Educator.
Born on 10 November 1896, he took teacher training and taught for around 30 years in rural Manitoba. His career included working as a teacher at Gruenfeld School (1917-1918), Spencer School (1920-1921), Greenland School (1921-1922), Arran School (1926-1927, 1943-1946), Gnadenfeld School (1928-1931), Edward School (1931-1933), Hamburg School (1933-1934), Shakespeare School (1937-1938), Woolwich School (?-?), Bothwell School (1946-1948, Principal), Moray School (?-?), Ridgewood School (1951-1952), Spencer South School (1952-1955), Willow Plain School (1957), Barkfield School (?-?), and Friedensfeld School (?-?).
He married Judith Doerksen (c1904-2005) and had three daughters: Madeline Sobering (wife of Clarence Reimer), Margaret Sobering (wife of Edgar Reimer), and Mary Ann Sobering (wife of Donald Canfield). In retirement, he settled at Steinbach before later moving to Winnipeg.
He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 7 February 1967 with burial in the Steinbach Memorial Cemetery.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1967 page 34.
Obituary, Steinbach Carillon, 9 February 1967, page 3.
Obituary [Judith Sobering], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 July 2005, page 36.
Steinbach Memorial Cemetery, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 March 2026
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