Braun, Anne Reimer (1915-2006)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2006 May 19 p. 26

Birth date: 1915 Sep 26

text of obituary:

ANNE BRAUN

Anne Florence Braun died Feb. 24. She was born Sept. 26, 1915 in Wiesenfeld, Ukraine to Abraham and Maria Reimer. At 8, Anne's family moved to Canada, first to Saskatchewan and then to Chilliwack, B.C. Anne was baptized in 1931 and joined the Greendale MB Church where she met and married Isaak Braun in 1940. Theirs was the first wedding in the second Greendale MB Church. The Brauns had several homes in the Chilliwack area. In 1948, during the Fraser River flood, their yard was covered with 13 feet of water and the family was evacuated. After the flood, Anne and Ike established Braun's Nurseries. Anne was known for her wonderful baking and flowers, especially roses. In 1987, the couple moved to their dream home in Sardis and a year later, Isaak died. In 1995, she wrote, "1 am so thankful that we can always depend on the Lord. He helps each one of us through .. .joys and sorrows ... ." Predeceased by her husband; son Ken; 8 siblings; she is mourned by children Ben (Mary Lue), Walter (Judy), Julie (Dick) Baerg; grandchildren; 1 brother; 1 sister.