William R. (“William” or “Bill”) Regehr

January 11, 1930, son ofJacob T. and MarieRegehr. He died May 26,2022, in North Newton,

Bill graduated fromInman High School in1948 and Bethel College in 1958. During the Koreanwar Bill entered alternative service as a MennoniteVoluntary Service worker in Portland, Maine.He married Lora Maurine Voth July 26, 1955, atBethel Mennonite Church near Inman. They spent ayear in Newfoundland, Canada, where Bill taughtschool. Other schools included Welcome and LittleValley (rural Inman), Washington (Newton), PleasantAcres and Suncrest (east of Newton). Bill taught forthe Indian Service at Berego Pass, New Mexico, andOraibi (now Kykotsmovi) Arizona for 4 years.In 1966 the family moved to Academy Street inHesston. He and Maurine raised their family there. Billput in a big garden and built a shop. He worked atHesston College starting in 1974 as director of custodialservice.Bill enjoyed drawing, photography, and ceramics.Many of Bill’s mugs with Low German sayings weresold at the Kansas MCC sale.Bill and Maurine moved to Kidron Bethel in 2015and joined Faith Mennonite Church.Preceding him in death: parents Jacob T. and Marie(Regier) Regehr, adult siblings Eldo (Mary AnnBalzer) Regehr, Lilly Ann (Herb) Neufeld, and Ted(Alice Penner) Regehr, and siblings who died inchildhood: Wilber, Leo James, and Mary Jane.Survivors: wife Maurine (Voth) Regehr, childrenLowell Peter Regehr (Carol Sisson), Mark DavidRegehr (Darlene Blair), Kristine Kay Regehr, and Paul“Jack” Lamar Regehr (Judy Naillon), and siblingsEvelyn (Ed) Peters and David (Judy Voth) Regehr, sixgrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Memorial gifts: Kidron Bethel Benevolent Fund,Faith Mennonite Church, and Mennonite CentralCommittee.

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