Category: Events

Celebration of Life for Dennis L Kehler

Please join the family and friends of Dennis Kehler for a celebration of his life Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Dennis Leroy Kehler 1931-2013
Dennis Leroy Kehler 1931-2013

Please join the family and friends of Dennis Kehler for a celebration of his life as a loving husband, caring father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, decorated war veteran, and friend.

Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 11 AM
Bethel Community Church
430 Lakewood Blvd, Winnipeg Manitoba

A light lunch will be provided following the service.

Final Service at the Randolph Church

Chortitzer Mennonite Church, Randolph, Manitoba
Chortitzer Mennonite Church, Randolph, Manitoba

Courtesy of Chortitzer.com

The Chortitzer Mennonite Conference is inviting you to a celebration of God’s grace on the Mennonite people at the Randolph CMC Church.

After operating for over a century, the church is being closed and the CMC is holding a celebration service to commemorate the role that it has in played the in Mennonite history both within the Conference and on the grander scale. Continue reading “Final Service at the Randolph Church”

Ebenfeldscha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band Performing in Rosenort, MB

Ebenfeldshcha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band
Ebenfeldshcha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band

Peter B. Kehler and his friends of the Ebenfeldscha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band will be performing at the Rosenort Fellowship Seniors Banquet on December 8, 2009 at the Rosenort Heritage Centre, 14 Spruce Crescent.   Continue reading “Ebenfeldscha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band Performing in Rosenort, MB”

Homecoming a Success !

Thank you to each and every friend and relative who attended the Berliner Kehler Homecoming and book launch event at the Mennonite Heritage Village on Sunday, July 26, 2009. 

Kehler cousins, Syd Reimer, Al Reimer and Glen Kehler were overwhelmed with the response and grateful for the recognition of their three years of work to put the Berliner Kehler story into print.

There were over 175 relatives and friends at the afternoon event which included a reading by author Al Reimer and reminiscing by Glen Kehler. Syd Reimer chaired the program and the Ebenfeldshcha Bosch Brennt Dohl Band (Peter B. Kehler & Friends) provided musical entertainment.

Thanks also to the Kehler cousins who baked and served cookies and coffee to accompany the visiting after the program.

Sales of the book The Berliner Kehler Clan – A History in Portraits were brisk and the first printing was sold out. However, a second printing is underway and will be available shortly.

Photos of this most memorial event can be viewed here.

The Berliner Kehler Clan Released

­The Berliner Kehler Clan chronicles the lives of Jacob “Berliner” and Elizabeth Kehler and their eleven children, a pioneering Mennonite family in Ebenfeld, near Steinbach, Manitoba.

The Berliner Kehler Clan
Jacob and Elisabeth (Schultz) Kehler and oldest granddaughter, Annie Penner ( 1913)

­The Kehlers living in the wider Steinbach region are a truly remarkable clan. Not only are they as numerous as chokecherries in August, but like chokecherries they grow in dense family clusters in close proximity to each other. ­ There the comparison breaks down.  Chokecherries are silent, waiting to be picked. ­ The Kehlers are never silent and anything but passive. They are active, spirited and vocal – if not downright gabby. ­They never stop talking and when they have nothing more to say they go on talking for the sheer pleasure of it. When Kehlers get together the air turns into a whirlwind of words and laughter. As the Kehlers themselves like to say: ‘Never bury a Kehler until you’ve made sure his mouth is dead too.’ Continue reading “The Berliner Kehler Clan Released”