Vogt, Johann P. (1891-1977)
Johann "John" Peter Vogt: minister; born 1 July 1891 in New York, Ignatyevo, South Russiam the second of 13 children of Peter Andreas Vogt (5 January 1865, Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, South Russia – 27 February 1922, Memrik, South Russia) and Katharina (Nikkel) Vogt (20 November 1867, Gnadenfeld, South Russia – 26 January 1941, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada). Johann married Helena Friesen (6 May 1896, Adelsheim, Yazykovo, South Russia – 15 February 1984, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada), daughter of Peter A. Friesen (1872-1953) and Helena (Epp) Friesen (1873-1951), on 20 November 1916 in Ekaterinoslav, South Russia. Johann and Helena had three children: Peter, Nicholas, and John. Johann died 1 July 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia (BC) and was buried in Kelowna, BC.
Johann received his elementary and secondary education in New York, Ignatyevo. Johann’s father worked as a bookkeeper for several mill owners, and he passed on his aptitude with numbers to his son. When his father established his own sunflower seed press in 1911, Johann decided to study book-keeping in St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon completion of his course of studies, Johann began work in a bank in Voronezh. During World War I, Johann worked as a bookkeeper for the Red Cross. After World War I, Johann began serving as a deacon and occasional preacher in the Mennonite Church in Ekaterinoslav.
In 1923 John and his family immigrated to Canada, settling in Herbert and Farresfield, Saskatchewan for a short time before moving to the Readymade area near Coaldale, Alberta in 1930. On 15 July 1931, John was ordained as a minister in the Coaldale Mennonite Church. He served as the leading minister in the Coaldale Mennonite Church from 1931 until the family moved to Kelowna in 1947.
John and his three sons purchased Kelowna Beverages, a soft drink bottling company, in 1947. Vogt helped to establish the Kelowna First Mennonite Church and was elected as the first minister of the congregation. In 1960 the congregation divided over issues of language, and Vogt and his family left with others to establish the Kelowna Mennonite Mission (now Kelowna Gospel Fellowship). Here John preached and taught Sunday school until their move to Abbotsford in 1969. John also served in the wider church, including as a member of several conference committees.
Johann and Helena retired to Abbotsford, where he passed away in 1977.
Bibliography
Ediger, Margaret Irene (Voght). Another Vogt Family History: The Descendants of Peter Andreas & Katharina (Nickel) Vogt. Kelowna: Margaret Ediger, 2012: 27-32.
Peters, Gerhard. Remember Our Leaders: Conference of Mennonites in Canada 1902-1977. Clearbrook, BC: The Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, 1982: 176.
| Author(s) | Richard D Thiessen |
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| Date Published | December 2021 |
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