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Who Am I?
My grand children call me Grampa.
My community calls me Reverend Zehr.
My brother and sisters called me Bobby.
My church calls me Brother Bob.
One little girl used to call me Mr. Brother Bob.
It s OK if you call me Bob.
I was born during a snow squall in Alden, New York on October 13, 1930.
October 13 is the day that
Marie Osmond was born in 1959
Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925
Paul Simon was born in 1941 and Alessandro Farnese was elected Pope in 1534. He took the name Paul III.
I was a farmer until 32 years old. I have been an English and Speech teacher at both high School and college. During the days of court ordered integration in the 1960's, I taught 7th grade in an all Black school in the deep South. Some other things I have done are dairy farming, working construction with Brown and Root Construction, building houses, installing septic tanks, driving 18 wheelers transporting gravel and sand, flying airplanes, marrying , burying and being with the hurting as they faced tough decisions.
Pastoral Positions: Madisonville Mennonite Church, Madisonville LA 1962-1970
Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Harper, KS 1970-1977
Crystal Springs Mennonite Church, Crystal Springs, KS 1973-1977
Des Allemands Mennonite Church, Des Allemands, LA 1977-1999
Open Door Mennonite Church, Jackson, MS May 2001- (Part time)
Other Responsibilities Unit Worship Leader, I-W Unit at Middletown, CT 1953-1955
Gulf States Mennonite Conference Conference Minister
Moderator of South Central Conference and Gulf States Mennonite Conference
General Board member of the Mennonite Church
Leadership Commission of Gulf States Mennonite Conference
Gulf States Mennonite Conference Historian
Teaching Experience English Instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University
Seventh Grade Teacher at Covington Rosenwald Middle School, Covington, LA
English and Speech Teacher, Covington High School, Covington,LA
Community Service Board of Directors and Advisory board of local Council on Aging
Advisory Panel for The River Parishes Chemical Plants and Industries
Board of Directors for River Parishes Associated Catholic Charities
Board of Directors of St. Charles Parish Social Concerns Committee
President of St. Charles Parish Social Concerns Committee
Family Six Grown children: Lynn Allen married to Judith Pack
Gayle Diane married to MichaelTriay
Robert Leon married to Narcisa (Narcy) Castellanos
Sheila Michelle married to Frank Robert
Michael Grant
Viviene Stephanie
Eight grandchildren:
Jeremey Zehr February 6, 1975
Lauren Zehr July 8, 1983
Christian Triay June 12, 1990
Zachary Triay April 15, 1993
Rachel Triay October 17, 1995
John Zehr December 12, 1996
Matthew Zehr March 16, 1999
Brynna Robert November 7, 2000