Peter Tjoelker left his earthly home to be with Jesus on July 9th, 2024. He was born January 6th,1943 in Everson, WA to Pete and Anna Tjoelker. Pete was the 8th of 9 children. He grew up on a dairy farm and attended Lynden Christian school. He graduated from Western Washington University and felt called to serve the Lord in ministry, so he enrolled at Western Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon. It was there that he met and married the love of his life, Gloria Meyer. Pete graduated from Seminary, and they moved to Texas to work at Pine Cove where he served as a wrangler. For the next 12 years, he worked with Don Anderson Ministries as the assistant pastor at Hide-A -Way Community Church. He also ran the camping ministry, taught men’s prayer breakfast, adult Sunday school and helped with many other aspects of the church. In the 1980’s, Pete and the whole family got involved with Camp Redcloud in Lake City, Co where they served during many summers. He had a counseling ministry for several years with Alpha and Omega Christian Counseling. In the last 20 years, Pete became involved with his favorite ministry yet – Kairos prison ministry. He served with the Micheal Unit in Palestine, Tx where he once again taught the scriptures to a captive audience. Pete enjoyed people, wood working, drinking coffee at the 4 Way Café, greeting everyone at our barn sales, and encouraging those he was around.
Pete and Glo raised 3 kids, Jodi, (Mark - Rebekah), Jeff (Leah – Kacey, Kendall) and Jay (Allyson – Landon, Caroline). They celebrated 54 happy years of marriage this June. Pete will be best remembered for his love for the Lord and love for others. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations and memorials be sent to Kairos Prison Ministry International. The address is KPMI Texas-Micheal P.O. Box 551389 Dallas, TX 75355-1389. Please make checks payable to KPMI -KOT-Micheal.
A celebration of Life Memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 28th, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at South Spring
Baptist Church, 17002 US 69, Tyler, Texas 75703.
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