Funeral services for 86-year-old John J. Regier of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, August 26, 2017, at the Cornerstone Bible Church in Mountain Lake. The church is located at 1019 Prince Street. The clergy will be Pastor Nathan Janzen.
Interment will be in in the Cornerstone Cemetery (formerly Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Cemetery) in rural Mountain Lake, located on the west side of 570th Avenue, south of 360th Street and north of 10th Street/Cottonwood County Road #29
Visitation will be at Sturm Funeral Home-Mountain Lake Chapel, located at 420 10th Street North, on Friday, August 25, 2017, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. A second visitation will be at the church the day of the service from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Online condolences to the family may be sent to: www.sturmfh.com.
Sturm Funeral Home-Mountain Lake Chapel is handling the arrangements.
John J. Regier passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota.
John James Regier was born on January 29, 1931, the son of Reverend David and Barbara (Epp) Regier in Mountain Lake. He grew up in Mountain Lake and graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1949. John served two years under the 1-W service during the Korean War. He attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
After his father’s death in 1956, John left school and moved to rural Mountain Lake to take over the family farm with his brother, Arnold Regier. The two brothers worked together for many years.
He was united in marriage to Edna Buller on June 13, 1969. They were blessed with two sons, John and James.
John sang with the Round Table Singers and Joyful Ministries for many years. He was a lifelong member of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church, which is now Cornerstone Bible Church. He was a longtime usher in the church.
John accepted Christ as his personal Savior at a very young age. His father baptized him upon the confession of his faith in Jesus Christ as an adult.
He enjoyed farming and spending time in his garden raising vegetables, flowers and hostas. He also enjoyed meat canning for the MCC (Mennonite Central Committee). John sold seed corn to friends and neighbors, but enjoyed the visiting more than the sale
John was always happy to spend time with his nine grandchildren, teaching them life lessons on the farm, as well as the fine art of loading hogs. He prayed for his grandchildren every day, up to the end. His family will miss him terribly, but are assured they will see him again in heaven where he is no longer in pain and suffering. They are so happy that he can finally have his cold glass of water and eternal life, the two things he longed for.
John is survived by his wife, Edna Regier of Mountain Lake; sons, John (Amy) Regier and James (Sherry) Regier, all of Mountain Lake; nine grandchildren, Madelyn, Nathan, Thomas, Annelise, Grant, David, Walker, Race and Jett, all of Mountain Lake; sisters, Elfrieda (Mel) Loewen of Goshen, Indiana and Mary Ann Regier of Nappanee, Indiana; brother, Milton (Lenora) Regier of Glen Ellyn, Illinois and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, R.A. (Gertrude and Oralue) Regier, Elmer (Gloria) Regier and Arnold Regier; sister, Evelyn (Lynn) Eifeldt; one niece and several nephews.