Jake Dyck (1953-2022)

Jake Dyck (1953-2022)
Jake Dyck (1953-2022)

Jake was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, in 1953 and passed away surrounded by family at Health Sciences Centre in November 21, 2022 at the age of 69.

Jake leaves behind his beloved wife of 44 years Dianne, his daughter Kassie (Nathan), sisters Helene and Anne (Don), in-laws Myrna (Ray), Andy (Paula), Barb (Ken), Lorna (Gord), Edna (Sjoerd), Richard, nieces and nephews Lisa (Dan), Leilani (Tom), Leighton (Jenna), Natasha (Jeremy), Josh, Jackie (Randy), Cara (Ken), Barry (Jodie), Andrea (Greg), Leia (Mike), Robby (Tracey), AJ, Sydney (Patrick), Mikhail, Anastasia (Brad), Victoria, Ilse (Chris), Nicolas, Eric, as well as many grand-nieces and nephews. Continue reading “Jake Dyck (1953-2022)”

Support Chris and Nicole Dyck

Today, Chris & Nicole Dyck will be traveling to Plasticity Brain Center, a medical center in Denver Colorado, where both are going to receive medical treatments. Read more here, and how we can support our fellow Berliner Kehler, via GoFundMe.

Chris & Nicole Dyck
Chris & Nicole Dyck

Chris Dyck, is the grandson to (the late Peter B.) & Helen Kehler. Chris & Nicole, together with their family, reside in Steinbach, MB.

Jacob Friesen Doerksen (1936-2021)

Jacob Friesen Doerksen (1936-2021)

It is with sadness, much love, profound admiration and gratitude, we mourn the passing of our cherished husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, brother, in-law, uncle, cousin and friend Jac. Jac passed away at the St. Pierre hospital on Monday, August 23, 2021, at the age of 85. Even through failing health, his faith, courage and sense of humour stayed strong. Continue reading “Jacob Friesen Doerksen (1936-2021)”

Helena Kehler Unger (1928-2020)

Helen Kehler Unger (1928-2020)

It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the passing of their mother Helen Unger, on Monday February 17, 2020 at the Bethesda Place Personal Care Home.

Helen was predeceased by her husband Leonard in 2011. Her parents Reverend Peter S and Katharina Kehler, five brothers; Jacob (stillborn), Andy, Henry, Peter, and Willie, two sisters; Mary Isaac and Eva Schellenberg, brothers-in-law Aaron Isaac, Cornelius Peters, Jake Schellenberg, and sister-in-law Tina Kehler.
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William Blatz Kehler (1933-2019)

William Blatz Kehler 1933-2019
William Blatz Kehler 1933-2019

William (Bill) Kehler, 86, of Steinbach, MB., passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre, Steinbach, MB.

Son of the late Reverend Peter S. and Katharina Kehler, Bill was the seventh child of twelve, born July 9, 1933 in Blumengard, Manitoba, where they resided in the back of the family store.
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Katharina Peters Kehler (1933-2019)

Katharina Peters Kehler (1933-2019)

Katharina Kehler (nee Peters), 86, of Steinbach, MB, passed away Friday, February 15, 2019, at the Rest Haven Nursing Home, Steinbach, MB.

Katharina “Tina” Kehler, daughter of the late Peter and Susana Peters (nee Goertzen) was born Jan. 6, 1933 at the family home in Reichenbach, MB. Continue reading “Katharina Peters Kehler (1933-2019)”

Peter Blatz Kehler (1931-2018)

Peter Blatz Kehler (1931-2018)

Peter B. Kehler, age 86, of Steinbach, MB, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre, Steinbach, MB.

Peter is survived by: his wife Helen; four children: Larry (Sheila), Alice (Dale) Barkman, Carol (Lorne) Dyck, and Sandra (Sheldon) Harms; four grandchildren: Clinton (Jessica) Barkman, and Jessica Barkman, Christopher (Nicole) Dyck, Caitlin Dyck, and six great-grandchildren. Continue reading “Peter Blatz Kehler (1931-2018)”

Rev. Peter S. Kehler

Preservings – No 17 – December 2000

by Katharina Kehler Bergen
Steinbach, MB.

Peter S Kehler

Introduction.

My father, Peter Schulz Kehler was born in Ebenfeld on January 1, 1896.

His father was Jacob K. (Berliner) Kehler (1863-1923), his mother was Elizabeth Schulz Kehler (1866-1943).

Peter was the eighth child in a family of 14 children. Two brothers and one sister predeceased him in infancy. His siblings were born between 1885 -1904. Growing to adulthood were Maria, Jacob, Gerhard, Aron, Johan, then Peter, Susanna, David, Heinrich, Elizabeth and Cornelius. Peter’s birth place was the farm located just north of the Mitchell ball park.

Peter was a small baby weighing a mere three and one-half pounds, so he was told. Incubators were unheard of but with intuition and ingenuity, bricks were warmed in the oven to surround him with warmth. He survived and grew to be a slim, dapper-looking man in his younger years. He was not very tall and later filled out to be robust in stature. Continue reading “Rev. Peter S. Kehler”

Henry Blatz Kehler (1927-2015)

Henry Blatz Kehler 1927-2015
Henry Blatz Kehler 1927-2015

Henry B. Kehler passed away at the Bethesda Regional Health Care Centre on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the age of 87 years.

Left to remember him are his beloved wife of 59 years, Mathilda (Hiebert), his children: Iris Toews (Ryan), Deby, Wendi Friesen (Paul), Jim (Marge Thiessen) and Nancy Neufeld (Warren); four grandchildren: Carter Friesen, Mitchell Friesen, Andrew Neufeld and Emily Neufeld. Continue reading “Henry Blatz Kehler (1927-2015)”

Eva Kehler Schellenberg (1934-2013)

Eva Schellenberg (nee Kehler), 78, of Steinbach, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013

Eva Kehler Schellenberg
Eva Kehler Schellenberg

Eva Schellenberg (nee Kehler), 78, of Steinbach, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Bethesda Hospital. Eva leaves to cherish her memory five children: Lorraine (Charles Koop), Bob (Sylvia), Helen (Bill Briggs), Joan (Norman Poetker), and Tina (Andy Goossen) as well as fifteen grandchildren and their spouses and fourteen great-grandchildren.  She was predeceased by her husband Jacob W. Schellenberg, and 1 son in infancy. Continue reading “Eva Kehler Schellenberg (1934-2013)”