Regehr, Virgil Andrew (1926-2013)

Mennonite World Review obituary: 2013 Dec 9 p. 16

Birth date: 1926 Apr 2

Text of obituary:

Virgil Andrew Regehr

Virgil Andrew Regehr, 87, of Inman, Kan., died Nov. 26, 2013, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 2, 1926, to Curt T. and Saras Androes Regehr on a farm southwest of Inman.

He was a farmer, operated a service station and retired from Cessna Fluid Power after 27 years. While working at Cessna he started to plan and guide bus tours part time and started his own tour company, Heritage Tours. After 33 years and more than 450 bus tours, he retired from the tour business. He enjoyed collecting, especially license plates, and attended tag meets. He was a member of the Inman Lions Club and a faithful member of Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church.

He married Marie Martens on Oct. 20, 1946, at Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Marie; four children, Galen Dean Regehr and his wife, Pam, Gary Lynn Regehr and his wife, Joanne, Barbara Jane Reeves an her husband, Jim, and Betty Diane Schrag and her husband, Lowell; two sisters, LaVera Neufeld and Arlene Schroeder; three step-brothers, Alvin Bergen, Gerald Bergen and Edgar Bergen; one stepsister, Jeanette Walters; 10 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bob Regehr and Henry Regehr; and a great-grandson, Nicholas Regehr Parsons.

Graveside services were held at Hoffnungsau Cemetery. A celebration of his life service was at Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church.