The audio technician is sitting at the soundboard at Jeremiah Ross' retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

A photo of the cake at Jeremiah Ross' retirement in Cross Lake, Manitoba. There is a table with plates and food behind it. The cake reads "Happy Retirement. . . Well Done Good and Faithful Servant. . . Matthew 25: 23.

Fanny and Jeremiah Ross are sitting at a table after Jeremiah's retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba in 1998.

Fanny Ross (floral dress) is sitting at a table during the retirement celebration for her husband Jeremiah in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

Fanny Ross is looking over her shoulder while sitting at a table at her husband Jeremiah's retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

This photo shows women sitting at tables eating. Fanny Ross is wearing a floral pattern dress and holding a cane.

Jeremiah Ross and others are seated at the head table at Ross' retirement celebration. The table is decorated with candles and blue ribbon. There is welcome sign behind it that reads, "Welcome 'Jeremiah Ross' on his Retirement as a Mennonite Minister for over 30 years." Left to right: Horace Halcrow, Henry Neufeld, Johnston Garriock, Herman McKay, Jeremiah Ross, Sam Ross, and Sandy Beardy.

A photo of the head table at Jeremiah Ross' retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba. Left to right: Horace Halcrow, Henry Neufeld, Johnston Garriock, Herman McKay, Jeremiah Ross, Sam Ross, Sandy Beardy, [?].

Longtime Native Ministries worker Henry Neufeld is speaking through a microphone at the retirement celebration for Jeremiah Ross in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

Herman McKay is playing guitar and singing at Jeremiah Ross's retirement party. Horace Halcrow (left), Henry Neufeld (second from left), and Jeremiah Ross (second from right) are sitting at the table behind him.

(left to right) Herman McKay, Horace Halcrow, Otto Hamm, and one other at Jeremiah Ross' retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

Hilda Franz is standing next to Fanny Ross, who is wearing a blanket at Jeremiah's retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba. Hilda might have gifted the blanket to Fanny. Otto Hamm is watching from the right (wearing a suit).

Fanny Ross speaks at her husband Jeremiah Ross's retirement at Cross Lake, Manitoba. She is sitting at a table with others and holding a microphone in her right hand. Invitees are seated at the other tables.

Horace Halcrow is speaking through a microphone at the retirement celebration for Jeremiah Ross in Cross Lake, Manitoba.

Jeremiah Ross (left) and Sam Ross at Jeremiah's retirement celebration in Cross Lake, Manitoba.