Harvey W. Taves

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149217
• Residence: 1965, 105 Union Blvd., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Mennonite Church Aid Leader Dies

A prominent church worker in social and welfare programs of the Mennonite Church, Harvey W. Taves, 39, of 105 Union Blvd. died today, in K-W Hospital after a brief illness. He was the former Canadian executive director of the Menno- nite Central Committee and was Ontario executive director at the time of his death. The MCC work involves sending of cloth- ing to needy areas of the word, a PAX program similar to the U.S. Peace Corps, a teach- ers abroad program, a child- adoption system an var- ious projects such as building a hospital in Viet Nam and relo- cating Indians in Paraguay. Mr. Taves was one of the founders of the Ailsa Craig boys farm (now named Craigwood) for disturbed boys. He was born March 22, 1926, in Winnipeg, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Toews of Steinbach, Man. They survive him. He graduated from Goshen College, Ind., and lived in Kitchener for the past 12 years. He was a member of Rockway Mennonite Church. He was a director of the Canadian Mennonite As- sociation and was a member of the board of governors of Con- rad Grebel College. Besides hs parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Iva Sherk, a pathologist at K-W Hospital; two daughters, Mila Joy and Mary Margaret, both at home; four brother, Leonard of Willowdale, Benno of St. Vital, Man., Albert of Regina and Vernon of Washington State, and two sisters, Mrs. Roderick Blunt of Winnipeg and Mrs. A.A. Toews of Steinbach, Man. Friends and relatives ar requested to pay their respect at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home before noon Thursday. A memorial service will be held at Con- rad Grebel College at 1 p.m. Thursday, and the funeral will be held at First Mennonite Church at 3 p.m.Thursday. Donations to the Mennonite Central Committee will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

Harvey — Dr. Iva Ruth Sherk. Iva was born 1928; died 29 Mar 2011, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]