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)”
Author: Berliner
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”
Marie Brandt Reimer (1901-1996)
Peacefully in her sleep, on Monday, October 21, 1996 at the Morris General Hospital, Marie Reimer, devoted wife of the late Rev. Peter J.B. Reimer passed away at the age of 95.
She was born in Rosenort, Manitoba to Henry W and Elizabeth Brandt. She married Peter J.B. Reimer and became a mother to five children on June 30, 1946. Continue reading “Marie Brandt Reimer (1901-1996)”
Edward John Doerksen (1947-1996)
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Edward, husband, father and papa on June 8, 1996 at the age of 48.
He was born and raised in the Steinbach area, where he spent the early years of his life working on the family farm. Ed move to Winnipeg in 1966 and it was here where he met his future wife Brenda. They married on June 8, 1968. During their 28 years of marriage they raised two sons and one daughter. Ed worked at K-Tel International for 22 years. He spent the last seven years at Bristol Aero Space. Continue reading “Edward John Doerksen (1947-1996)”