Regier, George B. (1885-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Mar 16 p. 10

Birth date: 1885 Dec 11

text of obituary:

Death Claims Retired Pastor of Inola, Okla. Congregation

Inola, Okla. — Funeral services for Rev. G. B. Regier, 86, were held Saturday forenoon at the Eden Mennonite Church, where he served in the ministry most of his life. Rev. E. A. Albrecht, the pastor, officiated.

Rev. Regier died unexpectedly March 8 at Sunset Estates Nursing Home, Enid, which he had entered only two days earlier. His wife, the former Maria Janzen, died on Dec. 19, 1971.

A native of the Inman, Kan. community, Rev. Regier came to this area in 1913 to take up farming and serve in the ministry at the Eden Church. he was a co-pastor for many years, and in 1948 was ordained for service as pastor-elder.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Apr 6 p. 11

text of obituary:

REV. G. B. REGIER

George B. Regier, son of Jacob H. and Mary Baergen Regier, was born on Dec. 11, 1885, in Harvey County, Kansas, and died on March 8, 1972, at the Sunset Estates Nursing Home, Enid, Okla. having attained the age of 86 years.

He was baptized on July 23, 1905, by Rev. Abraham Ratzlaff and received as a member of the Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church near Inman, Kan. In 1910 he joined the Ebenflur Mennonite Church in Hamilton County, Kansas and later transferred his membership to the Eden Mennonite Church, Inola, Okla., where he remained a faithful member until death.

He married Maria Janzen on Nov. 29, 1908, at the home of her parents in Hamilton County, Kansas, with Rev. Peter Heidebrecht in charge. To this union were born two daughters and four sons. The two oldest children, Katharina and Jacob, died in infancy.

Father filed for a homestead on a quarter section of land in Hamilton County, Kansas in about 1906. After their marriage, our parents were engaged in farming in that area until Aug. 3, 1913, when they moved to Inola, Okla. to enter a dual ministry of farming and serving in the pastorate of the Eden Mennonite Church until his retirement. In the earlier years he was co-pastor with other men. After his full ordination in the summer of 1948, he served in the position as the pastor-elder of the church.

Our parents had lived in retirement on their farm at Inola until the passing of Mother Regier on Dec. 19, 1971. Father then moved to Enid to stay in the home of his eldest son. He moved to the Sunset Estates Nursing Home on March 6. Two days later he experienced heart failure and quietly slipped into eternity

The life span of our father and mother was longer than average. They always laid greater emphasis on ministering to others than being ministered unto. They continually practiced frugal living so that priority could be given tot he laying up of treasurers in heaven, both during life and also at the time of death.

He leaves to mourn his sudden passing: one daughter, Frieda and husband Art Unrau of Inola; three sons, Henry and wife Verna, of Enid, Daniel and wife Goldie, Clinton, Okla., William and wife Dahna, missionaries in Brazil, now on furlough at Newton, Kan.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Isaac Regier of Meade, Kan. and Ed Regier of Inman, Kan.; four sisters, Lena (Mrs. Abe Wall) of Buhler, Kan., Mary (Mrs. J. T. Regehr), Sara (Mrs. John Neufeld), and Anna (Mrs. George Doerksen, all of Inman), Kan.

We praise the Lord for the memory of our Father. — The Family.

The Mennonite obituary: 1972 Apr 11 p. 255