Heinrich R. Reimer

Mennonite Genealogy with Michael Penner

Heinrich R. Reimer (1876-1959)

My great-grandfather, Heinrich R. Reimer, was a teacher and well-known and influential preacher in Prairie Rose (now Landmark). He was born in the summer of 1876 in a sod house (semlin), the sixth of thirteen children to Abraham R. Reimer and Maria R. Reimer. Heinrich married at age twenty to Helena Dueck. They settled in Clearsprings, Manitoba, before moving to Prairie Rose in about 1920. He and Helena had thirteen children together. Heinrich started out as a farmer, but felt much more inclined as a teacher and preacher. At the age of 41, he was ordained as a Kleine Gemeinde (now Evangelical Mennonite Conference) minister. He officiated at weddings and funerals as well as preaching at Kleine Gemeinde churches in the area. He was the pastor of the Prairie Rose E.M.C church for many years.

Heinrich died on October 4, 1959, after having devoted much of his life nurturing the spiritual and intellectual well-being of his community.

Dr. Lawrence Klippenstein wrote a thirty-one page booklet on Heinrich R. Reimer entitled Love God And Your Neighbor Too. It is reproduced here with permission. (booklet, p.7, p.24).

Related Links

· Heinrich R. Reimer’s autobiography, from Love God and Your Neighbor Too.

· Brief Heinrich R. Reimer biography on Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

· Article on the Heinrich R. Reimer house, written by granddaughter Ms. Hulda Plett (Preservings, December 1998, page 117)

· Article on Heinrich R. Reimer’s writing desk, written by granddaughter Ms. Doris Penner (Preservings, June 1996, page 58)

· Mrs. Helena Reimer nee Dueck obit (in German)

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