Suddenly on March 6, 2000 Dan passed away in Brandon, Manitoba. He was predeceased by his mother, Rosemary and sister Darlene. Dan is survived by his three daughters, Crystal, Tammy and Bonnie; grandchildren, Breanna & Matthew; father, Frank; sister Bonnie; brothers, Jim, John and Steve and their families. Funeral service will be held on Monday, March 13, at 10:00 a.m. at the Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 4000 Portage Ave., with visitation one half hour prior to the service.
Author: Berliner
John Hiebert Kehler (1917-2000)
Peacefully, surrounded by his family our beloved husband, father and grandfather gently passed away into the arms of the Lord. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife of 57 years, Annie Kehler; his children, Marlene (Reg) Reimer, Roy (Pamela) Kehler, Diane (Roy) Penner, Bob (Jo-Anne) Kehler and grandchildren, Gina and Mark (Sharon) Reimer, Jacqueline and Jordan Kehler, Todd and Carlee Penner and Lonnie Kehler. John is survived by his sisters, Kelly Larson and Mary Daniel and his brothers, George, Ben (Lila), Dave (Irene) and Ernie (Eva). Dad was predeceased by his parents Aron and Elizabeth Kehler; his sisters, Susie and Betty and brothers, Jake and Peter. Continue reading “John Hiebert Kehler (1917-2000)”
Elizabeth Wieler Giesbrecht (1922-1999)
Elizabeth was born in Steinbach. Her adult years were spent in Winnipeg, where she raised her children while working as a private nurse. Her life had its share of tragedy as she lost two children. A son, Walter, died in infancy and Brenda passed away April 13, 1970. She was also predeceased by her parents Henry U. and Susanna (Kehler) Wieler and five siblings, Helene, Rosemarie, Peter, Benjamin and Phyllis. Continue reading “Elizabeth Wieler Giesbrecht (1922-1999)”
A Matter of Debate
Murray Hiebert spent 30 days in jail for reporting that the son of a prominent Malaysian judge had been kicked off the high school debate team. In this essay, Hiebert recounts his ordeal.
Washington, DC — I’ve become quite an expert on Malaysian tourist spots over the past two years. That’s because a local judge sentenced me to three months in prison for “scandalizing the court” in a magazine article that I wrote in 1997. While my appeal wound its way through the Malaysian legal maze, I was forced to remain within the borders of peninsular Malaysia. My problems began in early 1997 when I wrote an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review, a news weekly published in Hong Kong by Dow Jones & Co, about a mother who was suing the International School of Kuala Lumpur for $2.4 million. She mounted the suit because fellow students had kicked her 17-year-old son off a debating team for alleged cheating. I used this case as an example to demonstrate that Malaysia had become almost as litigious as the United States.
I paid a heavy price for that piece: on October 11, 1999, I finally got my passport back after completing 27 months under “country arrest” and 30 days in prison. Continue reading “A Matter of Debate”
Frieda Goertz Kehler (1909-1999)
Frieda Kehler, nee Goertz, passed away on July 31, 1999 at Riverview Health Centre, Winnipeg, MB. Frieda was born on February 16, 1909 to Peter and Marie (Unrau) Goertz in McPherson County, Kansas, USA. She was predeceased in death by husband Cornelius S Kehler on March 27, 1968.
She is survived by her sons: Russell and wife Florence of White Rock, BC, Dennis and wife Yvonne of Belair, MB, Donald of Anchorage, Alaska, and Leland and wife Diane of Columbus, Ohio. Her daughters: Marlene and husband Bill Aitken of Victoria, BC and Doris and husband Bill Janzen of Omaha, Nebraska. Continue reading “Frieda Goertz Kehler (1909-1999)”
Wilhelm Funk Hildebrandt (1936-1999)
Suddenly on Monday, March 15, 1999, while vacationing in Florida with his wife and friends, Rev. Bill Hildebrandt, aged 62 years, of Steinbach, passed away in Stuart, Florida.
Besides his loving wife Helen, his memory will be cherished by son Mark, and daughters Denise and Karla, and their respective spouses, as well as two granddaughters Carey and Ashley.
Bill was born at New Bothwell, MB to Peter and Elizabeth Hildebrandt and lived in the Steinbach area all his life. Continue reading “Wilhelm Funk Hildebrandt (1936-1999)”
Nuts-N-Bolts
Recipe: Nuts-N-Bolts
Recipe by Violet Doerksen, Steinbach CMC Ladies Ministries
Punch
A Personal Memory: Elisabeth Schultz Kehler (1866-1943)
by Al Reimer
Introduction.
The movements of history, as lived by human beings, are not neatly divided into hundred-year calendar segments called centuries, but run in uncontrolled waves like the sea, lapping at and overlapping each other. The Mennonite generation of my Grandma Kehler was in all essentials a nineteenth-century generation even though she and others like her lived well into the twentieth century.
Mennonite women of her generation lived utterly private domestic lives for the most part, spoke only Plautdietsch but also understood primitive church German, were schooled to suffer in silence, were endlessly resourceful in rearing their large families, including the inculcation of moral, ethical and spiritual values, and were unquestioningly devoted to their church and faith. They did not vote, were hardly aware that government existed, read only the German Bible and perhaps the Steinbach Post and had no direct contact with the “English” world outside the narrow confines of village, farm and community. Continue reading “A Personal Memory: Elisabeth Schultz Kehler (1866-1943)”
Canadians Give Money for Flood Aid
Flood relief for victims of southern Manitoba’s Red River disaster continues to pour in from across the country.
Flood relief for victims of southern Manitoba’s Red River disaster continues to pour in from across the country.
A group of unemployed fishermen from New Brunswick are going to Manitoba to help with the flood cleanup; a Montreal business is sending a truckload of cleaning products to the flood-ravaged region; a Calgary man who won $150,000 in the lottery is donating a fifth of his winnings to flood relief efforts in the area. Continue reading “Canadians Give Money for Flood Aid”