Peter Warkentin

As a young child, Peter (Pedro) fled with his parents (by horse and sled) into China, where they stayed for 4 years until they had permission to immigrate to Santa Catarina, Brazil. In spite of hard beginnings, Peter enjoyed life. He was baptized and married Anna. They moved to Witmarsum, Brazil, where Peter farmed and had trucks for collecting milk. After Anna died, Peter immigrated to Abbotsford, B.C., where he married Alice in 1981. Peter had a heart for helping others.

• Birth: June 17, 1924
• Birthplace:
  Sagradovka, Ukraine
• Death: December 11, 2012

• Parents:
  Jacob Aaron & Katharina Warkentin
• Married:
  Anna Philippsen, 1951 (deceased 1980); Alice Siemens, 1981
• Family:
  Alice; children Horst (Ursula Kroeker), Hary (Ute Funck), Liliane (Ewald Thiessen), Erieka (Heins Cornelsen); 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren