Kehlers who honor past and inspire other Berliner Kehler family members
Martin Giesbrecht, age 63, of Winkler, formerly of Morden and Carmen, passed away November 29, 1992.
Martin was born on April 29, 1929 near Myrtle, MB. At age 2, he moved up to Fannystelle, where he lived until he was 14, and left home to find employment.
He married Louise Vera Gladys Reimer on May 6, 1950. Together they had three children, Beverly, Bonita and Nelson. Continue reading “Martin Giesbrecht (1929-1992)”
Saturday, November 7, 1992 at his residence, Peter H Doerksen, age 70 years, beloved husband of Violet, Steinbach, passed away.
The funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 11, 2pm at the Chortitzer Mennonite Church, 479 Hanover St., Steinbach with Pastors Richard Martens and Cornelius G. Peters officiating. Interment will follow in the Heritage Cemetery, Steinbach. Viewing will take place at the chapel Tuesday between 7 and 8 pm and at the church prior to the service.
Besides his wife Violet, Mr. Doerksen leaves to cherish his memory three daughters: Continue reading “Peter Hiebert Doerksen (1922-1992)”
By the blue-tinged light of an early winter dawn, farmers meet at Edgar’s*, a popular restaurant in Steinbach, Manitoba, to sip coffee and catch up on the news.
Condensed Excerpt, Imperial Oil Review by Andrew Allentuck – as printed in the Reader’s Digest 1992
By the blue-tinged light of an early winter dawn, farmers meet at Edgar’s*, a popular restaurant in Steinbach, Manitoba, to sip coffee and catch up on the news. Outside, their diesel trucks idle in the cold. Inside, the substantial and the trivial of country life is the morning’s gossip. The men wear their caps, each with the trademark of a seed company, a tractor maker or a rural co-operative. They joke about their endless concerns over prices of the harvest past and insects of the summer to come. They pour over the local weekly, The Carillon, reading and discussing stories of town meetings and new hay balers with the intensity of physicists analyzing new theories. Continue reading “Voices Of The Prairies”