We grieve the death of our husband, our father and our grandfather, our friend Harry Friesen. He was born on December 29, 1941 to Cornelius and Marie Friesen. He spent his first 15 years living in Landmark, MB. He was baptized at the age of 15 in the Prairie Rose EMC church. He then moved with his family to Riverton, MB to clear farmland and support the new Mennville EM Church. He left home at age 19 to study at the Steinbach Bible Institute. He was married to Levina Thiessen on August 28, 1965. They were married for 45 years. After the birth of their first child, Sheldon Bruce, Harry enrolled at the Mennonite Brethren Bible College and the University of Winnipeg. During this time his first three children were born, Sheldon Bruce, Layton Boyd and Lendra Bernette. In 1972 the family drove to Belize where he taught high school at King’s College. They moved back to Riverton two years later where their fourth child, Galen Brent was born. In 1984 they moved to Seminole Texas where Harry taught school and pastored. He returned there again with Levina to pastor from 1993 to 1998. They then moved to Steinbach and lived there to the present. His retirement years included countless trips to Kansas, Texas, Mexico and Paraguay to support church planting with Mennonite people. Harry suffered a stroke on September 12 and died on September 17, 2010. He leaves behind his beloved wife Levina, his children and grand-children Sheldon; Layton and Glenda with Carmen and Marcus; Lendra with Cheyanne and Geneva; and Galen and Kristen with India and Nyka. Harry will be remembered as generous and kind, passionate about health (many will remember him trekking around Steinbach with his walking poles), vigorous in conversation, curious about almost any subject, thoughtful in his pastoral work and singularly dedicated to his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Viewing will be held at Birchwood Funeral Chapel in Steinbach on Monday, September 20 at 7:00 with a devotional at 7:30 p.m. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the Evangelical Mennonite Church, 422 Main St, Steinbach, with interment at the Memorial Cemetery in Steinbach.