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- ↑ "Zion Mennonite Church (Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada)", Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, accessed 19 December 2006; "Steinbach Mennonite Church", Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, accessed 19 December 2006.
- ↑ MB Herald: September 23, 2005: Deaths Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Mennonite Brethren Herald, 23 September 2005, accessed 19 December 2006.