Flaming, Lena Thiessen (1879-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Mar 19 p. 8

Birth date: 1879 Jan. 5

text of obituary:

MRS. LENA FLAMING

Mrs. Lena Flaming, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Wilhelm (Sara) Thiessen, was born on Jan. 5, 1879, near Jansen, Neb. At the age of six months she was stricken by the dreaded disease of polio, the effects of which she had to endure all her life.

At the age of 23 years she found peace in the blood of our Saviour. She was baptized the same year by Elder C. M. Wall and received into the E. M. B. Church, of which she remained a faithful member until the end of her life.

On Dec. 22, 1908, she was united in marriage to Gerhard Flaming near Dalmeny, Sask. In 1937 they moved to a farm near Abbotsford, B. C. and later to town. On Nov. 3, 1953, her husband was suddenly taken from her side by death. After this she stayed at different places, the last two years, four months and 23 days with her brother-in-law and sister, the Richerts. She was confined to her bed during that time. The last three weeks her condition became worse. On Monday, Feb. 23, she was taken to the hospital and went to be with the Lord on Friday morning at 6:05, at the age of 80 years, one month and 22 days.

She leaves to mourn her departure three daughters, Martha, Mrs. Fred Priley of Glenoma, Wash., Bertha, Mrs. Isaak Dyck of Langley, B. C., Nettie, Mrs. Bernard Newfeld of Port Moody, B. C.; one son, Robert, of San Francisco, Calif.; three sons-in-law and one daughter-in-law; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sara Schmidt and Mrs. Maria Richert of Abbotsford, Mrs. Susanna Dick of Mt. Lake, Minn.; two brothers, David and Wilhelm, of Abbotsford. — The Bereaved Family.