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Archives for December 2012

December 12, 2012

Reverend Derksen Story

Reverend Derksen's delivery car

Reverend David Derksen was born in 1910, in Fischau, Molotschna Colony, Ukraine. “He has made His wonderful works to be remembered” Psalm 11:4a. Only as we remember His wonderful works can we truly rejoice in them. I was born on October 1st 1910, an autumn day when our workers, two men and one woman were hired […]

Article by Astrid Koop / Filed Under: Stories Then /

December 12, 2012

Susa Koop Enns, 1911-1993

Our family moved to the Crimea, Boselachea. Here we lived in little villages and owned a farm. Dad was mayor of a little town and had many responsibilities. When the war broke out again, Dad was called upon to haul people and soldiers far away by horse and wagon. This left Mother to look after […]

Article by Astrid Koop / Filed Under: Stories Then /

December 12, 2012

An Interview With Abe Fehr

Aerial view of Uni-Fab under construction

Abram Fehr, known to his friends and associates simply as Abe, was born in Tillsonburg Ontario in 1963, and became a successful entrepreneur, no doubt to the delight of his hard working parents who immigrated to Canada from Paraguay. Abe’s father Isaac came to Canada in 1957 and his mother Helena arrived in1962. Abe’s entire […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now /

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