruguayan colonization, a writer in the April 1, 1970, issue of “Unser Blatt" says: “We built houses, Uncle Ernst built congregations.” He traveled constantly and gathered people into congregations which later became the Conference of Mennonites in Uruguay.
The Mennonite obituary: 1970 Apr 18 p. 298