Dallas E. Wiebe
Dallas E. Wiebe, 78, passed
away May 1, 2008, in Cincinnati.
He was born Jan. 9, 1930, in
Newton. His parents were John P. Wiebe and O'tillie (Becker) Wiebe.
Dallas attended Roosevelt
grade school, Newton Junior High and Newton High School, graduating in 1948.
Dallas grew up attending First Mennonite Church in Newton and was a former
member.
He attended Bethel College
for two years. During that time, he met and married Virginia Schroeder of
Halstead.
After serving two years in
the U.S. Army Medical Corp, he returned to Bethel College and graduated in
1954, majoring in English literature.
He continued his education at
the University of Michigan, receiving his master's in 1955 and his Ph.D. in
1960.
Dallas spent 31 years in the
English department at Cincinnati University, teaching literature and creative
writing. He authored a number of booklets on poetry and short stories. His most
outstanding work was the historical novel 'Our Asian Journey,' published in
1997.
Dallas and Virginia had two
children: son Garth, born in 1957, and daughter Ericka, born in 1960.
His wife, Virginia, passed
away in April 2003. Also deceased are his parents, sister Ericka Stucky, sister
Elsie Allison and infant brother Ronald.
Survivors include son Garth
and wife, Bonniejean of Maynard, Mass.; daughter Ericka Wiebe and husband, Jed
Glover of Cincinnati; six grandsons; brother, John E. and Janett of Newton,
Delores Thomas of Newton, sister Esther Norton of McKinney, Texas, and Doris
Dunlavy of Longmont, Colo.
A graveside service was May 7
with burial in Spring Grove Cemetary in Cincinnati.
Memorials may be made to
Mennonite Arts Weekend Foundation in care of Hal Hess, 5835 Wyatt Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH 45213.
