In Memory of

Richard

Kurt

Wiebe

Obituary for Richard Kurt Wiebe

RICHARD KURT WIEBE

IT IS BOTH WITH SADNESS, AND ALSO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE, THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR SON, BROTHER, UNCLE, NEPHEW AND COUSIN, RICHARD KURT WIEBE. RICHARD PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 7, 2021 AT HIS RESIDENCE, AT THE AGE OF 56.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS OLDEST BROTHER, RANDY WIEBE, IN 2004 AND HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER, REYNOLD WIEBE, IN 2011.

RICHARD LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOVING PARENTS, NEIL AND KATHIE WIEBE, FORMERLY OF WINNIPEG, NOW RESIDING IN BOISSEVAIN, MANITOBA, HIS BROTHER ROBERT (AND CINDY) WIEBE OF CHILLIWACK, BC, HIS BROTHER ROLAND WIEBE OF WINNIPEG, AND HIS BROTHER RHEINHARDT (LEANNE) WIEBE OF BOISSEVAIN. RICHARD ALSO HAD MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS - WILLIAM (DENISE) WIEBE, CARL WIEBE, REILLY WIEBE, VIVIANNA WIEBE, JAMES, RACHEL, EMILY, RANDY, MERCEDES JESSICA AND LUKE WIEBE. HE ALSO HAD ONE GREAT-NEPHEW, WESTLEY WIEBE.

RICHARD WAS BORN IN WINNIPEG ON DECEMBER 30, 1964. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF 6 SONS BORN TO NEIL AND KATHIE WIEBE. HIS PARENTS WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER RICHARD AS THEIR SON WITH THE CONSTANT SMILE WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP. RICHARD SPENT TIME WITH MANY AUNTS AND UNCLES AND COUSINS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD AND LOVED GOING TO FAMILY FARMS AND PICNICS WHERE HE HAD MANY ADVENTURES. HE WAS VERY BRIGHT AND INTELLIGENT AND AN AVID READER. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, HE CONTINUED ON WITH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. IT IS DURING THIS TIME THAT RICHARD’S STRUGGLES WITH SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER BECAME MORE APPARENT. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR RICHARD, HE CONTINUED TO DISPLAY MANY GIFTS AND TALENTS AND ALTHOUGH LIFE WAS AT TIMES VERY CHALLENGING, RICHARD WAS NEVER HEARD COMPLAIN. HE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY.

AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, RICHARD WAS LIVING VERY INDEPENDENTLY IN AN APARTMENT IN WINNIPEG. WE WANT TO THANK HIS HOME CARE NURSES, AND SHEILA CONNELLY, AND COUSIN MARTHA WIEBE FOR CARING FOR AND ABOUT RICHARD. AND HEARTFELT THANKS ALSO TO COUSIN WALDO FAST FOR VISITING RICHARD DURING HIS HOSPITAL STAY.

A FUNERAL OR GRAVESIDE SERVICE IS PENDING. WE WISH TO THANK FRIENDS FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THEIR COMPASSION DURING THIS TIME.