JAHNKE, Mr. Arthur Leon. Arthur was born July 29, 1917, on the farm, land location 16-19-11-3 to Gustav and Sadie (Wiens) Jahnke, the first of 12 children, predeceased by only 1 sibling, Lawrence. In the fall of 1920, they moved to the farm west of Herbert. He attended Bethania School and Herbert High school. He was baptized on confession of faith and became a member of the Herbert Mennonite Conference Church. From 1938 to 1942 he attended Bethel College obtaining his BA Degree and enjoyed singing the Messiah in a mass choir for 4 years. He was the first one from Saskatchewan to do alternative service overseas and was asked to serve with MCC in Cairo, Egypt, then the heel of Italy, and the Torino area for 2 ½ years before returning home to his waiting Katherine. They were married December 8, 1948, and were asked to serve in MCC, in South America, settling 750 refugees from WW II Two years later another 450 refugees came and were settled. There first 2 children, Joyce and Charles, were born in Montevideo, Uruguay. After working there for 5 ½ years, the family took a long boat trip to Europe, then New York and a train ride home. They settled south of Herbert on the farm He attended the Mennonite Conference Church where he served as Church Chairperson for 13 years, taught the German Sunday School class and sang in the choir. This was also the beginning of his farming, tree planting and turkey raising years. Soon after, Krista and Marti were born in the Herbert Hospital. Following many years of hard work on the farm, Art was encouraged to go back to University. At 54 years of age, he Convocated from the University of Regina with his Bachelor of Education Degree All of his teaching years were in Saskatchewan beginning in Central Butte, then Cumberland House, Beauval, Green Lake and last and quite interestingly at the Box Elder Hutterite Colony. School breaks and holidays gave him time to enjoy family on the ski slopes and/or tennis courts. Art and Katherine retired to there new home in Herbert in 1983. His retirement years were very enjoyable and blessed. From world travel (which almost always involved volunteer work), to enjoying an ever expanding circle of family and friends, Art was kept busy. His passion while at home was carried on by planting hundreds of trees, diligently working to beautify the community and purify the environment. In his later years, he loved to read about various countries and dream about where he might travel next. In January, while still quite chipper, he asked Katherine if she might like to take a trip to the Ukraine this Spring. This certainly gave her reason to smile. Shortly after; he had numerous falls and was hospitalized with a fractured spine. After amazing improvement, the family brought him home on February 28. He spent a great 10 days at home with some of the family around making life interesting. On Sunday, March15, he took a sudden turn, passing away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of March 16. Art will be lovingly remembered by Katherine, his wife of 60 years; and his immediate family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, siblings and many friends. Arthur is survived by his wife, Katherine; children: Joyce (Marv) Hamm, Charles (Darlene) Jahnke, Krista (George) Routledge, and Marti (Dave) Gramlich; grandchildren: Michael Hamm, Robyn & Jason Russell, Jason Jahnke, Garret & Lydia Jahnke, Kirby & Alison Routledge, Brett & Kelita Routledge, Chaad Gramlich & Taylorr Gramlich; great-grandchildren: Samson, Jacob, Jewel, Shawn, Samantha, Daniellah, Payton and Karson. The funeral service was held on Friday, March 20, 2009, at 2:00p.m. at Living Faith Fellowship Church in Herbert with Pastor Donovan Epp officiating. The interment was held at Herbert Cemetery, Herbert, SK. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Parkside Memorial Funeral Home, Swift Current, SK. Visit our website at parksidefuneralhome.com to sign the family book of condolence.