He was born May 18, 1923, in Montezuma, to John W. and Ida Unruh Giesbrecht.
A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Giesbrecht was a minister and a farmer. He ministered for 13 years on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, worked as a volunteer for a boy's unit in Denver, ministered in Baltimore and served the Sharon Springs congregation.
On March 19, 1944, he married Opal Mae Dirks in Montezuma. She survives. Other survivors include a foster son, Eugene Chee of Sand Point, Ariz.; a brother, Frank Giesbrecht of Stapleton, Ga.; and five sisters, Frances Koehn and Susie Nickel, both of Montezuma, Lenora Ensz of Louisvile, Ga., and Evelyn Unruh and Mary Ann Dirks, both of Detroit, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents; a foster son, Tony Larsen; a brother, Johnnie Giesbrecht; and three sisters, Myrtle Smith, Elizabeth Unruh and Dorothy Boechner.
Funeral was at Cimarron Mennonite Church. Burial was at North Mennonite Church Cemetery, Montezuma.
Garden City Telegram 3/11/11
He was born May 18, 1923, in Montezuma, to John W. and Ida Unruh Giesbrecht.
A lifetime resident of the area, Mr. Giesbrecht was a minister and a farmer. He ministered for 13 years on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, worked as a volunteer for a boy's unit in Denver, ministered in Baltimore and served the Sharon Springs congregation.
On March 19, 1944, he married Opal Mae Dirks in Montezuma. She survives. Other survivors include a foster son, Eugene Chee of Sand Point, Ariz.; a brother, Frank Giesbrecht of Stapleton, Ga.; and five sisters, Frances Koehn and Susie Nickel, both of Montezuma, Lenora Ensz of Louisvile, Ga., and Evelyn Unruh and Mary Ann Dirks, both of Detroit, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents; a foster son, Tony Larsen; a brother, Johnnie Giesbrecht; and three sisters, Myrtle Smith, Elizabeth Unruh and Dorothy Boechner.
Funeral was at Cimarron Mennonite Church. Burial was at North Mennonite Church Cemetery, Montezuma.
Garden City Telegram 3/11/11
Family Members
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Myrtle Giesbrecht Smith
1920–1998
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Frances Giesbrecht Koehn
1921–2015
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Susie U. Giesbrecht Nickel
1924–2015
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Elizabeth Giesbrecht Unruh
1926–1985
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Lenora Giesbrecht Ensz
1927–2019
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Dorothy Giesbrecht Boeckner
1929–2009
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John W. "Johnnie" Giesbrecht Jr
1931–2006
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Franklin U Giesbrecht
1933–2017
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Donald George Giesbrecht
1938–1939
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Clayton Giesbrecht
1942–1942
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