Wiebe, Evelyn Mae Fischer (1920-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 May 26 p. 9

Birth date: 1920 Nov 16

text of obituary:

EVELYN MAE WIEBE

Evelyn Mae Wiebe, 87, died March 1, 2008. She was born Nov. 26, 1920, to Peter and Elizabeth Fischer in her parents’ home near Corn, Okla.

She grew up on a farm. She attended a small rural elementary school and graduated from Corn Bible Academy. It was there that she met Arthur, her future husband. They were married on Aug. 24, 1941. Their wonderful and eventful marriage spanned 66 years.

She was noted for the quality of her pies, cakes and tasty meals. She always added a huge dose of love when she applied these skills in preparing meals for the family, students away at college or friends in need.

She accepted Christ as her Savior while a teenager and was baptized on the confession of her faith. It was this faith that shaped her into a loving, devoted child of God and sustained her in a lifetime of service.

She was deeply loved by many. She never sought the limelight. However, if you were to scratch the surface of much her husband was involved in as president of Pacific College (now Fresno Pacific University) and the AIMS Foundation, you would find her fingerprints.

Survivors include her husband, Arthur; daughter Ann Wiebe of Reedley, Calif.; son Richard Wiebe and his wife, Billie Jean, of Clovis, Calif.; sister Martha Heidebrecht of Bethany, Okla.; and sisters-in-law Martha Fischer of Eureka, Calif., and Lydia Reimer and her husband, Nick, of Reedley.