Elizabeth Regehr

1920 – 2008

Elizabeth Regehr died June 17, 2008. She was born May 30, 1920 in Orenburg, Russia to Henry & Aganetha Brucks. The family immigrated to Canada and settled in Coaldale, Alberta.

After accepting Christ as her Saviour, Elizabeth was baptized and joined the Coaldale M.B. Church.

In 1939 the Brucks family including Elizabeth moved to Yarrow, B.C. where she attended Yarrow Bible School. Elizabeth also attended Prairie Bible School where she met her and married her first husband David Wipf.

Elizabeth taught Sunday School and VBS for many years, and sang in trios and church choirs. Her life was characterized by generosity.

On the death of her husband David in 2004, Elizabeth moved to Abbotsford and joined Clearbrook M.B. Church. There she met and married Cornelius Regehr, and continued to be active in the church with volunteer and evangelism activities. In the last months of her life, Elizabeth frequently quoted Philippians 1:21: “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

She is mourned by Cornelius, and her sisters Sarah and Frieda. The memorial was June 23, 2008 at Clearbrook MB Church.