Siemens, Alvin (1905-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Feb 25 p. 9

Birth date: 1905 Nov 2

text of obituary:

ALVIN SIEMENS

Alvin Siemens, 102, of Inman, Kan., died Feb. 15, 2008, at Pleasant View Home. He was born Nov. 2, 1905, to Abraham and Elizabeth Regier Siemens in rural Buhler.

He married Marie Friesen on March 27, 1935, at Inman. She preceded him in death on April 22, 2000.

He was a farmer and worked for Hesston Corporation for 15 years. He was a past member of Hebron Mennonite Church and a present member of Buhler Mennonite Church. He had served on the Pleasant View Home board and the Little River Township board.

Survivors include three daughters, Marilyn Krehbiel of Pretty Prairie, Vernabelle Wiens Stayrook and her husband, Miller, of Goshen, Ind., and Betsy Buller and her husband, Larry, of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie; five brothers, Abe R., Jacob (Jim), Leonard, Ben and Henry; four sisters, Lizzie Thiessen, Mary Thiessen, Anna Neufeldt and Katherine Gaeddert; and a son-in-law, Alvin D. Krehbiel.

Funeral services were held at Buhler Mennonite Church. Burial was in Hebron Cemetery of rural Buhler.