Jake worked on the family farm near Hillsboro, Kansas until the age of 14 when he moved with his parents, Peter K. and Katherine (Nikkel) Friesen to Winton, California. On July 1,1945 he married Sarah Nettie Giesbrecht in the Winton Church of God in Christ Mennonite.
For the first 7 years of marriage, Jake and his brother John farmed peaches and grapes in the Winton area.
In 1952 they sold the farm and moved to Glenn, CA. In the spring of 1969, they moved to Buhl, Idaho where they helped to build a new Mennonite community.
Jake and Sarah had 6 children; the first 2 born while living in Winton, the next 4 were born in Willows when the family lived on a farm in Glenn.
Obituary from The Messenger of Truth Issue 24, 2014:
Jake N. Friesen was born on June 20, 1924, to Peter K. and Katherine Friesen near Hillsboro, Kansas. He peacefully passed away on September 13, 2014, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Buhl, Idaho, reaching the age of ninety years.
He received his education and worked on the family farm near Hillsboro until the age of fourteen years, after which he moved with his family to Winton, California. There he heard and answered the call of God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, on January 22, 1939, by Min. Abe T. Koehn. He embraced this faith until his end. On July 1, 1945, he was united in marriage to our mother, Sarah Giesbrecht, at Winton, California, sharing the joys and sorrows of life for sixty-two years. The first seven years they spent farming peaches and grapes with his brother, John. Here a son and daughter joined the family.
In July of 1952, they sold the farm and joined a small group at Glenn, California. Here he was ordained to the deaconry on December 16, 1956, by Min. Frank Wenger. For fifty years, he unselfishly gave of himself to the Church and also enjoyed serving on various conference boards.
While at Glenn, four more sons joined the family. Here he provided for his family, farming and doing carpentry. While traveling through southern Idaho, they wondered why there could not be a congregation in that area. This inspired their move to Buhl in the spring of 1969, helping to start a new congregation. Dad enjoyed working together with his boys on the farm.
Dad and Mom enjoyed traveling. They visited different mission fields including Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Malawi, and Nigeria. In their retirement years, they took special interest in tract work, making many trips to Salt Lake City.
Our father's love was felt in his many offers to help, taking a special interest in each of us. Often we felt his concern for our spiritual welfare.
Our mother's passing in 2008 left him very lonely. Dad then made his home with his daughter, Verna, and her husband, Jim.
He is survived by six children: Melvin and wife, Annora; Verna and husband, Jimmy Koehn; Leonard and wife, Starlyn; all of Buhl, Idaho; Lee and wife, Lorraine, Hazelton, Idaho; David and wife, Virginia, Brookston, Texas; Arlen and wife, Carol, Bloomfield, Iowa; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Mary Giesbrecht, Glenn, California.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one brother, two sisters, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were held on September 17, 2014, at the Buhl Mennonite Church, Buhl, Idaho. Ministers Carl Koehn, Wayne Amoth, and Harold Eck officiated. Burial was in the adjoining Church cemetery.
Contributor: Jcarter (48847489)
For the first 7 years of marriage, Jake and his brother John farmed peaches and grapes in the Winton area.
In 1952 they sold the farm and moved to Glenn, CA. In the spring of 1969, they moved to Buhl, Idaho where they helped to build a new Mennonite community.
Jake and Sarah had 6 children; the first 2 born while living in Winton, the next 4 were born in Willows when the family lived on a farm in Glenn.
Obituary from The Messenger of Truth Issue 24, 2014:
Jake N. Friesen was born on June 20, 1924, to Peter K. and Katherine Friesen near Hillsboro, Kansas. He peacefully passed away on September 13, 2014, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Buhl, Idaho, reaching the age of ninety years.
He received his education and worked on the family farm near Hillsboro until the age of fourteen years, after which he moved with his family to Winton, California. There he heard and answered the call of God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, on January 22, 1939, by Min. Abe T. Koehn. He embraced this faith until his end. On July 1, 1945, he was united in marriage to our mother, Sarah Giesbrecht, at Winton, California, sharing the joys and sorrows of life for sixty-two years. The first seven years they spent farming peaches and grapes with his brother, John. Here a son and daughter joined the family.
In July of 1952, they sold the farm and joined a small group at Glenn, California. Here he was ordained to the deaconry on December 16, 1956, by Min. Frank Wenger. For fifty years, he unselfishly gave of himself to the Church and also enjoyed serving on various conference boards.
While at Glenn, four more sons joined the family. Here he provided for his family, farming and doing carpentry. While traveling through southern Idaho, they wondered why there could not be a congregation in that area. This inspired their move to Buhl in the spring of 1969, helping to start a new congregation. Dad enjoyed working together with his boys on the farm.
Dad and Mom enjoyed traveling. They visited different mission fields including Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Malawi, and Nigeria. In their retirement years, they took special interest in tract work, making many trips to Salt Lake City.
Our father's love was felt in his many offers to help, taking a special interest in each of us. Often we felt his concern for our spiritual welfare.
Our mother's passing in 2008 left him very lonely. Dad then made his home with his daughter, Verna, and her husband, Jim.
He is survived by six children: Melvin and wife, Annora; Verna and husband, Jimmy Koehn; Leonard and wife, Starlyn; all of Buhl, Idaho; Lee and wife, Lorraine, Hazelton, Idaho; David and wife, Virginia, Brookston, Texas; Arlen and wife, Carol, Bloomfield, Iowa; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Mary Giesbrecht, Glenn, California.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one brother, two sisters, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were held on September 17, 2014, at the Buhl Mennonite Church, Buhl, Idaho. Ministers Carl Koehn, Wayne Amoth, and Harold Eck officiated. Burial was in the adjoining Church cemetery.
Contributor: Jcarter (48847489)
Jake worked on the family farm near Hillsboro, Kansas until the age of 14 when he moved with his parents, Peter K. and Katherine (Nikkel) Friesen to Winton, California. On July 1,1945 he married Sarah Nettie Giesbrecht in the Winton Church of God in Christ Mennonite.
For the first 7 years of marriage, Jake and his brother John farmed peaches and grapes in the Winton area.
In 1952 they sold the farm and moved to Glenn, CA. In the spring of 1969, they moved to Buhl, Idaho where they helped to build a new Mennonite community.
Jake and Sarah had 6 children; the first 2 born while living in Winton, the next 4 were born in Willows when the family lived on a farm in Glenn.
Obituary from The Messenger of Truth Issue 24, 2014:
Jake N. Friesen was born on June 20, 1924, to Peter K. and Katherine Friesen near Hillsboro, Kansas. He peacefully passed away on September 13, 2014, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Buhl, Idaho, reaching the age of ninety years.
He received his education and worked on the family farm near Hillsboro until the age of fourteen years, after which he moved with his family to Winton, California. There he heard and answered the call of God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, on January 22, 1939, by Min. Abe T. Koehn. He embraced this faith until his end. On July 1, 1945, he was united in marriage to our mother, Sarah Giesbrecht, at Winton, California, sharing the joys and sorrows of life for sixty-two years. The first seven years they spent farming peaches and grapes with his brother, John. Here a son and daughter joined the family.
In July of 1952, they sold the farm and joined a small group at Glenn, California. Here he was ordained to the deaconry on December 16, 1956, by Min. Frank Wenger. For fifty years, he unselfishly gave of himself to the Church and also enjoyed serving on various conference boards.
While at Glenn, four more sons joined the family. Here he provided for his family, farming and doing carpentry. While traveling through southern Idaho, they wondered why there could not be a congregation in that area. This inspired their move to Buhl in the spring of 1969, helping to start a new congregation. Dad enjoyed working together with his boys on the farm.
Dad and Mom enjoyed traveling. They visited different mission fields including Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Malawi, and Nigeria. In their retirement years, they took special interest in tract work, making many trips to Salt Lake City.
Our father's love was felt in his many offers to help, taking a special interest in each of us. Often we felt his concern for our spiritual welfare.
Our mother's passing in 2008 left him very lonely. Dad then made his home with his daughter, Verna, and her husband, Jim.
He is survived by six children: Melvin and wife, Annora; Verna and husband, Jimmy Koehn; Leonard and wife, Starlyn; all of Buhl, Idaho; Lee and wife, Lorraine, Hazelton, Idaho; David and wife, Virginia, Brookston, Texas; Arlen and wife, Carol, Bloomfield, Iowa; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Mary Giesbrecht, Glenn, California.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one brother, two sisters, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were held on September 17, 2014, at the Buhl Mennonite Church, Buhl, Idaho. Ministers Carl Koehn, Wayne Amoth, and Harold Eck officiated. Burial was in the adjoining Church cemetery.
Contributor: Jcarter (48847489)
For the first 7 years of marriage, Jake and his brother John farmed peaches and grapes in the Winton area.
In 1952 they sold the farm and moved to Glenn, CA. In the spring of 1969, they moved to Buhl, Idaho where they helped to build a new Mennonite community.
Jake and Sarah had 6 children; the first 2 born while living in Winton, the next 4 were born in Willows when the family lived on a farm in Glenn.
Obituary from The Messenger of Truth Issue 24, 2014:
Jake N. Friesen was born on June 20, 1924, to Peter K. and Katherine Friesen near Hillsboro, Kansas. He peacefully passed away on September 13, 2014, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Buhl, Idaho, reaching the age of ninety years.
He received his education and worked on the family farm near Hillsboro until the age of fourteen years, after which he moved with his family to Winton, California. There he heard and answered the call of God and was baptized into the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, on January 22, 1939, by Min. Abe T. Koehn. He embraced this faith until his end. On July 1, 1945, he was united in marriage to our mother, Sarah Giesbrecht, at Winton, California, sharing the joys and sorrows of life for sixty-two years. The first seven years they spent farming peaches and grapes with his brother, John. Here a son and daughter joined the family.
In July of 1952, they sold the farm and joined a small group at Glenn, California. Here he was ordained to the deaconry on December 16, 1956, by Min. Frank Wenger. For fifty years, he unselfishly gave of himself to the Church and also enjoyed serving on various conference boards.
While at Glenn, four more sons joined the family. Here he provided for his family, farming and doing carpentry. While traveling through southern Idaho, they wondered why there could not be a congregation in that area. This inspired their move to Buhl in the spring of 1969, helping to start a new congregation. Dad enjoyed working together with his boys on the farm.
Dad and Mom enjoyed traveling. They visited different mission fields including Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Malawi, and Nigeria. In their retirement years, they took special interest in tract work, making many trips to Salt Lake City.
Our father's love was felt in his many offers to help, taking a special interest in each of us. Often we felt his concern for our spiritual welfare.
Our mother's passing in 2008 left him very lonely. Dad then made his home with his daughter, Verna, and her husband, Jim.
He is survived by six children: Melvin and wife, Annora; Verna and husband, Jimmy Koehn; Leonard and wife, Starlyn; all of Buhl, Idaho; Lee and wife, Lorraine, Hazelton, Idaho; David and wife, Virginia, Brookston, Texas; Arlen and wife, Carol, Bloomfield, Iowa; twenty-eight grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Mary Giesbrecht, Glenn, California.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one brother, two sisters, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were held on September 17, 2014, at the Buhl Mennonite Church, Buhl, Idaho. Ministers Carl Koehn, Wayne Amoth, and Harold Eck officiated. Burial was in the adjoining Church cemetery.
Contributor: Jcarter (48847489)
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